Day: January 29, 2009
Streetsblog LA
Hollywood BID Opens Transportation Website
This morning, the Hollywood Entertainment District, the local Business Development District, and City Council President Eric Garcetti announced the opening of a new website to help residents and visitors better navigate the streets of Hollywood. Navigatehollywood.com is still ironing out some wrinkles, but at first glance has done a pretty good job of recognizing that there are a lot of different ways to travel through Hollywood that dont' involve a car.
January 29, 2009
EXPO Phase II Hearings on DEIR
The Expo Authority has scheduled public hearings to receive
comments on the DEIR. While no formal presentation will be made,
informational boards will be available for public viewing. You may stop
by at any time during the public hearings to provide your comments.
(Please note that there will be a time limit per speaker)
January 29, 2009
Obama Stimulus Leaves Bus Riders By the Side of The Road
The
House version of President Obama's stimulus plan has left bus riders
with nothing to look forward to but stiff fare hikes and painful
service cuts. Bus systems got zero in immediate operating support from
the bill that passed yesterday -- stunning neglect compared to the $150
billion in educational "operating assistance" to local schools and
universities and $127 billion in emergency health care "operating
assistance" to state Medicaid and private insurance programs. A
relatively puny request for $2 billion in transit operating support was
shot down before even reaching committee.
January 29, 2009
Today’s Headlines
House Passes Stimulus Bill in Party Line Vote (NYT) More on Nadler’s $3 Billion Transit Amendment (Daily Politics, WSJ) Why Not Double Transit Portion of Stimulus? (Philly Inquirer) Santa Barbara Columnist Goes on Vicious Attack Against Traffic Calming (Daily Sound) Seattle to Park Bikes Instead of Cars in Some On-Street Spots (Orphan Road via Streetsblog.net) … Continued
January 29, 2009