Day: August 14, 2008
Streetsblog LA
Bike-Share Debuts in Washington D.C.
Public bike-share in the U.S. hit a milestone yesterday when SmartBike DC, the first program of its kind in an American city, launched in full. Coverage in the Washington Post was heavy on the implications for D.C.'s image:
August 14, 2008
Metro Pushing HOT Lanes at Public Meetings
While Metro's sales tax proposal has been dominating the news, the agency has also been pursuing adding managed toll lanes, also known as HOT Lanes, to the I-10 and I-110. You may remember that Metro received a $213 million grant from the FHWA to construct HOT Lanes on two LA County freeways and buy new buses two facilitate better transit along the effected corridors.
August 14, 2008
KTLA: Should SoCal Spend Money on Bike Lanes
KTLA.com has a poll up asking whether Southern California should be spending public funds to build more bike lanes. Surprisingly, almost a third of respondents have “voted” against putting money into a better bike network. Just in case you were wondering, the poll is still live and can be found here. Photo: Waltarrr/Flickr
August 14, 2008
I-110 Corridor HOT Lanes Demonstration
You are invited to attend a Metro and Caltrans workshop about
proposed Congestion Reduction Demonstration Project in the I-10 and
I-110 corridors.
August 14, 2008
I-110 Corridor HOT Lanes Demonstration
You are invited to attend a Metro and Caltrans workshop about
proposed Congestion Reduction Demonstration Project in the I-10 and
I-110 corridors.
August 14, 2008
I-10 Corridor HOT Lanes Demonstration
You are invited to attend a Metro and Caltrans workshop about
proposed Congestion Reduction Demonstration Project in the I-10 and
I-110 corridors.
August 14, 2008
El Monte HOT Lanes Demonstration
You are invited to attend a Metro and Caltrans workshop about
proposed Congestion Reduction Demonstration Project in the I-10 and
I-110 corridors.
August 14, 2008
Today’s Headlines
D.C. Launches Bike-Share Network (WaPo) Think Metro is Wasteful? Check out LAUSD (Daily News) Metro Breaks Ridership Records (Bottleneck Blog, LAist) 115 New Parking Spaces Coming to Abbot-Kinney (LAist) More Than 40 U.S. Cities Exploring Streetcar Systems for Their Downtowns (NYT) D.A. Investigating Cop’s Critical Mass Takedown (Chelsea Now) City Puts in New Parking Meters … Continued
August 14, 2008