Day: February 18, 2009
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Wiki Wednesday: Bike Boulevard
The inclusion of $825 million for Transportation Enhancements in the stimulus package should help pay for a lot of bike projects. Writing for Citiwire
this week, transportation analyst Sam Seskin suggests investing a chunk
of that stimulus money in bicycle boulevards, as opposed to bike lanes
or cycle tracks. What are bike boulevards? This week's StreetsWiki entry explains:
February 18, 2009
Hope Springs Eternal for American Transpo Policy
In case you missed the broadcast on Friday, watch this episode of NOW. Told mostly from the perspective of Charlotte's Pat McCrory, the Republican mayor who brought light rail to North Carolina's biggest city, the show hits just about every major transportation issue to surface during the stimulus bill debate. Federal policies that discriminate against transit, state DOTs that throw money at politically-driven highway projects, transit agencies in dire need of federal support as local tax revenues shrivel up -- it's all here.
February 18, 2009
Bike Talk on KillRadio.org
Interviews bike experts, activists and artists and takes calls from bike enthusiasts every week. Also gives info on bike rides, routes, technology, and news, and is available at kpfk.org. Contact: livebiketalk@gmail.com
February 18, 2009
Cities and Climate Change: A Solutions Oriented Conference
This conference examines solutions to global warming. For more information email sustainablecities@college.usc.edu
February 18, 2009
Bring back Broadway Happy Hour
Bringing Back
Broadway is pleased to support LA Streetcar Inc and we hope you'll join
us to toast this important milestone in the Downtown Streetcar effort!
February 18, 2009
5th District City Council Candidates Talk Bikes at BikingInLA
Recently, BikingInLA put out a challenge to the five contenders running for City Council in the Fifth District. The candidates are running to replace Jack Weiss, who is giving up his seat to seek the position of City Attorney. Three of the six candidates, Adeena Bleich, Robert Schwartz and Robyn Ritter-Simon, responded with cogent, forward-thinking visions of an L.A. that is better for bicyclists. Based on their statements it's pretty clear that if any of these three succeed Weiss, fifth district residents will see a huge improvement in their representation from a Councilman who's signature transportation policy was backing the controversial Pico-Olympic plan to speed up traffic then refusing to show up to any public forum to defend or explain it.
February 18, 2009
The Stimulus Bill: Time to Start Following the Money
Now that the president has signed the stimulus bill, members of the Streetsblog Network have thrown themselves into the task of trying to figure out where all that money is going. To that end, we’re featuring Transportation for America‘s “Full Summary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009”, a handy roundup of the … Continued
February 18, 2009
Today’s Headline
GM, Chrysler Ask for Another Handout, This One for $14 Billion (NYT) Caltrans Holding Meetings on I-710 Project (Pasadena Star News) Obama Signs Stimulus Bill Into Law (NYT) R’s in State Senate Oust Leader Who Compromised on Budget (Times) Why the Prez Made High Speed Rail a Stimulus Priority (Politico) Transpo Sec LaHood on How … Continued
February 18, 2009