Month: June 2011

For generations now, poor school quality has deterred middle-class parents and young couples from settling down and raising children in American cities.

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New human species — Homo Automotivis — emerges from car-dominated environment say authors after road trip around the USA A transportation system based on the private car has so powerfully transformed the American environment that a new human species is emerging, say the authors of a new book. Homo Automotivis is less social, more aggressive, weaker, poorer and worships at the Church of Automobility, say Bianca Mugyenyi and Yves Engler, the authors of Stop Signs — Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decay. “We went on safari, by bus, through the prime habitat of Homo Automotivis and what we discovered left us fearful,” said Mugyenyi, a Ugandan-Canadian who lives in Montréal. “The new species that has emerged can barely walk on its own, spends more money feeding its car than itself, is sickly and attains status to the degree it is enthralled to the automobile.”

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WHO: Breathe California of Los Angeles County (BREATHE LA), The 4th annual BREATHE LA Green Salon Series focuses on mobility: Moving Los Angeles County into a clean air future. WHAT: Expert panel discussion with robust Q&A to explore how can the neighborhoods that surround both the Fairfax and La Brea subway stations preserve their history … Continued

A design symposium to promote a healthier built environment PRESENTED BY PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF

BAC7 Members and friends:

When: Sunday, June 26; 9:30 AM

(While we initially reported the Bus Only Lanes hearing would be on Wednesday, it was moved to Tuesday at the request of one of the Councilmen who couldn't make the Wednesday hearing. - DN)