Month: July 2008
Streetsblog LA
Woodland Hills Warner Center Neighborhood Panel: Great Streets
The Woodland Hills Warner Center Neighborhood Council’s next
Community Forum will feature a “Panel of Visionaries” offering
different perspectives and philosophies on what make a Great Street.
July 1, 2008
WTS: West Coast Ports Panel
Panel
members include Port of Los Angeles (POLA) Chief Harbor Engineer,
Construction Division, Shaun Shahrestani, P.E. and Port of Tacoma
Director of Engineering/Chief Engineer Michael Adams, P.E. The panel
will be moderated by Stacey Jones, West Coast Regional Director-North
America for Halcrow, and former Director of Engineering Development at
the POLA.
July 1, 2008
Maryland Senator Ben Cardin: America Needs Transit, Now
The $1.7 billion in public transportation funding promised by the Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act would be a step in the right direction, but it pales in comparison to what might have been. The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act -- the cap-and-trade bill that died in the Senate last month -- would have brought 100 times that much in federal transit investment, thanks in large part to Senator Ben Cardin. In a recent interview with Grist, the Maryland Democrat offers a refreshing perspective on the future of US transportation policy.
July 1, 2008
Metro’s $40 Billion Plan
Metro's Plans Are Big on Expansion, Not So Big on Increasing Bike/Ped. Access to Their Stations
July 1, 2008
Today’s Headlines
Garcetti’s Sharrows Legislation Gaining Support (Times) Will Old Spaghetti Factory Be Replaced by Public Park? (LAist) Ticketing Hands Free Scofflaws on a “Case by Case” Basis (Times) McCain’s Anti-Amtrak Stance May Come Back to Bite Him (Boston Globe) Police File Murder Charges Against Drunk Who Slaughtered Biking Family (Daily Bulletin) Four Car Carnage on 405 … Continued
July 1, 2008