Day: October 30, 2008
Streetsblog LA
San Joaquin Valley Doing “About Half” of What They Can for Smart Growth
A Drive Up Highway 99 Shows Some Signs of Smart Growth
October 30, 2008
Transit Blamed for Suburban St. Louis Crime
Last week Freakonomics picked up a story from the Riverfront Times
that connects an uptick in shoplifting, fighting and other crimes in
the St. Louis suburbs to a two-year-old expansion of the city's
MetroLink rail system.
October 30, 2008
Texas Governor Rick Perry Celebrates 18 Lanes of “Freedom”
Texas
officials this week marked the opening of new lanes on the Katy
Freeway, a stretch of Interstate 10 that runs 40 miles west from
downtown Houston. The state has added 20 miles of interior lanes,
including 12 miles of HOV lanes, which officials say will eventually be
converted to variable-rate HOT use. The rebuilt Katy Freeway is 18
lanes wide.
October 30, 2008
Today’s Headlines
No on R (Daily Bulletin, Antelope Valley Press via Bottleneck Blog) Molina, Katz Debate Measure R (My Fox LA) Measure R’s Fate in the Hands of Suburbanites (LA Weekly) Boxer Urges More Funds for Infrastructure (SF Chronicle) Pony Up, New Federal Stimulus Includes a Lot of Transportation Project (Wired) Why Drivers Treat Cyclists as Second-Class … Continued
October 30, 2008