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."
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)
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