Month: April 2011

The Transit Coalition will host its monthly Dinner Meeting next Tuesday, April 26, featuring Metro Chief Communications Officer Matt Raymond. Also, the April, March, February and January issues of Moving Southern California are now available online with new features and news, as are past issues. Here is coverage of our March ( Part 1, Part 2), February ( Part 1, Part 2), and January meetings.

What is a Blessing of the Bikes?  Click here to find out!

ESCAPE THE GRIND AND ENRICH YOUR MIND

Earlier today, Metro released the findings of the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Wilshire Bus Only Lanes Project.  When the original "Final" EIR was presented last December, it called for 8.7 miles of bus only lanes running in both directions from Downtown Los Angeles to the border with Santa Monica, excluding a one mile portion in Beverly Hills.  Thanks to the triumph of politics over engineering studies, particularly the machinations of County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, the document is now calling for a 7.7 mile route that also excludes the so-called Condo Canyon. 

Now that last week's fundraiser is in the books, we wanted to update you on what we have planned in the events department over the next couple of months.  We'll have a lot more on each of these events in the coming weeks, but for now, here's what we have on tap:

News about an upcoming TIGER III award program is beginning to leak out. The USDOT isn’t planning to release a solicitation for proposals until early summer, but the language in the recently-passed budget bill for this year gives some clues as to what we can expect.

It’s rescission time again, folks. That Washington lingo for “gimme gimme.” We had a name for people who “rescinded” gifts back in elementary school but it’s ethnically insensitive so I won’t say it. Suffice it to say, if little kids call you a name for doing something, it’s probably not a super popular thing to be doing.

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

The city of Long Beach is Southern California's undisputed leader in innovative infrastructure for safe and convenient bicycling.  They're at it again this Saturday, April 23rd 2011, when they unveil the first genuine protected bike lanes west of New York City.