Month: February 2011
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Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change: Urbanism Expanded
Editor’s note: This week, we continue our 5-part series of excerpts from Peter Calthorpe’s book, “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change.” This is installment number three. Thanks to Island Press, a few lucky Streetsblog readers will be selected to receive a free copy of the book. To enter the contest, fill out this form.
February 2, 2011
What Will Become of Amtrak If It’s Left Out of Plans to Expand HSR?
When President Obama and Secretary LaHood talk about their bold new vision for high-speed rail, you don’t hear them mention the country’s very own train company, which just celebrated ten years of providing the closest thing this country has to high-speed rail service, in the Northeast Corridor.
February 2, 2011
What Does John McCain Have Against Bikes at Airports?
Cycling advocates are scratching their heads over a proposal from Arizona Senator John McCain that targets bike infrastructure at U.S. airports.
February 2, 2011
Today’s Headlines
LACDPH Head Mitch Katz praises Culver City as part of LACBC's "Two Wheeled Tuesday" Ride Yesterday
February 2, 2011
Cut or Restore? Metro Bus Service Changes for June 2011
(In advance of the kickoff of tonight's hearings on Metro's bus cut hearings, Faramarz Nabavi was nice enough to send along some very well researched comments on behalf of The Transit Coalition. If you care about bus cuts, take a moment to sit down and read through. - DN)
February 1, 2011
As Number of Carpool Riders Fall, Why Is L.A. Doubling Down on New Lanes?
Los Angeles County has one of the most extensive and far-reaching carpool lane networks in the country. And it's still growing. Between 1997 and 2010, the County added 244 lane miles of HOV lanes bringing the total system to 513 lane miles. Pretty much every highway expansion project in the county is an HOV project as the greenwashing the claim that these projects take cars off the road tends to blunt criticism.
February 1, 2011
Is Extending South Bay Bike Path Worth a Debate? LADOT, NIMBY’s Say No.
For Jim Kennedy, the matter is a simple one. The South Bay Beach Bicycle Path is a unique public resource, and cyclists shouldn't be forced to take a detour down Washington Boulevard in to Marina del Rey when they hit the Venice Pier to keep riding on it.
February 1, 2011
Biggest TRB Meeting Ever Highlights Visionary Bicycle Research
If you attended last week’s annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, you were one of 10,900 people presenting 2,200 papers and 2,500 slide presentations on everything from the conspicuity of pavement markings to complete streets for blind pedestrians.
February 1, 2011
How Cars Won the Early Battle for the Streets
Judging by the recent media backlash against a few bike lanes in New York City, you would think that roads have been the exclusive domain of cars since time immemorial.
February 1, 2011