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.
