Month: August 2012
Streetsblog LA
Study: Taxpayer-Backed NBA Arenas Don’t Help Local Economies
Over the last few decades, sports franchise owners have been hugely successful in convincing governments to give them money in the form of taxpayer-funded stadiums and arenas. A favored approach is to threaten to pull up stakes and move a team, and its attendant economic benefits, to another city.
August 10, 2012
Portland Adds Nation’s First Bike Counter to Hawthorne Bridge
Good news for mathematicians who love watching throngs of cyclists stream by: Portland, Oregon just became the first U.S. city to install a bicycle counter!
August 10, 2012
Today’s Headlines
CA Geologic Survey Casts Doubt on BHUSD Subway Survey (BH Weekly, The Source) Meanwhile the Subway Gets a Heads Up from the Feds. (The Source) Greuel Fumes About L.A. Not Collecting Taxes from Parking Lots (Daily News) Nobody That Lives Near the I-710 Wants the Freeway Widened (NBC 4) No Problems at Art Walk/Chalk Walk … Continued
August 10, 2012
T-5 Hours to the Streetsblog/Flying Pigeon Fundraiser for Shay, Sponsored by Bike Nation
August 9, 2012
The Strain of Job Sprawl on Two-Income Households
When Mark Lampert was a kid, his mom stayed home with him and his brothers. His dad was out the door by 4:30 every morning, driving to the commuter lot in their distant Houston suburb to take the bus in to the city for work. He had friends whose parents both worked, and when those friends came home from school they had the house to themselves – “which is why we went over there to build pipe bombs,” Mark said. At Mark’s house, dinner was ready and everyone was home by 6:00 every night.
August 9, 2012
Listening to the Streets in Order to Make Them More Livable: Part III in a Series
This is the third (and long overdue) piece in a series re-examining the way we think about Livable Streets. The first two articles (here and here) detail the history of a wonderful young man named Fidel who ran with a crew just north of USC. His experience mirrors that of many of the teens I know in South Central and, as such, offers insight into what "livability" means in areas where streets are contested.
August 9, 2012
“The Porch” at 30th Street Station Welcomes You to Philadelphia
For nine months now, Philadelphia's awesome new public space "The Porch" has been flying under the nation's livable streets radar.
August 9, 2012
Greeks Turn to Bikes During Economic Downturn
Today on the Network, Reno Rambler links to a Reuters story, via the Huffington Post, on how economic upheaval in Greece has led to a dramatic shift in how many get around. Thousands of Greeks are turning to bikes to help weather the crisis, and while unemployment is at 20 percent, the bike business is booming:
August 9, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Don’t Forget, Tonight Is Our Fundraiser for Shay! Get the Details, HERE. Goodbye “Measure R+,” Hello for “Measure J” (Daily News) If You Ride Metro Rail, It’s Time to Buy a TAP Card (The Source) New Bike Lanes Coming to York Boulevard (Patch) Metro Sorcerers Cast Spell on I-710 Project (Flying Pigeon) Cedillo Plans One … Continued
August 9, 2012
Helicopter Noise? The Bedtime Song for Many Boyle Heights Residents
At Monday night’s town hall meeting about helicopter noise in communities, residents from Sherman Oaks, Westwood, Torrance, Manhattan Beach and Rivera filled the Burrill Hall at Millikan Middle School with more than 400 people.
August 8, 2012