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Villaraigosa Talks About Safe Streets for Pedestrians in State of the City

8:04 AM PDT on April 17, 2009

Earlier this week, Mayor Villaraigosa gave the annual State of the City address and for the first time it discussed a future with reduced auto dependency.  The following paragraph appears as part of a larger discussion of the Mayor's Clean Tech Corridor initiative.  It's not much, but it's more than last year:

The Clean Tech Corridor will rest alongside the Cornfields Arroyo Seco– the first and only LEED-pilot neighborhood by any big city in theUnited States of America.  A cluster of pedestrian-friendly streetssitting along public transit lines.  A model for future communitieswhere residents walk more, drive less  and have access to quality jobsand affordable housing.

For more on what a "Clean Tech Corridor" actually is and what it could mean to L.A.  Check out this post at blogdowntown by Eric Richardson.

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