Month: January 2008
Streetsblog LA
Today’s Headlines
Zero, Zilch, Zip: Number of Zipcars in Los Angeles. (Metro Rider via Curbed LA)
January 24, 2008
LaBonge: Raise Parking Fees to Pay for Dash
At a recent meeting of the City Council’s Transportation Committee, LADOT reccomended delaying two new DASH lines to help balance it’s budget for the next year. The Committee’s reaction was not positive. Councilmember’s Wendy Greuel and Richard Alarcon both asked for a study to look at perhaps cutting less productive DASH Lines to cover the … Continued
January 23, 2008
Metro Chief Talks HOT Lanes and Alternative Transportation
Today, Metro hosted it's third "online chat" with Metro Board Chair Pam O'Connor. Today's topic was HOT Lanes and the regional transportation funding crisis. For the full chat, click here.
January 23, 2008
CALTRANS in 2001: Union Station Inaccessible for Cyclists/Pedestrians
While bouncing around the Internet, I found an official CALTRANS website examining the ped. friendliness of Union Station made in 2001. The engineers flunked the planning for pedestrian access (giving it a 3 out of 8) and gave lowest possible score for bicycle access.
January 22, 2008
Cars Hitting Pedestrians: L.A. County’s Silent Crisis
Stories of big accidents were big news in Los Angeles the past several days. Gold Line and Metrolink trains “went boom” before the weekend started. Over the weekend, a mid-air collision between two small planes killed several people, including one on the ground. This morning, a big-rig flipped on the 101. But what’s just as … Continued
January 22, 2008
Transportation Agencies Install New Bike Facilities
I was just sitting down to write a story about new bike facilities at CALTRANS' building downtown when I found I'd been partially beaten to the punch by LAist. A lot of what I was planning to write about CALTRANS and the importance of an agency adding better bike facilities such as lockers (completely rented at CALTRANS), bike stands, and showers; LAist already wrote...and less than 24 hours ago:
January 18, 2008
Agencies Install New Bike Facilities
I was just sitting down to write a story about new bike facilities at CALTRANS' building downtown when I found I'd been partially beaten to the punch by LAist. A lot of what I was planning to write about CALTRANS and the importance of an agency adding better bike facilities such as lockers (completely rented at CALTRANS), bike stands, and showers; LAist already wrote...and less than 24 hours ago:
January 18, 2008