Day: June 23, 2009
Streetsblog LA
Old Business Highlights Transportation Committee and Metro Board
Tomorrow marks the swan song for Wendy Greuel, the outgoing Chair of the City Council Transportation Committee who will move across the street to the Comptroller's Office on July 1st. The agenda for her last meeting is not an easy one, I'm guessing she was hoping most of these issues would have moved on last week, a plan thwarted by the low attendance from the LAPD and even the other members of the Committee excepting Bill Rosendahl.
June 23, 2009
Senators Seek Rail Safety Funding in Aftermath of Metro Crash
Mere hours after the Washington Metro system suffered a shocking accident, two senior senators released a letter to their colleagues asking for $50 million in grants to improve rail safety technology. The scene of yesterday’s D.C. Metro crash. (Photo: NYT) The letter was sent by two chairmen with a central role in transportation policy — … Continued
June 23, 2009
Dana Gabbard: Why My Community Is the Best for Transit
(Editor's Note: This is the first in what will hopefully be a series of residents defending their community as the best for car-free living in Los Angeles. Make your submissions to damien@streetsblog.org. For more information on the series, visit yesterday's story.)
June 23, 2009
Destroying Highways to Rebuild Cities
Today on the Streetsblog Network, Mobilizing the Region
is talking about highway removal. Specifically, the proposed teardown
or reinvention of the 40-year-old Aetna Viaduct in Hartford, CT, which
has already outlived its projected lifespan. Now the Hartford Courant
has become a proponent of the idea that getting rid of the road could
transform Connecticut's capital city:
June 23, 2009
Today’s Headlines
Nine Dead in DC Metro Crash (NYT, Times, News) Read Oberstar’s Transportation Bill Yourself (DC Streetsblog) City Staff Confused at Caltrans’ Conference on Pedestrian Planning (City Watch) Caltrans’ State Director Take’s Leahy’s Old Job at OCTA (LA Now, Sac Bee) LA Is Full of Dumb Bike Lanes, Thank Goodness for the Bike Plan (LA Examiner) … Continued
June 23, 2009