Month: July 2008

Last month, a group of graduate students working with city staff designed a model of what downtown Los Angeles would look like if the 101 Freeway were capped and Los Angeles undertook creating its version of Central Park.  While some planners scoffed at the notion, one email I received joked that it looked like a … Continued

One week after Metro moved a half cent sales tax to the fall ballot, the Bus Rider's Union launched it's first attack in the press against what it terms, "The MTA's sales-tax boondoggle" in today's on-line "Blowback" section of the Times.

Taxpayer Tab for Subsidizing Cars = $100 Billion Per Year (Slate) BRU Takes a Swing at Sales Tax (Times) More Californians Favor Increased Drilling (Daily News) Newhall Pass HOV Lane Planned (The Signal) NYPD Officer Pogan’s Version of Events: Cyclist Took Down Cop (Smoking Gun) Will High Speed Rail Ruin Communities? (LAist) Why Are Cyclists … Continued

This StreetsWiki entry is rounding into encyclopedic form quite nicely. Andy Hamilton, DianaD (who also brought us the VMT entry last week) and Streetsblog's own Aaron Naparstek have been piecing together a detailed look at the history and effectiveness of bike boxes:

Here it is folks! We have all talked, dreamed and preyed for it. Its on…………………….. The San Fernando Valley Critical Mass!!!!!!!!!!! Not to conflict with other critical mass rides in the Los Angeles area, we have decided on the first Tuesday of the Month. Like any Critical Mass ride, it won’t have a planned route … Continued

Space is limited so reservations are necessary. For the vegetarian potluck, participants are encouraged to contribute food produced within a 100-mile radius of their homes (Santa Barbara to San Diego). If that’s not possible, then strive to purchase organic foods grown within the closest distance.

Jump on your bicycle and join Tom for a 10-mile bike ride on Wednesday, July 30 at 6:15p.m. It will be his second ride of "Tour LaBonge," his series of summer evening rides through the Fourth Council District. (Click on the flier on the bottom right corner of this page for a list of upcoming rides.) Riders will leave the Mulholland Fountain at the corner of Riverside Drive and Los Feliz Blvd. at 6:15p.m. Parking is available along Riverside Dr. The route will cross the Sunnynook River bridge and follow the Los Angeles bike route north to Riverside Drive, cross the freeway into Griffith Park to the Traveltown Museum, the mid-way point. The ride will then go through the park to the fountain. The ride is expected to last until 8 p.m.

In the Matter of the Application of the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority for an order authorizing the construction of a two-track at-grade crossing for the Exposition Boulevard Corridor Light Rail Transit Line across Jefferson Boulevard, Adams Boulevard, and 23rd Street, all three crossings located along Flower Street in the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, California.