Century City Chamber of Commerce Transportation Summit
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The Week in Livable Streets Events
By Damien Newton |
Big week. Let’s get right to it. CicLAvia! Tuesday – The Century City Chamber of Commerce is holding their annual transportation summit, with the usual mix of heavy hitters and Century City power brokers. You can get all the details for this 7:30 am meeting, here. Tuesday – It’s the next stop on the Buscaino/Englander […]
Chamber of Commerce: Empty Asphalt = Good Transportation Performance
By Tanya Snyder |
The Chamber of Commerce released its annual Transportation Performance Index (TPI) last week [PDF], and you can tell it’s due for a total overhaul, because according to the Index, recession-battered 2009 was a banner year for transportation performance. Using 2009 data, the Chamber, a powerful lobbying group that represents millions of American businesses, determined that […]
Obama Finally Brings the Chamber a Fruitcake (It’s Called Infrastructure)
By Tanya Snyder |
President Obama paid a visit to the Chamber of Commerce this morning, trying to make nice after a hot-and-cold couple of years. “I’m here in the interest of being more neighborly,” Obama said by way of introduction. “Maybe we would have gotten off on a better foot if I had brought over a fruitcake when […]
“California High Speed Rail Goes Local” Los Angeles Event – Awards Dinner and Panel Discussion
By Damien Newton |
Join Californians For High Speed Rail, Move LA, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for an Award Ceremony and Panel Discussion about the future of high-speed rail in Southern California. Room information to follow shortly. Award Ceremony: Presentation of “Champion of California High-Speed Rail” Awards to Congresswomen Loretta […]
Bike Summit Now a Four-Day Affair
By Damien Newton |
(editor’s note: I just wanted to give everyone a head’s up that in order to both cover and participate in all of the Bike Summit events over the next four days, posting may end up being somewhat less regular than you’ve grown used to. Rest assured, this is temporary, and we’ll be back to normal […]
A Call for a Temporary Cease Fire in the Westside Subway Wars – Op/Ed by Damien
By Damien Newton |
Last week, the Century City Chamber of Commerce along with a couple of homeowner groups and L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz held a press conference making their case for a Westside Subway stop at Avenue of the Stars and Constellation Avenue. The week previously, the CCoC launched a website, responding to a website launched by […]