Day: October 15, 2008
Streetsblog LA
Wiki Wednesday: Stub Patrol
Earlier this month “Wikis Take Manhattan” brought in thousands of photos for StreetsWiki and Wikipedia articles. As those shots are matched with their respective entries, we’d like to draw attention to a few StreetsWiki posts that could use fleshing out text-wise: Curb Cuts Street Wall Speed Bumps, Humps, and Cushions Sheridan Expressway Ghost Bikes To … Continued
October 15, 2008
Bus Rider’s Union Meeting
Usually meets the 3rd Saturday of every month. Join us for a light breakfast at 9:30 AM.Meeting starts at 10:00 AM (213) 387-2800
October 15, 2008
Inland Empire Critical Mass
The IE Critical Mass is a fun bike ride that takes
place every third Friday of the month. We meet at 7pm, ride at 7:30pm
for you stragglers, in the REI parking lot located on the northwest
corner of Foothill Blvd and Day Creek Blvd in Rancho Cucamonga.
October 15, 2008
Northeast LA Critical Mass
Last Friday of every month in hundreds of cities around the world,
cyclists, roller bladers, boarders, etc...come together for a festive
rolling celebration. It's an organized coincidence with no leaders and
no set agenda. People come together for many reasons, to assert their
right to cleaner air, less congestion, safer roads, and to celebrate
and ride in solidarity with other cyclists and like minded individuals.
Celebrate this month with Critical Mass!
October 15, 2008
SurveyLA: Boyle Heights
The Boyle Heights residential community is the first of three pilot survey areas that will be completed for SurveyLA. The
City has compiled much information on Boyle Heights, which they will
share with you, but need additional information on many topics or
themes.The purpose of this meeting is to get your help to do the
following:
October 15, 2008
Mad As Hell Or Mad As a Hatter?
No one can deny
that our region is gripped by many problematic planning pressures -
intense traffic congestion, unaffordable housing, increasing density,
and the aesthetic blight of poorly designed buildings. Residents'
frustration often boils over at city council and community group
meetings. Are planning "elites" so out of touch with resident concerns
that they have ceased to represent their constituents? Or should
complex land use regulation and municipal budgets be left to the cool
heads of elected officials and their technocratic staffs? Are citizen
initiatives an effective answer to out-of-control power? Or, do such
initiatives impose inflexible solutions that are detrimental to the
common good? Are planning initiatives democratic, or
just another tool of the powerful -- whether Wal-Mart or NIMBY?
Registration & Pricing: Members: $20 ($15 Full-time Member Students
with ID) Nonmembers: $40 Online Registration
October 15, 2008
Transportation for America Launches Legislative Campaign
Today marks the start of Transportation for America‘s “Build for America” campaign, which will work to influence the transportation funding legislation that goes before the next Congress in 2009. (You’ll be hearing a lot more about it here in the coming months; we have received a grant from the T4America campaign to kick-start the development … Continued
October 15, 2008
Dana Gabbard: Yes on High Speed Rail
(As we've already seen today with Measure R, the campaign for and against Proposition 1A, a bonding measure to pay for High Speed Rail, is also heating up as the weather cools down. Today, the Times profiled the efforts to support and oppose the ballot prop. Speaking for those in favor, Dana Gabbard writes below some of the many reasons that Californians should support High Speed Rail in a couple of weeks.)
October 15, 2008