Month: December 2009
Streetsblog LA
EPA Makes it Official: Emissions Threaten Public Health
Acting under a Supreme Court mandate, the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) ruled today that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public
health and contribute to the harmful environmental effects of climate
change, paving the way for pollution regulations under the Clean Air
Act.
December 7, 2009
D.I.Y. Strikes Again: Sharrows Appear in Northeast L.A.
Last Friday, the city's D.I.Y. Department was hard at work in East Los Angeles installing Sharrows on several city streets. There was an unofficial count of sixteen painted Sharrows on the street. Oddly, they seem to be centered in the area surrounding the Bike Oven in NELA's bike district.
December 7, 2009
Rendell: National Infrastructure Bank Could Move as Part of New Jobs Bill
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D), who is in Washington today continuing his push for a "front-loaded"
federal transportation bill, told Streetsblog Capitol Hill that he sees
momentum building for a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) to be
created as part of the jobs bill now moving forward in Congress.
December 7, 2009
This Week in Livable Streets Events: Two Big Meetings, Bikes and Charity
You have a couple of days to prepare for big meetings on Wednesday and Thursday. Then there's some great rides and other outdoor events to cool off this weekend.
December 7, 2009
Huge Eco-ART Public Billboard– Curtain “Drop”
Street hip event features “live” 7pm curtain drop to reveal hand painted art billboard installed right over the gallery. Plus gallery show, Eco-LA Recovery Room “green” accessories, DJ– libations.
December 7, 2009
Special Metro Board Meeting
For more information: http://www.metro.net/board/Agendas/2009/12_december/20091210ARBM.pdf
December 7, 2009
Slowing Drivers in London
Today on the Streetsblog Network, we've got some good news from Tom Vanderbilt's How We Drive
blog about lower speed limits coming to London. The borough of
Islington will be radically expanding the number of streets with a
speed limit of only 20 miles per hour. The goal is "a 10-year target of
lowering traffic deaths by a third."
December 7, 2009
Today’s Headlines
(editor's note: I awoke this morning to 333 pieces of spam in the folder. I didn't read all of them. Sorry if one of your comments got lost.)
December 7, 2009
Next Week’s Big Bike Meeting: Bike Harassment, the LAPD, Bike Planning and More!
When Streetsblog spoke with Councilman Bill Rosendahl about his priorities as Transportation Committee Chair, he promised a number of sweeping changes and regular "bike themed" committee hearings. Next week he is going to make good on some of his projects when he chairs his first "bike-only" City Council Transportation Hearing. You can read the full agenda here, or just read on as we'll preview each issue that will be discussed.
December 4, 2009