Month: November 2012
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Why Traffic Deaths Are More Common in Red States Than in Blue States
Public interest journalist Stuart Silverstein at FairWarning.org has uncovered the fact that red states (defined as those that went for Mitt Romney in the last election) have higher traffic fatality rates than blue states (those that went for Barack Obama). The correlation is striking, Silverstein says, but he's at a loss to explain it:
November 20, 2012
Meet the Falcons: How a Lost Bid for the Youth Football Championship Can Still Be a Win for a Community
"Oh, school doesn't interest you?" volunteer coach Anthony Thomas asked the 8 year-old boy who had come to football practice with poor marks on his report card.
November 20, 2012
More Local Agencies Dealing with TAP, But Metrolink Remains Elusive and a Surfliner Update
Here are updates on two issues I have been paying close attention to: TAP and the LOSSAN takeover of the Surfliner.
November 20, 2012
Funding Uncertainty Plagues Highways, But They Still Get Built
It's funny how there always seems to be enough money for highways, but never enough for transit.
November 20, 2012
Santa Monica Bike Center Celebrates Its First Birthday in Style
This weekend, Santa Monica Bike Center, the largest bike parking facility in the country, celebrated its one year birthday.
November 19, 2012
Help L.A. Streetsblog Reach Our $10,000 Fundraising Goal…and Say Goodbye and Good Luck to One of L.A.’s Best
It's with nothing but happiness that Streetsblog is happy to co-host the "Engagement Celebration and Farewell Party" for Joe Linton and Carrie Lincourt. For those of you that don't know, our intrepid Board Chair is engaged to a wonderful woman who happens to live in Jersey City, a mere 2,445 miles from Los Angeles as the crow flies. So, Joe is going to be packing up his bike, trading TAP for an NJ Transit Monthly and heading to the Garden State, at least for now, to be with his bride to be.
November 19, 2012
Streetsblog Readers: Janette Sadik-Khan Beats Villaraigosa, Gabe Klein For DOT Secretary
On Friday, we put this question to our readers: Who should be the next Transportation Secretary? And lucky for us, 323 of you had nothing better to do with your weekend than answer our poll.
November 19, 2012
School District Threatens Rockville Mom for Putting Her Child on City Bus
Right now America is experiencing an obesity epidemic so severe that, for the first time in two centuries, the current generation of children will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. It's hardly surprising, considering the number of instances where parents are chastised or even prosecuted for allowing their kids to bike and walk to school.
November 19, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Lopez: “Lexus Lanes” Make Sense for Everyone, Even Those of Lesser Means (LAT) Metro Execs Grilled Over Safety on Bus…Why Not Ask LASD? (NBC4) Measure J Crosses 65%, Needs 78% of Remaining Ballots to Get to 2/3 (The Source) BHUSD Files Suit Against Westside Subway in Federal Court (Courier) Curbed Mocks, “We’re starting to believe … Continued
November 19, 2012