Day: November 16, 2012
Streetsblog LA
Settlement Reached Between Homeowners, LADOT on Expo Bikeway
Coming fresh on the heels of news that the California Supreme Court won't halt construction while they consider an appeal filed against the Expo Line Phase II, comes news that a different Expo legal challenge has been resolved.
November 16, 2012
Los Angeles Walks Moseys into Leimert Park, Speaks with Residents about Aspirations for Their Neighborhoods
"My son calls it "Poo-poo Island," said Heather Presha of Stocker Plaza, a sizeable grassy island at the intersection of 8th and Garthwaite Aves.
November 16, 2012
Boyle Heights Events: Marketplace on 1st Street, Self Help Graphics and Art Discuss Arts District, and Mariachi Festival
Green Friday: A Truly Free Market
November 16, 2012
One for the Dustbin: The 85th Percentile Rule in Traffic Engineering
Have you ever heard of the 85 percent rule in traffic engineering? I hadn't until I tried to get the speed limit lowered on my residential street, which is home to a K-8 elementary school in Cleveland's Detroit Shoreway neighborhood.
November 16, 2012
How MAP-21 Pushed Transit to the Edge of Its Own Fiscal Cliff
Congress has seven weeks to come to some sort of agreement on the so-called "fiscal cliff," with two of those weeks devoted to photo ops and turkey dinners. The consequences are real: Transportation programs paid out of general fund transfers to the Highway Trust Fund, rather than gas tax receipts, are not exempt from the automatic spending cuts that are part of the fiscal cliff. Non-Trust Fund programs (Amtrak, New Starts, TIGER) are also vulnerable, and are expected to get a 7.6 to 8.2 percent cut taken out of them, according to Larry Ehl at Transportation Issues Daily.
November 16, 2012