Month: June 2011
Streetsblog LA
The Persistence of Job Sprawl in Smaller Cities
We wrote a few weeks ago that some early signs had emerged indicating the proliferation of suburban corporate office parks could be on the wane. That was a matter of some debate among readers.
June 27, 2011
The Week in Livable Streets Events
If you were expecting a short week because of the upcoming holiday weekend, think again!
June 27, 2011
Colloquium: “Los Angeles: Invented Spaces or Authentic Places”
The Los Angeles Region Planning History Group, in cooperation with the at Huntington Museum" USC Institute on California and the West, is convening its next colloquium. Colloquium VI, Los Angeles: Invented Spaces or Authentic Places? You will find this next colloquium to be especially informative and thought-provoking. We are planning a facilitated, interactive session will all colloquium attendees after the formal presentations; the results of the interactive session will be posted on the LARPHG website.
June 25, 2011
Carwash Fundraiser for K-Town Cyclists
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220160408017485
June 25, 2011
SCAG: Environmental Justice Workshop
Location: SCAG Downtown LA Office, policy Room B
Email: silva@scag.ca.gov
WWW: www.scag.ca.gov/environment/ej.htm
Contact Name: Denise Marie Silva
Phone: (213) 236-1904
June 25, 2011
Cyclists Expect Peaceful Co-Existance between LAPD and Critical Mass Tonight (Updated: 3:10 P.M., So Does LAPD)
June 24, 2011
Meet the New Metro Board Chair, Same As the Old Metro Board Chair
Three years ago, Antonio Villaraigosa took over as Chair of the Metro Board of Directors and used the influence of the Chair to guide the legislation that would lead to the creation of Measure R. The Mayor of Los Angeles chairs the Metro Board once every three years, and Villaraigosa will hold the seat from July 1 until June 30, 2012. When you consider that the Mayor just took over the presidency of the Conference of Mayors, you can see he certainly has his hands full these days.
June 24, 2011
Expect Two (Radically Different) Reauthorization Proposals Soon
The Environment and Public Works Committee is getting ready to introduce their transportation reauthorization bill, according to reports by the Journal of Commerce. The committee has, shrewdly, worked closely with Finance Committee Chair (and EPW leader) Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) on a way to pay for the bill, in order to avoid a situation like the one the administration found itself in: introducing an ambitious bill with no chance of passage.
June 24, 2011
Rob Ford’s Toronto: Moving Backwards
Toronto is a beautiful, progressive, global city. I was just visiting a couple of weeks ago, and I was so impressed with the teeming sidewalks, the subways, the streetcars, the buses and, most importantly, the bike lanes. My boyfriend and I brought our bikes and that was all we needed to get around the city all weekend.
June 24, 2011