Month: June 2008
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Today’s Headlines
Cellphone Ban Could Get Costly (Times) Driving a Car Doesn’t Keep You Safe! (Emerald City) Another Danger for Highway Commuters: Signs That Ruin Christmas (Freeway Blogger via LAist) Governor Defends Ban on Offshore Drilling (Times) It’s Dump the Pump Day in LA (Daily News) Progressive Insurance Holding $10M Competition to Design 100MPG Car (News) Woman … Continued
June 19, 2008
O’Connor: We Need to Count People Movement Not Car Movement
In her latest "online chat" Metro Board Chair Pam O'Connor took a shot at transportation planning and how we decide whether or not a street is doing its job. In response to a question about bus-only lanes, O'Connor channeled her inner transportation reformer and made the case that we make so often here at Streetsblog: Streets are about people, not just cars.
June 18, 2008
Carfree Cities Conference Kicks Off in Portland
The World Carfree Network's Towards Carfree Cities conference is underway in Portland, Oregon this week. Now in its eight year, it's the first time the event has come to North America. Streetsblog EIC Aaron Naparstek made the trip, along with others from The Open Planning Project Livable Streets crew.
June 18, 2008
Today’s Headlines
Lincoln Heights Endangered Crosswalk Is Saved! McCain Lays Out Energy Plan, Calls for Offshore Drilling (Boston Globe) Blumenauer: Obama Meeting Was ‘Coming of Age Moment’ for Bike Advocates (Bike Portland) Big Blue Bus Also Thinks Governor’s Budget Is Moronic (LAist) LA Chamber of Commerce: Bring Back Vehicle Fees to Balance Budget (Daily News) Bike v … Continued
June 18, 2008
Cartoon Tuesday: Roadside Graffiti Edition
Not exactly Errol Morris, we know, but the sentiment is there.
June 17, 2008
Obama Calls for Investment in Regional Intercity Rail
We noted yesterday that Barack Obama has promised to direct more federal funds to bike-ped infrastructure if elected. Now comes word that the Illinois Senator is going public with his support for a regional rail network linking midwestern cities, an idea he had floated quietly during the Democratic primary campaign.
June 17, 2008