Day: January 21, 2009
Streetsblog LA
Senate Set to Confirm LaHood as Transportation Secretary
Ray LaHood handles some softballs at his nomination hearing. Looks like Ray LaHood will sail toward an easy confirmation in the Senate. Members of the Transportation Committee were congratulating him before he opened his mouth at this afternoon’s nomination hearing, which just adjourned. Here are some bullet points: The livable communities plank in Obama’s campaign … Continued
January 21, 2009
Did Team Obama Gut Transit Funds From the Stimulus Package?
Reporting on last week's stimulus letdown
-- when a proposal by US Rep. James Oberstar's Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee for $17 billion in mass transit spending was
slashed by the Appropriations Committee, while $30 billion in proposed
allocations for roads and bridges remained the same -- Grist got word that the then-incoming Obama administration may have had a hand in paring down the transportation package.
January 21, 2009
Do Los Angeles’ Sidewalk Policies Put It Out of Compliance with the ADA?
Parking Enforcement Explains That It Allows Vehicles to Park in Aprons as Long as Property Owners Don't Complain
January 21, 2009
HERMOSA BEACH PUBLIC WORKS MEETING: Creating a Bicycle Master Plan for Hermosa Beach
This is a special council meeting devoted entirely to developing a Bicycle
Master Plan for Hermosa Beach. All are invited to attend. The city is looking at
adding a bikeway through it. View the map.
January 21, 2009
The Work That Needs to Be Done
The first day of the Obama Administration is here at last. So it’s time to get down to work, right? The Midwest High Speed Rail blog (we love their super-realistic slogan, “Improving Amtrak, Incrementally”) has used some of the data collected by Transportation for America to put together a pretty nifty map showing rail projects … Continued
January 21, 2009
The Last Thing This Nation Needs…
I hate to nitpick at an outstanding and historic speech but it's
January 21 and time to start talking about the stimulus bill, so, well,
I'll let James Howard Kunstler do the nitpicking...
January 21, 2009
Today’s Headlines
Obama References Energy, Climate, Roads, Bridges, and Cars in Inaugural Address (Grist) CBO: Highway Projects Not So ‘Shovel-Ready’ After All (Bloomberg via Ryan Avent) NRDC: Transit-Poor Stimulus Bill ‘Indefensible’ (HuffPo) Do Metro’s Funding Policies for Bikes Violate State Laws? (Brayj Against the Machine) “Conflicted” Villaraigosa Can’t Vote on Subway to the Sea (Times) Inauguration Crowds … Continued
January 21, 2009