Month: March 2008

The Los Angeles City Council is poised to pass what could be groundbreaking legislation next week, and based on public statements about the legislation, may not even know it. Next Tuesday, the Council is scheduled to vote on a motion that would spend $2 million to study "West Los Angeles Rail Corridor and Connectivity Analysis." While promoting this plan, Councilmember and resolution author Bill Rosendahl noted the importance of having one vision to tie together all of the rail and bus projects on the Westside.  However, the resolution's mandate is also to study the options to create "Livable Boulevards" in West Los Angeles. Following yesterday's ribbon cutting at Bimini Place, Los Angeles is re-positioning itself to change the way it thinks about urban development and transportation.

In honor of this year's New York International Auto Show, which officially begins today, we present this very special announcement:

City Not Interested in Planning (Daily News) Personal Garages Being Used for Storage, Causing Parking Shortage (Times) Support Dips for Sales Tax to Fund Transportation (Daily News) Break up LADOT (Brayj Against the Machine) Will Metro’s Blog Be As Bland and Impersonal as Chats (Emerald City) When You See Sprawl, Think L.A. (Planetizen) How Much … Continued

Council President Eric Garcetti, department heads from the Department of Public Works, CALTRANS, LADOT and Metro joined the community surrounding Bimini Place and the Los Angeles Eco-Village to celebrate the completion of the East Hollywood Shared Street Project.

Last month, the Metro Board passed a resolution requiring staff to prepare a memo outlining total service cuts from 2007 and expected cuts for 2008 and 2009. Board Members wanted to put the proposed bus service changes for this June into a larger context to better understand the impact on local economies and Metro's ridership.

Text of O’Connor’s Online Chat (Metro) Young Girl Killed While Crossing Street (ABC7, CBS2) Area Lawmakers Battle Las Lomas Project (Daily News) OC Record Calls Two-Mile Highway Widening “Hope for Drivers” PIRG Smacks Prez for Highway Robbery (of Transit) (Carectomy, PIRG) Are Higher Gas Prices Changing the Way People Commute? (Daily Breeze) BRU Training Next … Continued

 Sepulveda Blvd. Over Ballona Creek Bike Trail