LA Streetsie Awards 2008
(editor’s note: This will be the last post of 2008 for Los Angeles Streetsblog barring any major story breaking this week. Here are, in my opinion the best and worst of 2008 in transportation news. Enjoy, and see you all next Monday.)
Story of the Year: The battle over Measure R and its final passage
My Favorite Story to “research” and write: Parking Day LA
Best Streetfilm: LA’s Bike Co-Ops
Best Streetsblog Op/Ed: Dana Gabbard on Measure R
Best Interview: City Councilman Tom LaBonge
Story That Has Been Covered to Death that Will Be Covered to Death Again Next Year: The Battle over Expo
Streetsblog Op/Ed Title That Leaves Least to Imagination: Proposition T in Santa Monica is my Candidate for the Worst Urban Planning Idea of the Year.
Best One Day Event: Downtown Pasadena Walkabout with a h/t to the It’s Time to Move L.A. Conference
Best Lecture: Gordon Price
Best Transportation Series Nobody Is Talking About (outside of The Valley): Stephen Box and the Woodland Hills Warner Center Neighborhood Council’s Panel of Visionaries
Dumbest Waste of Money: Metro installs turnstiles to Keep Us Safe from Terrorists
Best Community Plan That Is Being Ignored by the City: Eco-Village’s Car Free Vision for Planned LAUSD Parking Lot
Best Community Plan That Nobody is Ignoring: South L.A./ Staples Center Improvement Plan
Best Move by Metro Board: Stopping Service Cuts
Worst Place to Park a Bike: Dodger Stadium
Best Statement by a Politician: Obama promises to boost bike-ped funding if elected
Worst Statement by a Politician: “The Public Votes with Their Gas Pedal” edges Villaraigosa tells cyclists to look somewhere else for funds
Most Horrific Crash: July 4th Mandeville Canyon Disaster
Worst Story That Won’t Die: LAPD’s newfound obsession with bicycle licenses edges the Mayor’s Pico-Olympic Plan
Best Sign That LA Is Moving in the Right Direction: Parties Planned around Late-Night Metro
Best “Web Exclusive” Series: Co-existence but a h/t to the Bus Bench’s Dead Escalator Series
Best Collaborative Effort: Fred and I write to papers about Feuer Bills
Gone But Not Forgotten: Livable Places, Emerald City
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