Cartoon Tuesday: Dinosaurs
Marshall Ramsey of the Clarion-Ledger explores the relationship between the automobile industry and the rest of us. Click through for the punchline.
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Today’s Headlines
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The Militant Angeleno‘s Guide To Valley CicLAvia This Sunday A Driver’s Guide To Not Being A Jerk To Bicyclists (L.A. Magazine) Metro To Accept L.A. Funding To Study Arts District Station (The Source) All-Door Boarding Starts Sunday On Vermont Avenue Rapid Bus (Eastsider) Metro Warner Center Shuttle Debuts (Daily News) Metrolink San Bernardino Line Cuts Fares […]
Surprise Attack on Phoenix Light Rail Expansion Reeks of Koch Brother Interference
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The 11th-hour opposition campaign seeks to stop a project supported by 75 percent of neighborhood residents just three years ago.
Talking Headways Podcast: Value Capture and Transit-Oriented Development
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This week we talk with Stan Wall of HR&A Advisors. Stan tells us about his earlier work as director of real estate and station planning for WMATA in Washington DC, including an interesting case study -- the redevelopment at the NoMa transit station -- his favorite projects, and what "value capture" actually means.
Why Affordable Housing Is So Important for Development Near Transit
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What happens when you build housing around transit, but it's not affordable to the people who ride transit the most?
Today’s Headlines
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CicLAvia Comes To the Valley This Sunday (Daily News) Graphic Of Density In Eight L.A. Single-Family Neighborhoods (Reddit) Proposed 77-Story Hotel On Figueroa Could Be L.A.’s Tallest (Urbanize) Opinion: Downey Needs More Off-Street Parking (Downey Patriot) Carnage: Shadow Hills Crash Kills Two (Daily News, LAT) LAPD Adds 20 E-Bikes To Fleet (Daily News) Some History […]
Metro Planning Committee OKs Light Rail Recommendation For Van Nuys Corridor
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A Metro committee approved the plan for a 9.2-mile, 14-station at-grade light rail line for the Van Nuys corridor, expected to open in 2027