Day: October 2, 2009
Streetsblog LA
Coming Soon: Diane Meyer’s Beautiful Car-Free Portraits at the 18th Street Art Center
Diane Meyer's photography show Without a Car in the World: 100 Car-less Angelinos Tell Stories of Living in Los Angeles runs October 17th through December 11th. It's at the 18th Street Art Center, which is located at 1639 18th Street, in Santa Monica. The opening reception is Saturday October 17th from 7pm to 1opm.
October 2, 2009
Draft Pasadena Bike Plan Maps Released
Last night, the city of Pasadena hosted a public input meeting for
its new bike plan. The big news at the meeting was the release of a
draft map of proposed bikeway facilities. Though that map is not yet
posted on-line, the city's Senior Transportation Planner Rich Dilluvio
assured L.A. Streetsblog that it would be posted within a couple weeks.
October 2, 2009
Long Beach’s Leap Toward Livability – Part 1 of 2
(There's a lot of great bike and walk improvements happening in Long
Beach, so L.A. StreetsBlog will cover it in two parts, for now. Today's
article features the past and present; next Friday will feature
exciting plans for the future.)
October 2, 2009
NYC’s Sands Street Gets a Sassy, Center-Median Cycletrack
Chalk up more bikeway innovation
to the folks at the NYC Department of Transportation. Now nearly
complete, the Sands Street approach to the Manhattan Bridge is now
safer and more enjoyable thanks to a first-of-its-kind in NYC: a
center-median, two-way, protected bike path. Frankly, the facility is a
perfect solution to counter the dangers posed by a tangle of roads and
highway on-ramps that burden the area. Dramatic before and afters tell
the delicious story.
October 2, 2009
SF’s Newsom: Let’s Not Extend Parking Meter Hours in a Recession
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has snagged some high-profile
support for his nascent California gubernatorial bid, but he may have
some trouble with the transit-riding, congestion-weary constituency. My
colleagues Matthew Roth and Bryan Goebel have the story over at Streetsblog San Fran:
October 2, 2009
Making Employers Liable For Their Distracted Drivers
Today one of our Streetsblog Network members picks up on some ideas in the latest New York Times article about distracted driving, which focused on workers who multitask in their cars using a variety of electronic devices. The Chicago Bicycle Advocate, which is written by a personal injury attorney, says that only the threat of liability for employers may be able to influence this frightening trend:
October 2, 2009