Month: January 2009
Streetsblog LA
Say Hello to Our Friends to the North
I'm pleased to announce the launch of Streetsblog San Francisco. We opened the doors to the site yesterday and, from now on, you'll be able to find it at this address:
January 8, 2009
Tell Congress: Don’t Waste Money on Highway Expansion
With President-elect Obama back in Washington, action is heating up again
around the economic recovery package, which could total up to $850
billion over the next two years. As much as $100 billion may be at
stake for transportation projects. How will it be spent? The
information that continues to trickle out of state departments of
transportation is troubling. With a few exceptions, they are asking
mainly to fund roadway expansion projects that would worsen traffic,
pollution, and oil dependency, at the expense of transit, bike, and
pedestrian infrastructure.
January 8, 2009
Of Buses and Women
Today on the Streetsblog Network we're hearing from Santa Rosa CityBus,
the only blog on the network (so far) that is written by employees of a
municipal transit agency. Their latest post laments the lack of
positive press for the bus in general:
January 8, 2009
Today’s Headlines
A Different View on Gov.’s Stimulus Letter to Obama (SF Streetsblog) Metrolink Safety Report: Board Needs to Know More About Metrolink (LA Now) Metro Seems Unprepared for Long Range Plan Criticism (Metblogs) Four Year Battle Against Home Depot Succeeds in Sunland (Daily News, LAist) Congestion Pricing: Great for Drivers (Freakonomics) CICLE Launches Program in Bike … Continued
January 8, 2009
Wiki Wednesday: “Shovel-Ready” Pedestrian Safety Plans?
StreetsWiki author Andy Hamilton files this entry on an idea from our very own Federal Highway Administration: the Pedestrian Safety Action Plan.
January 7, 2009
Live Reading of “Where Things Are From”
Please join us for a live reading of Where Things Are, From Near to Far, Planetizen’s book for kids about urban planning! We’ll be at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, CA on 1/25 at 2pm. While playing in the city park, little Hugo wonders, “Who put these buildings here?” Hugo’s mother leads him … Continued
January 7, 2009
Measure R Highway Funds Ready to Roll. Transit Funds? Not So Much.
Yesterday, the Bottleneck Blog publicly released the changes to Metro's Long Range Plan that will be voted upon by the Metro Board at the end of the month. Steve Hymon noted that there were many changes to the timelines to complete projects, and many of them weren't acceleration notices. Below is the timeline, with various comments that were collected from around the Internet and news reports included.
January 7, 2009