Month: March 2010
Streetsblog LA
What Do You Want Covered from the Street Summit?
Today, tomorrow and Wednesday Streetsblog will run a short series where you can decide what sessions I'll attend and cover at this year's LA Street Summit. Despite it's name, there's no formal relationship between the Summit and Streetsblog, although I will be covering the events on Thursday and Sunday, and I'm told we'll also be seeing some L.A. Streetfilms be filmed and produced.
March 15, 2010
LaHood Reaches Out to Transit Industry, Lamenting ‘Lousy Economy’
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood sought to commiserate with the
cash-strapped transit industry today, declaring the Obama
administration an ally of local rail and bus agencies even as the
"lousy economy" clouds prospects for passage of a new long-term federal
transportation bill.
March 15, 2010
The Week in Livable Streets Events
The highlight of the week is the Bike Summit at the end of the week, but there's some other interesting stuff surrounding the Summit as well. Oh, and that lecture Thursday night looks kind of interesting.
March 15, 2010
Downtown B.I.D.: Transportation 2020
For more information: http://blogdowntown.com/2010/03/5165-monday-talk-transit-at-transportation-2020
March 15, 2010
Janette Sadik-Khan at the Antoinette & Vincent M. Dungan Lecture on Energy & the EnvironmentThis is a featured page
We’re pleased to announce that Janette Sadik-Khan, New York City’s Commissioner of Transportation, will be kicking off the 2010 LA StreetSummit with a pre-summit talk on Thursday March 18th, at 7:30pm at Occidental College’s Keck Theater in Eagle Rock. In New York City, Commissioner Sadik-Kahn has overseen an unprecedented transformation of streets. After generations of … Continued
March 15, 2010
2010 LA StreetSummit
In March 2009, more than 300 community residents, activists,
researchers, and others gathered at L.A. Trade Tech for the 2009 L.A.
Bike Summit. Building on that experience and broadening the agenda to
include the parallel issues of biking, walking, and related streets
issues, The Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental
College is helping facilitate the L.A. STREET SUMMIT 2010: BIKING,
WALKING, AND MORE.
March 15, 2010
The City Re-Emerged When We Arrived
A collaborative project by Aurisha Smolarski, Doarn Mcgee and Somerset WatersWith special thanks to Federico Tobon
March 15, 2010
Does Your City Have Ambitions?
Yesterday, at The Urbanophile,
Aaron Renn posted a thoughtful essay about the idea of the "city as
platform." He looks at all the different meanings of the word platform and muses about how they apply in the urban context.
March 15, 2010