Damien Newton

Jeff Wood and I are back with episode 8 of the Talking Headways podcast. We talk about Los Angeles Metro's decision not to extend light rail all the way to LAX (and what they're doing instead), plus some analysis of what rail can really do in a city as spread-out as LA. Then we head east to Princeton, New Jersey, where we debunk the thesis that low sales of luxury condos somehow equates to a rejection of walkability. And finally, back west to Seattle, which finds itself with a similar problem to LA: how to bring more density to settled single-family areas?

Join Streetsblog Los Angeles and  Councilmember Mike Bonin at the Brentwood home of Joel Epstein and Karen Sarachik at a celebration to honor the public service of PAUL BACKSTROM Transportation Deputy to Mike Bonin, and Formerly Bill Rosendahl and Jack Weiss March 15, 2014 6 pm to 9 pm Suggested donation $100, proceeds will benefit … Continued

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Earlier this month, the City of Los Angeles wrote to the Green Lane Project, seeking to be a partner city in "Green Lane Project 2".

- There is no way following that crash that I wan't going to get back on my bike -

Another week chock full of major meetings and political decisions. At least at the end of the week there are THREE CRITICAL MASSES. Woah.

Blumenfield’s Big Bike Ride Earns Raves from Riders, Media (Daily News) Epstein: Metro’s Big Week the Result of Low Expectations (HuffPost) More on the MyFig! Debates (Curbed) It’s Not the Mayor’s Fault South L.A. Isn’t a Promise Zone (Wave) Op/Ed: Rail Alone Cannot Reinvent L.A. (LAT) Curbed is Not Impressed with the Continuing Study of Fantasy … Continued

GENERAL INFORMATION: Active Streets LA empowers communities to create safe walking and bicycling routes to parks, schools, and local businesses along their neighborhood streets.

FutureBuild 2014 Unveils Dramatic Changes in the Built Environment

Do you care about the Expo Line and what happens around it? We do.