Month: April 2011
Streetsblog LA
Streetfilms: Massive Turnout to Protect Endangered Brooklyn Bike Lanes
On a grey, chilly Sunday, an estimated 750 people, many of them on training wheels and balance bikes, turned out to ride the Prospect Park West bike lane and show their support for the traffic-calming redesign. Since the two-way, separated bike path debuted last summer, it's become indispensable for many parents who use it to take their children to school and get around the neighborhood. On weekends, the lane is full of families heading to the green market at Grand Army Plaza and kids riding to Prospect Park.
April 11, 2011
Metro Public Hearings: Transit Needs for the North County
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will be holding a series of Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 8 Hearing Board Meetings for the use of TDA Article 8 funds in the North County and the City of Avalon.
April 8, 2011
High Desert Corridor Public Meetings
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) are hosting four community meetings in April for the High Desert Corridor (HDC) project. The proposed 63-mile corridor to link Antelope Valley with Victor Valley is currently in the Draft Environmental Impact Study/Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS/EIR) planning phase.
April 8, 2011
People for Bikes – PSA Filming and Party
People for Bikes, the largest bicycling movement in the country, is celebrating the 210,000-plus riders who've pledged support for biking and the benefits it brings to communities. To celebrate, we're going to do something quite innovative: shine light projected animated art on a massive building and other structures to demonstrate how "bikes make life better," the name of the video we're going to make out of the celebration. Some of the projectors will be stationary and some on traveling bikes. A large production crew will film the event and make a PSA we plan to release at the beginning of National Bike Month in May. We hope the unique display of bicycle-themed animations makes big waves across the country once we release the video.
April 8, 2011
SCAG Toolbox Tuesday
Spring is here, and the Southern California Association of Governments’ Compass Blueprint program will continue to provide free monthly training events for local government planners and SCAG stakeholders.
April 8, 2011
Gold Line Foothill Extension: Station Planning Meeting
METRO GOLD LINE FOOTHILL EXTENSION CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY
April 8, 2011
Government Shutdown Would Be a Punch in the Gut to Transit Agencies
A powwow between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, President Obama, and House Speaker John Boehner last night failed to yield a compromise that would put a budget in place before the government shuts down at midnight tonight. The failure of yet another attempt to negotiate makes a government shutdown all but inevitable.
April 8, 2011