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Libros Schmibros Lending Library and Bookshop Moves to Mariachi Plaza
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After two years at the corner of 1st Street and Cummings Street, Libros Schmibros Lending Library and Bookshop opened Wednesday at its new location on Mariachi Plaza, right on top of the Metro Gold Line Station. The addition of Libros Schmibros with the already existing businesses at Mariachi Plaza has made that area one of […]
Bus Riders Union: Transit Justice, Not Corporate Welfare – No on Measure J
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(This is the second of four op/eds on Measure J that Streetsblog will publish this week. Yesterday, Gloria Ohland of Move L.A. made the case for Measure J. – DN) Framing the public debate on Measure J as between a progressive vision for regional mass transit expansion versus parochialism and anti-tax conservatism conveniently obscures several […]
Villaraigosa: Subsidies for People Who Can Afford a $100,000 Car Key to Our Green Future
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The mayor has always been a fan of electricity. It seems that every year when the car show rolls into town that there’s at least one moment that makes me want to bang my head into a cement wall. Remember when the Sierra Club and other environmental groups named an SUV the "green car of […]
The BRU Roars: Mr. President, Enforce, Restore, Expand Our Civil Rights
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We’re the BRU. This is our fight Mass transportation is a human right We want 50 cent fares and $20 passes ‘cause mass transportation belongs to the masses –BRU Chant, heard yesterday. Hoping to leverage the importance of minority and lower income voters to President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, the Bus Riders Union (BRU) launched […]
Op/Ed: Yes on Downtown Streetcar
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(We’ll resume our Measure J op/ed series tomorrow. During our one-day break, enjoy this piece by DTLA Rising author Brigham Yen’s view on the vote on the Downtown Streetcar funding measure. You can still vote by mail before November 28. – DN) The deadline to register to vote for the L.A. Streetcar in Downtown L.A. […]
Coalition Pushes for Metro Fully Electric Bus Fleet by 2030
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Before this morning’s Metro board meeting, a coalition rallied for fully electrifying Metro’s 2,200 bus fleet by the year 2030. In March, Metro is expected to approve a procurement for 1,000 new compressed natural gas (CNG) buses. The coalition is campaigning to block the expected CNG bus purchase. Organizations in the coalition include Food & Water […]