Month: June 2011
Streetsblog LA
TIGER III Will Grant $527 Million For Innovative Transportation Projects
It’s TIGER III time. The first round was $1.5 billion. The second round was $600 million. And now, get ready for round three. After surviving countless threats by budget-cutting Republicans in Congress, TIGER is back, granting $527 million for innovative transportation projects.
June 30, 2011
Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood Answers Streetsblog Readers’ Questions
Last month, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood invited Streetsblog readers to submit questions for a Q&A installment on his blog, Fast Lane. Here are his answers. (For maximum effect, picture the secretary delivering these remarks while standing on a table.)
June 30, 2011
Crenshaw Update: Ridley-Thomas Pushes Community Benefits, Community Weighs Options for Subway/Leimert Station
When Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas' motions to make the Crenshaw Light Rail project run entirely below-grade and to construct a station at Leimert Park both failed, the Board Member promised he would be back with a new motion to improve the project in a different way. At last week's Metro Board Meeting, Ridley-Thomas introduced a motion calling for community benefits during construction of the Expo Line.
June 30, 2011
Safe Passing Bill for Bicyclists Wins Key Assembly Committee Vote
The California Bicycle Coalition’s bill to give drivers clearer guidance about how to pass bicyclists safely was approved this week by the Assembly Transportation Committee in a raucous hearing that reflected California’s deeply conflicted relationship to motor vehicles and driving.
June 30, 2011
Stimulus-Backed Programs Struggle to Stay Alive After Funds Run Out
In an old supermarket space in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, a diverse community of bicycle aficionados are getting greasy. Young and old, Latino and white, they are truing wheels and replacing cables and adjusting brakes in L.A.’s newest, and completely unplanned, bike co-op.
June 30, 2011
Today’s Headlines
Information on How to Listen to Today’s Bike Presser Online (Facebook) CCPD Asks for Witnesses in the June 16 Crash Near the Scenic Overlook (Biking In L.A.) Rallying Call for Businesses to Battle Bev. Hills Over Subway Route (Biz Journal) Curbed Recaps the News on AEG, Farmers Field and Transportation Architecht Selected for Convention Center … Continued
June 30, 2011
LADOT GM De La Vega on Better Data, Multi-Modalism and, Yes, Pedi-Cabs
We're two for two in getting strong, substantial responses to a Streetsblog reader questionaire. First Sargent David Krumer talked about the improved relationship between cyclists and the LAPD and now the new LADOT General Manager takes time to answer your questions on multi-modalism, data collection, budget issues and more.
June 29, 2011
Got a Job Opening? Place Your Ad on the Streetsblog Jobs Board
I'm pleased to announce that Streetsblog is adding a new service: the Streetsblog jobs board. If you have a job opening in the fields of urban planning, transportation engineering, or livable streets advocacy, you'll reach a talented pool of people by placing the position on Streetsblog.
June 29, 2011
Feds. Release New Starts Funding List Without NY/NJ Tunnel
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood yesterday announced $1.58 billion in New Starts grants that will fund 27 transit projects around the country. The only major difference between this list and the list of proposed projects that came out in February 2010 is the glaring absence of the ARC tunnel project that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie unceremoniously axed last year.
June 29, 2011