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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 […]
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, […]
Palms Bike Rodeo
By Damien Newton |
The 21st Annual Palms Bicycle Rodeo is just two weeks away!!! – Bring the family for an educational fun-filled day on Saturday May 10 from 10am-2pm at Palms Elementary School, 3520 Motor Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90034. This year’s Bike Rodeo will feature an Interactive Bike and Traffic Safety Course presented by Safe Moves, a […]
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 […]
The Week in Livable Streets Events
By Damien Newton |
The calendar might look a little thin this week, but everything on the agenda is a huge event. Too bad I’m out of town. Monday-Wednesday – Metro is hosting three community meetings to solicit feedback for a plan to bring rapid transit to Van Nuys Boulevard. What would your ideal transit way look like? Light […]
Mobility, Livability, and Economic Growth: Sustainability Lessons from the Pacific Rim
By Damien Newton |
The conference will feature leaders from the fields of research, technology, architecture, business, urban planning, and policy. Selected speakers include Peter Calthorpe, Calthorpe Associates, Jeremy Nelson and Jeffrey Heller, Heller Manus Architects, Jim Wunderman and Sean Randolph, Bay Area Council, Egon Terplan, SPUR, Margie O’Driscoll, AIA SF, Wilfred Lau, Arup Hong Kong, Feng An, Innovation Centeer for Energy & Transportation, Steve Kline, PG&E,Jonathan Thorpe, Gale International, Gene Rodrigues, Southern […]