Day: March 1, 2012
Streetsblog LA
With Contraception Vote Over, Senate Can Finally Get to Transpo Issues
The U.S. Senate voted 51-48 today to reject an amendment to their transportation bill that would overturn measures in President Obama's signature health care law dealing with contraception coverage. The vote clears the way for the Senate to finally begin considering actual transportation issues rather than dealing with delay tactics.
March 1, 2012
House Scales Back Transpo Bill But Keeps on Attacking Safe Streets
UPDATE (3:45 p.m.): Citing a lack of support from his colleagues, Speaker John Boehner has dropped his 18-month transportation proposal and has not yet offered an alternative, according to Politico. "A five-year bill is the best way to do this," he said.
March 1, 2012
All Biked Up and Nowhere to Go: Four Boys in Florence-Firestone
FOUR BOYS WITH BIKES between the ages of 9 and 13 stand in a yard along Hooper St. in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood, looking warily at me as I pull up on my bike. Victor, a solid kid with a swipe of grease across his cheek, tightens his grip on a wrench as the others glance nervously at each other. Strangers tend not to show up in people's yards asking questions very often around here, and these kids are clearly not sure what to make of the situation.
March 1, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Film Team Blocks the Buffered Bike Lane
Following last week's controversy about whether or not film crews can block bike lanes, specifically the green buffered bike lane in Downtown Los Angeles, you would think the film industry would have paid enough attention to try to actually follow the law. You would be wrong.
March 1, 2012
Daily News: More Measure R Funds for Bikeways
The Daily News, which still appears to be the conservative alternative to the Los Angeles Times in many respects, published an editorial earlier today calling on the L.A. County Board of Supervisors to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to bicycle planning. The message: it's not enough just to pass a bike plan, how about spending some of your own transportation dollars to make it a reality.
March 1, 2012
Hawaiians Know: Friends Don’t Let Friends Listen To Randal O’Toole
There are few things we enjoy more than a good smack-down of the anti-transit faux libertarian Randal O'Toole, except perhaps a good show of people power in support of sustainable transportation. Luckily, a new post from Network blog Say Yes to the Honolulu Rail System has both:
March 1, 2012
Congress to America: “Get a Car!”
Photographer and blogger Jay Mallin, whose video of Woodbridge, VA police ticketing injured pedestrians was picked up by Streetsblog NYC a year ago, has turned his attention to the congressional transportation debacle.
March 1, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Motorist Maims Postal Worker in Boyle Heights. Charges Might Be Filed or Something (LAist) AAA Pushing Legislation to Allow for Parking at Broken Meters (LAT) Lanes, Paths, Boulevards and More. Breaking Down the County Bike Plan (Curbed) Supes Beef Up Plans for Altadena Bike Boulevard (Patch) Video: How ExpressLanes Might Work (The Source) Drug Based … Continued
March 1, 2012