Month: November 2011

In its third incarnation, USDOT's TIGER program continues to be overwhelmingly popular.

Featured Headline: The Beverly Hills ad-hoc Bike Plan Update Committee will meet with bike advocates tonight.  The city last met with the advocates at the end of August, where specific commitments were made to move forward on a pilot program for bike-friendly improvements (as well as other initiatives like a bike rack-on-request program).  Mark Elliot, at Better Bike has more … Continued

Senator Barbara Boxer is receiving bi-partisan praise for managing to move a transportation policy and funding bill through the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in a divided Senate, but she may be facing trouble from a usually supportive constituency back home.

I’ve written about how transit could be improved  and sidewalk vending legalized to increase access to healthy food. Before food can get from stores and food trucks and carts to shoppers, it first has to be transported from farms, through distribution chains, to retail sources. This third installment in a short series on transportation and food access considers how we can improve food distribution channels to expand the availability of good, healthy food in the Los Angeles region.

It's a shame businesses so often line up against better bike infrastructure. Believing that business depends on customers who drive, local store owners have opposed bike improvements in Philadelphia, Memphis and many other cities.

First Ray LaHood tells us he's not sticking around as Transportation Secretary much longer. Now his number two, Roy Kienitz, has announced he's gonna bounce too -- and he's not even going to wait around as long as LaHood. Kienitz will be out by next month.

Map Shows How Slow L.A. Buses Go (LAist, map above…red and black are the slower speeds) Pile-On Mayor’s Measure R to Fix Roads Proposal Begins (LAT, Daily News, City Watch) But One Columnist Sees Potential, if the City Takes Its Time and Does It Right (City Watch) Fly Over the Proposed Highway Cap Park (Curbed) … Continued

On December 8, Los Angeles Streetsblog will be hosting its first ever "end of the year" party to celebrate the people, places and events that made 2011 the year it was. To convince you to join us at 6:30 at 11555 National Boulevard, I've compiled a top 10 reasons to join us to celebrate (and raise some cash) on 12/8.  Suggested donation is $25, but everything is on a sliding scale.  For more information, check back here or sign up for the event on Facebook.  The location of the fundraiser has moved to Earl's Gourmet Grub, 12226 Venice Boulevard.  For more information on the move, click here