Month: January 2009
Streetsblog LA
Have a Bike Parking Solution for the Folks in Austin?
(Editor's Note: Earlier in the week when I asked for story suggestions in the new year, there was a mini-discussion of how the new meter-less parking downtown has reduced the amount of places for people to lock their bikes. Apparently, we're not alone. For what it's worth, LADOT tells me they're working on a solution. Stay tuned...)
January 7, 2009
Gov. Writes to Obama: Stimulate Economy by Undercutting NEPA
Villaraigosa, Schwarzenegger and Other Leaders Celebrate Opening of 101-405 Interchange
January 7, 2009
Today’s Headlines
Engineer During Chatsworth Crash Had History of Using Cell Phone While Working (Daily News) Oregon Gov Pushes for VMT Tax (Corvallis Times via Planetizen) Times Columnist Flips Out about “9/10” of a Cent in Gas Prices Daily News Flips Out about Increased Parking Rates (via LAist) Angeleno Biking to Inauguration Makes it to Florida (Here … Continued
January 7, 2009
Cartoon Tuesday: What’s Your Destination?
Good stuff this week from Tom Toles, whose transpo-themed editorial cartoons are always on target. Click through for the rest of this commentary.
January 6, 2009
Portland’s Safe Streets: How Do They Do It?
Last Sunday in New York, the Street Memorial Project
organized a ride in memory of the 14 bicyclists and more than 100
pedestrians killed by cars in the city in 2008. You can see the
StreetFilm about the ride here.
January 6, 2009
Today’s Headlines
Auto Industry Faces Across-the-Board Dive in New Car Sales (NYT) While We Weren’t Paying Attention, Sacramento Passed New Driving Laws (Daily News) How about that Downtown DASH? (Blogdowntown) How about that New-Found Cab Culture? (Times) Caltrans Checking Feasibility of 710 Tunnel (LA Now) Gas Prices Rising in L.A.. O.C. Counties (Daily News) UK Debates Safety … Continued
January 6, 2009
City’s Measure R Plan a Test for Villaraigosa
Mayor Villaraigosa Mugs for the Cameras at Opening of Dodger Trolley
January 5, 2009
Streetsblog.net Members Not Impressed with Obama Stimulus
As Inauguration Day gets closer, talk on the Streetsblog Network is turning back to the stimulus bill being pushed by the new administration. On Saturday, President-elect Obama once again talked to the nation about how he wants to pump federal dollars into infrastructure spending. And once again, while he singled out roads and bridges as worthy of investment, the words "transit" and "rail" never passed his lips. Should we be worrying about this? Or are we trying to read too much into these highly stylized YouTube pronouncements?
January 5, 2009