Month: December 2009
Streetsblog LA
Streetcars and Street Design
This morning on the Streetsblog Network, Yonah Freemark at The Transport Politic
talks about streetcar plans in Washington, D.C. Without better street
design, he argues, the capital's streetcars could end up mired in
traffic:
December 9, 2009
And the Winner Is…You Decide
It's become something of a Streetsblog tradition to take the week off between Christmas and New Year's and partially fill the space with our Streetsie Awards. Like the name implies, it allows us to focus on some of the best, and worst, stories from the previous year.
December 8, 2009
White House Backs $50B For ‘Merit-Based Infrastructure Investment’
President Obama today threw his weight behind significant new
transportation spending as part of a broad jobs bill taking shape in
Congress, with $50 billion slated for transit, roads, bridges, and
ports and the administration endorsing "merit-based infrastructure
investment that leverages federal dollars."
December 8, 2009
The Economics of the Bike Boulevard
There's an interesting piece in today's Los Angeles Business Journal by Richard Risemberg on the economics of the Bicycle Boulevard and why the city needs to begin installing them immediately . While it's trues that Risemberg is a bike partisan, he writes the excellent Bicycle Fixation Webzine and is part of the Bike Coalition's 4th Street Bike Boulevard committee, he deserves bonus points for taking the campaign to a new audience and speaking to them in their language.
December 8, 2009
This Week’s News Brought to You by the Auto Industry
It always fascinates me when someone tells me that the auto industry is dying because of gas prices and poor management. Not only have three of the Obama Administration's major policy victories been aimed at propping up the industry, but even our "Green" Mayor and Governor are continually bending over backwards to support alternative fuel vehicles with tax breaks and other perks.
December 8, 2009
NY and CA: How Did They Spend Transportation Stimulus Money?
In an economic recovery report released
today by New York Gov. David Paterson (D), the state broke down its
plans for the estimated $31 billion it received as part of the Obama
administration's first stimulus law.
December 8, 2009
Cleveland Bikers to ODOT: “Let Us Cross the Bridge” by Sarah Goodyear
Today on the Streetsblog Network,
we've got the story of some bicyclists who turned out in the bitter
cold last weekend to rally for a bike path to be included in the
reconstruction of the I-90 Innerbelt Bridge.
December 8, 2009
Metro Board Preview: Route 2 Terminus, Villaraigosa’s Ten Year Plan, Gates for the Gold Line and the Crenshaw Corridor DEIR
This Thursday the Metro Board meets for the last time in 2009 in a special meeting this Thursday at 9:30 A.M. in Metro's Headquarters next to Union Station. As normal, there's a full agenda, with plenty of controversial and interesting items on the agenda. Some old friends, such as the Mayor's, optimistic plan to build every Measure R transit project in the next decade to some new items such as a debate over whether or not to study building a subway on the Crenshaw Corridor.
December 7, 2009