Day: April 24, 2008
Streetsblog LA
Metro Rejects Service Cuts, Approves Congestion Pricing and Much, Much More
Villaraigosa Stands Tough on Service Cuts
April 24, 2008
Metro Board Rejects Service Cuts!
Led by Mayor Villaraigosa, the Metro Board voted to reject all changes to Metro services for at least the next year.
April 24, 2008
Streetfilm: Paris Skates!
Streetfilms' Elizabeth Press kicks off a series of videos about livable streets in Paris with this look at the city's two weekly romps on skates -- roller-versions of Critical Mass that attract up to 15,000 participants. Notice that the police are an essential part of the proceedings (and they seem to have fun doing it -- check out the cops on blades at the 1:35 mark).
April 24, 2008
Metrolink Board Meeting and Fare Hike Hearing
The Metrolink Board of Directors will receive a compilation of all comments received and a public hearing will be held by the Board at its meeting on Friday, April 25, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. to be held at the Southern California Associated Governments (SCAG) San Bernardino Conference Room located at 818 W. 7th Street, 12th Floor, Los Angeles, California.
April 24, 2008
Desert Dispatch Letter Defends SUV’s and Attacks Carbon Fees
When you write for a blog you get used to getting some amount of criticism for what you type. But a letter responding to the efforts of Fred Camino and I to bolster the Feuer bills after a bewildering editorial in the Desert Dispatch prevoked a response that was so shocking it made me spit my tofu cilantro shake all over my comic book collection.
April 24, 2008
Feds Helping Metro Move to HOT Lanes.
Traffic Patterns Could Change on the I-10 with the Coming of Congestion Pricing
April 24, 2008
Today’s Headlines
Feds Offer State HOT Lanes Money (Times) A Third Look at Car-Free Wilshire (Militant Angeleno) Comments on Metro’s Draft Long Range Plan Due Tomorrow (Metro Rider) SM Residents Get Ballot Measure to Limit Development (Bottleneck Blog) Woman Hurt in Crash on Harbor Freeway (Times) Clinton Would Consider Gas Tax Holiday; Obama Opposes (WSJ) In Newark, … Continued
April 24, 2008