#DamienTalks the Regional Connector with Metro’s Community and Construction Relations Team
Today, #DamienTalks with Olga Arroyo and Jean Marie Hance with Community and Construction Relations for the Regional Connector Project in Downtown Los Angeles. With the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) going in the ground next week, it seemed the perfect time to connect with the Regional Connector.
October 11, 2016
#DamienTalksSGV 18 – The 626 Is On!
This week, #DamienTalks with Wesley Reutimann about the new plans for the postponed 626. Spoiler, prepare yourself for a massive open streets party across the SGV next March.
September 27, 2016
City Council Approves Controversial Westside Transit Oriented Development
Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council approved the largest transit-oriented development near a new Expo Line Station in Los Angeles' Westside. The development, located at the 4.7 acre site owned by the Martin Automotive group sits at corner of Olympic Boulevard and Bundy Drive. The project is mixed use, with significant housing, 150,000 feet of neighborhood-serving retail, genuine transit-integrating features, and shared public spaces.
September 21, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Santa Monica Gets Creative with Its Crosswalks
Last night, the City of Santa Monica painted the first of its "creative crosswalks" designed to improve both safety and fun for people walking across the street. Last night's painting was at the intersection of Ocean and Broadway. A second installation is planned for Arizona and Second Street tonight.
September 12, 2016
#DamienTalks SGV 17 – Marisa Creter and the Future SGV Bicycle Superhighway
Today, #DamienTalks with Marisa Creter, the Assistant Executive Director of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments. Our discussion mostly covers the excitement Creter, the CoG, other government officials and advocates have for the over 200-mile greenway plan.
September 8, 2016
DamienTalks 40 – Michael Manville on Automatic Road Widenings
It's been a while since we recorded a #DamienTalks specifically for the California website, but now we're back with a good one. In this week's edition, Damien Talks with Michael Manville, a professor and researcher at UCLA.
September 7, 2016
Who Is Lining Up to Fight Measure M
So far, most of Streetsblog L.A.'s coverage of Measure M, Metro's sales tax proposal that will be on the fall ballot, has been positive. With our eyes fixed on graphics showing the growth of our rail and rapid bus network, a robust active transportation funding program, and some flexibility in the language allocating highway funding; there's a lot to like in the proposal.
September 1, 2016
West Hollywood Officially Launches WeHo Pedals, Region’s Newest Bike-Share
Yesterday at noon, the City of West Hollywood officially launched WeHo Pedals, the fourth bike-share system in the region operated by CycleHop. WeHo Pedals has 150 bicycles at seventeen stations throughout West Hollywood with rates ranging from $7 an hour to a yearly pass at $99. There is currently a discount for the yearly pass, $69 until September 6. For more information, visit the official website.
August 31, 2016