Month: March 2010
Streetsblog LA
Older People Need Safer Streets for True Independence
This is what independence really looks like. (Photo: kamshots via Flickr) Probably all of us have watched as an aging relative fights to keep on driving despite deteriorating vision or other impairments. I know of one case in which a woman essentially stole her mother’s car so that the older lady, who suffered from dementia, … Continued
March 26, 2010
Gold Line Foothill Extension Will Be First Measure R Rail Project to Begin Construction
"Metro
Board unanimously approves funding and master cooperative agreement.
Gold Line Foothill Extension set to break ground in June!!" may be the tweet heard round the San Gabriel Valley, as Albert Ho of I Will Ride announced that the Metro Board of Directors approved the construction plan for the Foothill Extension. The first shovel will go in the ground in June; meaning the Foothill Extension, not Expo Phase II, the Subway to the Sea nor the Regional Connector, will be the first Measure R rail project to begin construction. Thanks to commenter Dennis Hindman for reminding me that the Orange Line extension already broke ground.
March 25, 2010
GM Unveils New “Envy” and “Pride” Models, “Lust” and “Sloth” to Come
I've railed on General Motors and Segway in the past for the myriad impracticalities of their tandem Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility (P.U.M.A.) prototype. Now they're at it again, making headlines today
by unveiling the first three models in their new Electric Networked
Vehicle (EN-V, pronounced "envy") line, including the Jiao, which is
Chinese for "Pride."
March 25, 2010
T4America: We Want You
If you're a regular Streetsblog reader who's been looking for a career in fighting for transportation reform, have I got news for you. Transportation For America, the organization that's looking out for us in the nation's capital, is looking to hire a field organizer for Southern California. The requirements? Knowledge of Southern California's communities, a passion for advocacy, two years of experience as a political organizer and an ability to work with, manage and grow a diverse coalition.
March 25, 2010
EPA Drops Data Before GOP Forces Shutdown of Transportation Hearing
The Senate environment panel today was forced to prematurely shutter
its latest hearing on the next long-term federal transportation bill
after Republicans invoked a rarely-used right to close down committee
work as part of their broader protest against the majority party's health care legislation.
March 25, 2010