Day: December 8, 2011

Yesterday, KCET announced a new draft ordinane that would finally clarify the legal status of murals painted on private property.  In an odd twist, the capital of the street art movement classifies murals as "outdoor advertising" and bans them in all but the most special cases.  This leads to odd stories such as the poor Valley Village homeowner who was fined by the city for encouraging students to decorate the fence in front of her house as violating advertising codes or other building owners being fined for allowing vandals to graffiti their property.

Last week, we reported on Metro's involvement in the "eviction" of Occupy L.A.  Yesterday, Metro spokesman Rick Jager was able to fill in the rest of the questions we had.  So here is your Metro/Occupy L.A. complete F.A.Q.  If you have other questions related to Metro and the Occupy eviction, leave them in the comments section and we'll pass them on.

Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) and his Finance Committee have been looking high and low for a $12 billion patch to fund the transportation reauthorization bill that passed the Senate EPW Committee a few weeks ago. According to Politico’s transportation reporters, the top Republican on the Finance Committee, Sen. Orrin Hatch, has already rejected several of Baucus’s ideas.

"Are Urban Bicyclists Just Elite Snobs?" asked Salon in a recent article. The question could have come from a game of Madlibs. Are [marginalized group of people] just [pejorative adjective] [insulting label]?

Featured Headline: Shaun Lumachi, the publisher of the Long Beach Post and a good friend to Streetsblog, was killed in a fatal car crash in Florida where he was attending a conference.  We wish Shaun, his family and friends all the best.  For more on Shaun’s life and death, click here. Metro Considering Rapidway Project … Continued