Month: November 2008
Streetsblog LA
Today’s Headlines
Voters Approved $75B for Local Transit Initiatives on Tuesday (APTA) Measure R Strong Almost Everywhere (Bottleneck Blog, MetroRider) Oil Prices Poised to Rebound, Says International Energy Agency (Grist) Everyone Get Ready! The LA Car Show is Coming to Town! (Daily News) Governor Mentions Raising Vehicle Registration Fees (Times) Latest Biofuel Craze: Tree Fungus From Patagonian … Continued
November 7, 2008
City Council Takes Aim at CALTRANS Safe Routes to Schools
(Editor's note: I sat on the Caltrans' Safe Routes to School Committee for District 7 during the last cycle. Any opinions expressed in this piece are mine and not necessarily the opinions of Caltrans staff or other committee members.)
November 6, 2008
Today’s Headlines
Janette Sadik-Khan Headed to Obama’s Cabinet (NYC Streetsblog) Car Makers, UAW to Plead With Pelosi for More Government Assistance (NYT) Obama Team Considers ‘National Listening Tour’ on Energy and the Environment (Grist) Clean Transportation Went 4 for 4 Locally (LA Visions) Pols Crowd Microphone at Measure R Back Slapping Conference (Bottleneck Blog) Measure R “Our … Continued
November 6, 2008
Sustainable Sundays: A Different Shade of Green
Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles
November 5, 2008
A Future Without Cars
Without Cars in Greater Los Angeles Antioch University Los Angeles hosts free public workshop exploring issues of sustainability and people-powered transportation
November 5, 2008
Metro: 1st Annual Student Summit
Metro and
the Los Angeles Community College District have partnered to host the first
annual
November 5, 2008
Ped-Bike Mockery Flops for 7-Term House Incumbent
The National Republican Congressional Committee ran this ad against Democratic challenger Kathy Dahlkemper in the race for Pennsylvania's third congressional district. It hits a few Gingrichian notes on how to address the country's energy problems before the announcer tells us incredulously:
November 5, 2008