Month: February 2011
Streetsblog LA
California High Speed Rail Authority Meets in L.A.
The California High Speed Rail Authority board meets in LA on Thursday, 3/3 – and each of the three Southern California alignments (Palmdale to LA, LA to Anaheim and LA to San Diego) will present updates. This is an important opportunity for the public to get updates on the project and provide comments – which is why I’m hoping you can include the meeting information in your events round-up.
February 26, 2011
LACBC Celebration of Mayoral Signing of LA Bike Plan
LACBC Celebration of Mayoral Signing of LA Bike Plan
February 26, 2011
LA City Council Meeting – Approval of Bike Plan
The City of LA Bike Plan is slated to have its final hearing before City Council next week! We're almost there!
February 26, 2011
City of LA Bike Plan Implementation Team (BPIT) Meeting
The Bike Plan Implementation Team (BPIT) for the City of LA meets on the 1st Tuesday of every month at 2:00 PM in City Hall, Room 721. Since it isn't always convenient for bicyclists and community members to physically attend these meetings, you all are invited to utilize the meeting's webinar feature to listen in online, make comments, and ask questions for the March 1st BPIT meeting (Tune in after Tuesday's City Council meeting!). Space is limited, so please reserve your webinar spot.
February 26, 2011
L.A.’s DIY Complete Streets
(As I type these words, UCLA is hosting the Complete Streets for Los Angeles Conference in Downtown Los Angeles. As you can guess, I'm not at the conference. To provide coverage, we asked some of the presenters to allow us to publish their presentations. First up: regular Streetsblog contributor James Rojas. We'll have more next week. - DN)
February 25, 2011
Gov. Rick Scott Is Reconsidering Florida HSR Position
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has asked the Department of Transportation for additional time to reconsider his decision to return $2.4 billion in federal funding for high-speed rail in the state.
February 25, 2011
City Poised to Begin Construction of “Arroyo Seco Bikeway/River Confluence Gateway”
The confluence of the Los Angeles River and the Arroyo Seco, is one of the most historic places in Los Angeles. In 1769, Spanish explorers Colonel Gaspar de Portola, Father Juan Crespi and Michael Costanso "discovered" Los Angeles. It also, in the words of the Arroyo Seco Foundation, "provides the key linkage of the Los Angeles River to vital habitat and wildlife corridor, joining the San Gabriel Mountains to the Santa Monica Mountains."
February 25, 2011
Name the SR-710 Extension Moves to the Final Page, But How Much Will It Cost?
Last week's poll asking you to vote on what name L.A. Streetsblog will use to describe the 710 Extension Project was easily Streetsblog's most popular poll to date, with 252 total votes. Two project names got sixty votes each to move on to this final poll. One week from today, either Art Dean's "Golden Freight Freeway" or Joanne Nuckols' "SR-710, L.A.'s Big Dig" will become the official name that Streetsblog uses to describe the project from here on out.
February 25, 2011
Trainwreck: Rick Scott Keeps On Killing Florida HSR
Somehow, every time a governor makes a really bad decision that denies appropriate transportation options to his constituents, he gets chance after chance to take it back. And somehow, they never do.
February 25, 2011
Sprawl Wallops St. Louis With Eight Percent Population Loss
St. Louis is reeling from the news that the city has lost 29,000 residents -- or eight percent of its population -- since 2000. The Gateway City had already lost a greater share of its population than any other US city. The latest count brings it down to a total 319,294 from a height of 856,796 residents in 1950.
February 25, 2011