Month: April 2011
Streetsblog LA
High-Speed Rail Funds Get Slashed in Detailed Budget Plan
Just when we thought transportation had gotten off relatively easy in the shutdown-aversion budget deal:
April 12, 2011
Two Important Transit Bills Moving in Sacramento
(Ryan Wiggins is Transportation for America’s an on the ground in Southern California. Last week he presented a primer on transportation funding at “Expanding Our Public Transit Options: Resources to Keep LA Moving Forward?” a Salon put on by Breathe L.A. He was nice enough to share his notes with us in a two-part series. Today we’ll focus on some legislation moving in Sacramento. Yesterday Wiggins gave an overview of the federal picture. – DN)
April 12, 2011
Livability Star Vancouver the Latest City to Look at Highway Removal
When it comes to the choice between a highway and a more connected, cohesive urban community, more and more cities are getting serious about ditching the highway.
April 12, 2011
CicLAvia: When it’s OK to Play in the Street
Yesterday, over a hundred thousand Los Angeles residents turned out for the second-ever cicLAvia. Envisioned as a way to get busy Angelenos out of their cars and into the streets together, cicLAvia opens up a 7.5 mile route along our city streets, allowing cyclists, skaters, and pedestrians to enjoy a car-free LA.
April 11, 2011
You Can Open Your Eyes Now: Budget Deal Spares Transpo the Worst
It’s Monday morning, and the government is open for business. In a last-minute agreement just an hour before the current budget extension was to expire Friday night, Democrats and Republicans avoided the nuclear option of a government shutdown.
April 11, 2011
A Federal Funding Primer from Transportation for America
(Ryan Wiggins is Transportation for America's an on the ground in Southern California. Last week he presented a primer on transportation funding at "Expanding Our Public Transit Options: Resources to Keep LA Moving Forward?" a Salon put on by Breathe L.A. He was nice enough to share his notes with us in a two-part series. Today we'll focus on the federal picture. Tomorrow on the state one. - DN)
April 11, 2011
CicLAvia II – Bigger and Cooler Than Last Time
Yesterday, with more fanfare and riders than the maiden ride in October of last year, CicLAvia rolled back to the streets of Los Angeles. The route for what is fast becoming the largest car-free party in the country was the same as the 10/10/10 CicLAvia, stretching from the East Hollywood Bike District to East L.A.'s Hollenbeck Park via 7th Street and the Downtown. Media estimated a 30% growth in participants as the number of bike riders, runners, roller bladers, dodge ballers and just walkers swelled to 130,000 people.
April 11, 2011
The Week in Livable Streets Events
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - The Gold Line Foothill Construction Authority is sponsoring station planning workshops to learn the latest on the proposed Gold Line. Get the details on this week's meetings here.
April 11, 2011