Month: January 2009
Streetsblog LA
Even as Gas Prices Fall, More People Are Turning to Transit
From Streetsblog Network member Mobilizing the Region, the blog of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, come some numbers that members of Congress should look at closely as they consider transit funding in the stimulus package:
January 27, 2009
Today’s Headlines
House Nixes Extra Funding for Transit, Where Is Schumer? (NYC Streetsblog) Metro’s Dilemna: Ridership Up But Funding Down, What to Do? (Times) Federal Transpo Policy Stuck in the Asphalt Age (Citiwire) Now’s the Time to Invest in Infrastructure at Bargain Prices (Ryan Avent via Streetsblog.net) New Coalition Links Rail Advocates on Capitol Hill (The Hill) … Continued
January 27, 2009
City Council to Vote on Two Speed Limit Raises Tomorrow
Lookout valley residents on living on or pedestrians walking along Saticoy Street or White Oak Avenue. In an effort to better enforce traffic laws, the Los Angeles City Council is voting on an ordinance that will raise speed limits on these streets. Each road will see the limit increase from 35 miles per hour to 40 miles per hour because the city was lax in enforcing the 35 miles per hour speed limit.
January 26, 2009
How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-Lot Gardeners are Inventing the Future Today
CHRIS CARLSSON GIVES A TALK ON:
January 26, 2009
Woodland Hills-Warner Center N.C. Meeting on Speed Limits
Deputy Chief Moore,
Councilman Zine, LADOT GM Robinson join the Woodland Hills Warner Center Neighborhood Council Public Safety Committee
in speed limit increase presentation. Tuesday, January 27 @ 6:30 pm -
Fire Station 84 - 21050 Burbank Boulevard, Woodland Hills, CA 91364
January 26, 2009
Call to Action: Win Back Stimulus Funding for Transit Service
There's a sense of urgency on the Streetsblog Network this morning. Transportation for America, using media reports of projected cuts to transit services across the country, has put together a map that dramatizes just how painful those cuts could be:
January 26, 2009
No Bail Reduction for Hip-Hop Artist Who Ran Down Ped. Activist
A judge rejected a request for lower bail in the case of Swedish Rapper David Moses Jassy, a Swedish rapper who beat, ran over and killed a pedestrian activist after the activist hit his SUV with his hands according to the police. Thus far, Jassy hasn't denied killing pianist John Osnes during the altercation last November, but sought lower bail because Osnes played a far more aggressive role in the fight than prosecutors have said.
January 26, 2009
Today’s Headlines
Rep. DeFazio: Obama Advisor Larry Summers Behind Shrinking Transit Stimulus (Think Progress) Is L.A. Ready for Congestion Parking? (Daily News) Thanks Arnold, States Getting Closer to Setting Own Emission Standards (AP) Shut Up and Drive: Hang Up the Phone for Safety’s Sake (Times) Terrible Bike Parking at LA Live (CityWatch) Simi Valley Readies Bike Master … Continued
January 26, 2009