Day: March 24, 2009
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Gov. Talks Transportation Financing and Expansion on Meet the Press
This week Governor Schwarzenegger joined Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Meet the Press. A partial clip of the Governor's statement on transportation can be found above and the full segment can be viewed at the Meet the Press website; but for those at work, here's what the governor had to say about traffic and funding after each politician's opening statement:
March 24, 2009
Northeast LA Critical Mass: “One Night Only” or “Rebirth”
(This article is my first effort to revive a monthly series on Critical Mass
in the Greater Los Angeles area. Previously Streetsblog has celebrated an anniversary in the Valley, dodged the
police in Santa Monica, cruised with the kids in Pasadena, toured the downtown in Los Angeles, and kicked around in Venice. Why is a policy blog doing a series on Critical Mass? Simply, it's an uniquely L.A. experience for so many communities to have their own Critical Mass and each ride tells us as much about the community as it does Bike Culture.)
March 24, 2009
Before You Vote Today…Check Out Biking in LA
What, you didn't know there was an election today? Well, not all of Los Angeles has the chance to vote, just those in the 26th District where a group of candidates are vying to replace Mark Ridley-Thomas who is now sits on the County Board of Supervisors. While Assemblyman Curren Price is considered to be the front runner, before heading to the voting booth head over to BikinginLA where statements of three of the candidates are collected. If you don't have time to read the full statements by Price, Rabbi Nachum Shifren, and Saundra Davis, I have a summary of each below.
March 24, 2009
It’s No Accident
What if news articles of shootings, stabbings and other deaths used
the same language normally employed to describe traffic collisions?
Today on the Streetsblog Network, David Alpert of Greater Greater Washington
points to media coverage of a crash in Culpeper County, VA, as an
example of our tendency to view traffic violence as an immutable force
of nature.
March 24, 2009
Today’s Headlines
Goodbye, Steve Hymon (LAist, LA Now, Curbed) More ZipCars Coming to USC…in August? (Daily Trojan) More on LAPD’s New Desire to Ticket for Licensed Bikes (Metblogs) EPA Prepares to Regulate Greenhouse Gases (NYT) Driving Declined in January for 14th Straight Month (Infrastructurist) Winner Announced for Design Metro of the Future Contest (Curbed) World’s Cheapest Car … Continued
March 24, 2009