Month: June 2010
Streetsblog LA
Tragic Turn at the Hollywood and Vine T.O.D.
If Hollywood were to make a movie entitled "Hollywood & Vine -
Transit Oriented Development" they'd have to hire professionals to
manage the streets, control the traffic, move the trucks and make sure
the entire environment was safe. There would be a 1st Assistant
Director on set, legally responsible for the safety of all cast and
crew, a commitment that would include a safety meeting each day. It's
been this way for a long time, ever since the tragic incident on the
set of "Twilight Zone" that took the lives of Vic Morrow and two child actors, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen.
June 22, 2010
Metro Board and BRU on Collision Course?
Looking over the agenda for the Metro Board meeting Thursday I see no
sign of any items being included relating to the impending fare
increase and/or the holding of any public hearings to consider a delay
or rescinding of same.
June 22, 2010
Today’s Headlines
The ride cards my wife made for my Father’s Day ride. Not Enough Car Parking for New Restaurants in Fairfax? (LAT) 125,000 Lakers Fans Make for a Packed Commute on Red, Blue, Green and Gold Lines (The Source, Daily News) Cyclists Calling for “Civil Obedience” at Friday’s Critical Mass (LAist) Who Is Number 2 at … Continued
June 22, 2010
Vroom! Eleven More Miles of Faster Cars Coming to the Valley
This Wednesday at 2:00 P.M., the Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee meets to deal with a backlog of speed limit increases and setting "prima facie" limits on several other streets.
June 21, 2010
Tomorrow Night: Metro CEO Art Leahy Speaks to the Transit Coalition
Tomorrow night at 7:00 P.M. Metro CEO Art Leahy will speak and take questions at The Transit Coalition's monthly meeting at Philippe the Original in downtown L.A. Love him or hate him, the affable Leahy has been more open about his plans and vision for Metro with the press and advocates than either his contemporaries at other agencies or predecessors. He even sat down for a Streetsblog interview last summer.
June 21, 2010
The Week in Livable Streets Events
Last Week - Somehow, I missed the opening of Gil Garcetti, that would be Eric's dad, photo exhibit entitled "Paris, Women & Bicycles." Get the details, here.
June 21, 2010
“They Have to Do the Right Thing or Else They’re Going to Get Killed”
Last year, we posted a piece about a couple of shock jocks in Detroit who thought it was funny to talk about throwing things at bicyclists.
June 21, 2010
Today’s Headlines
(Note: The fundraiser was great. We'll do a write-up as soon as I get some pictures and video...I left my camera at home by accident - D)
June 21, 2010