Month: June 2011
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By 2015, Nearly One in Five Angelenos Won’t Have Access to Transportation
(Tanya Snyder at Capitol Hill Streetsblog covered the report from a national standpoint, her article is here.)
June 14, 2011
Danish Architect Jan Gehl on Cities for People: The Safe City
Editor's note: Streetsblog is thrilled to launch a three-part series today by renowned Danish architect and livable streets luminary Jan Gehl. The pieces are excerpts are from his book, "Cities for People" published by Island Press. Donate to LA Streetsblog and you'll qualify to win a copy of the book, courtesy of Island Press. Visit the Island Press website to find many more great titles by the nation's leading publisher of books on environmental issues.
June 14, 2011
Ray LaHood Wants to Hear From Streetsblog Readers
Have a question for Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood? He's all ears. He has been doing a series of video chats where he responds to questions from the public.
June 14, 2011
Getting Started with Universal Subtitles
(I hope we whetted your appetite yesterday. Here, the Streetfilms team explains the nuts and bolts. - DN)
June 14, 2011
Security Measures for Buses and Trains? They Could Make Us Less Safe
Last week we talked a little bit about how mechanisms supposedly designed for safety, like cul-de-sacs and fire codes, have unintended effects that actually endanger the public.
June 14, 2011
Today’s Headlines
Cyclists Attacked in Silver Lake During Naked Bike Ride (Patch) So Why Does Today’s Council Agenda Call for Passing All three Wilshire BOL Options? (The Source) Epstein on BOL Controversy: A City That Forgets Its Transit Past Is Doomed to Repeat It (HuffPo) Brentwood Patch Writes a Weird Ode to Driving. Bemoans the “Carpocalypse” Coming … Continued
June 14, 2011
In Defense of Red Light Cameras
Last week the Los Angeles Police Commission, the citizen panel that oversees the LAPD, unanimously voted to reject the LAPD's recommendation to extend the city's contract with an Arizona based group that provides, maintains, and utilizes "red light cameras" at 32 Los Angeles intersections. The move came as a shock to the LAPD, but has been widely praised, including two editorials in the city's two largest newspapers.
June 13, 2011
Josef Bray-Ali on Why Streetsblog Matters
In LA, when you are walking on a sidewalk that abruptly terminates in a "No Ped Crossing", or are sitting at a bus stop with only a bent and faded sign to its name, or riding a bike while insane "commuters" driving well over the speed limit past you, the school you just dropped your kid off at, and the local park - what are you supposed to do?
June 13, 2011
Fareed Zakaria: Republicans Should Embrace an Infrastructure Bank
Have you seen Fareed Zakaria's editorial in the Washington Post on Friday? It's pretty stunning. He begins with some pretty gloomy analysis of the country's economic trajectory and some bad news about unemployment and growth. And just when it seems like there's no hope and the country's going down the tubes, he suggests one shining beacon of hope: a national infrastructure bank, the "simplest way" to help unemployed workers -- "and the country."
June 13, 2011
En Español, Por Favor? Help Streetsblog Subtitle All Our Los Angeles Streetfilms
Last week, Streetfilms announced the addition of a new crowd sourcing application that allows anyone to subtitle a Streetfilm. Once subtitled, the film will be available on Streetfilms with the subtitles. If you want to see how it works, Chris Abraham wrote a helpful introduction post at Streetfilms.
June 13, 2011