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 […]
CalPIRG Sponsors Smart Transportation Conference Next Friday
By Damien Newton |
Next Friday, CalPIRG is hosting a major conference about what the upcoming reauthorization of the federal Transportation Trust Fund could mean for Los Angeles, if we want it enough. New federal language in transportation funding legislation could bring major changes to Los Angeles and the rest of the country. However, CalPIRG is perfectly able to […]
Senate Delays Bill as Metro Businesses Plead For Transportation Investment
By Payton Chung |
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee once again delayed the release of its six-year reauthorization bill, a follow-up to the MAP-21 bill that expires September 30. Committee Chair Barbara Boxer had initially promised to unveil the legislative text early this week, then today, and now is promising to release the bill next Monday, with a […]
Today’s Headlines
By Damien Newton |
Villaraigosa Makes Clear It Was Jobs, Not Performance, That Spurred Support for AnsaldoBreda (Times, KPCC) R’s Block Plan to Extend Transportation Trust Fund Over Issue of Where the Money Comes From (DC Streetsblog) Green LA: 10 Signs of Living Streets LADOT to Riders: How Do We Save DASH? (blogdowntown) Metro Planning Some T.O.D. for Wilmington/Imperial/Rosa […]
Movement in Congress to Let Cities and Towns Access Federal Transpo Funds
By Angie Schmitt |
Finally, proof that Congress is capable of crafting smart transportation legislation and not just zany ways to avoid raising the gas tax. A bipartisan coalition of 10 lawmakers is supporting the Innovation in Surface Transportation Act, which would help cities, counties, and other local governments directly access federal funding for transportation projects, according to Transportation for America. The proposal, first floated last year, […]