Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Featured Headline: From Publica comes a report from the Texas Transportation Institute that finds (surprise!) that removing red light cameras leads to an increase in people running red lights. The first commenter should win a prize for pointing out that camera naysayers will just say, "This is exactly why red-light cameras shouldn't be installed in the first place."

By Damien Newton

7:09 AM PDT on August 24, 2011

Featured Headline: From Publica comes a report from the Texas Transportation Institute that finds (surprise!) that removing red light cameras leads to an increase in people running red lights. The first commenter should win a prize for pointing out that camera naysayers will just say, “This is exactly why red-light cameras shouldn’t be installed in the first place.”

Featured Headline 2: Joe Linton spends a lot of time going through LADOT data to examine their claims of bikeway progress. Linton’s conclusion? That LADOT isn’t doing as much as it claims to make Los Angeles a bike-friendly city. If you have some time, check it out.

Today’s Headlines:

Census on Downtown L.A.: More People, More Jobs, More Transit Riders (Curbed)
CicLAvia Extends Through Downtown L.A. (Downtown News)
Hooray! Someone Covered the SCAG Regional Plan (KPCC)
Bike Lanes Progressing on 7th Street (LADOT Bike Blog)
San Diego TV Station Urges Child Cyclists to Ride Against Traffic (Biking in L.A.)
Expo Artwork on Internet Display (Curbed)
Ideas for Downtown, Putting Pedestrians First in Metropolitan Plans (Brigham Yen)
Obama and Family Take a Ride on Martha’s Vineyard (Transpo Nation)