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Mayor Villaraigosa’s Remarks at Yesterday’s Forum by the Urban Land Institute
By Antonio Villaraigosa |
(Note: Yesterday, Mayor Villaraigosa spoke at the Urban Land Institute’s 3rd Annual Summit on Transit Oriented Development. Several conflicts prevented our team from covering the conference, but to give you a flavor for what was discussed, we asked the Mayor’s Office for a copy of his prepared remarks. They are below.) Thank you Dean Knott, […]
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 […]
Vote for the 2009 Livable Streets Person of the Year!
By Damien Newton |
Amongst the most prestigious of the annual Streetsie awards is the Person of the Year, the award bestowed on the person not named Villaraigosa or Schwarzenegger who most dominated the discussion and debate during the last year. The person doesn’t have to be a hero, they could be a villain. Nominees were submitted by the […]
Helmets Ready! Mayor Hosts First Bike Summit
By Joe Linton |
Former Mayor Richard Riordan presents training wheels to the wounded Mayor. For more pics from the conference, visist Gary Rides Bikes’ Flickr Page Despite the Monday 9am hour and the picture perfect weather, a standing-room only crowd assembled in the Metro Board Room for city of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s first Bike Summit. Alongside Mayor Villaraigosa […]
Villaraigosa Announces Coalition to Speed Up Measure R Transit Construction
By Damien Newton |
Ride it all the way to Santa Monica in 2020? Image:Ted Soqui/LA Weekly. At a meeting of business leaders earlier today, Mayor Villaraigosa officially announced his plan, previewed earlier today in the Times, to aggressively pursue private and federal funds to complete all rail projects included in Measure R within ten years. Villaraigosa has often […]
Rise and Shine, Mayor Announces “Bike Summit” for August 16
By Damien Newton |
(Note: You can read full copies of the statements of everyone quoted below here.) The now famous picture of the mayor fooling around the night before his crash. Following his bike crash and broken elbow, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa vowed to hold a "Bike Summit" to talk speak with cyclists about ways to make […]