Mark Vallianatos
Recent Posts
Make Older Concrete Buildings Safer by Allowing Better Uses
| | 2 Comments
The Times’ reporting on the vulnerability of pre-1976 concrete buildings to future earthquakes has exposed pockets of risk scattered throughout Los Angeles. Proponents of requiring retrofits of vulnerable buildings in the 1990s were right. Human life is more valuable than the money of building owners. These older buildings should be strengthened one way or the other. […]
Integrating Land Use and Transportation VI: Industry
|
Last month, Streetsblog introduced a six-part series by Mark Vallianatos looking at how city leadership can start truly integrating land use and transportation in the six geographic zones he outlined: parks, hills, homes, boulevards, center and industry. First, he outlined the series and wrote about parks. Later, “The Hills”, “Homes Zone”, “Boulevard Zones” and “Centers” got […]
Integrating Land Use and Transportation V: Centers
| | 1 Comment
Last month, Streetsblog introduced a six-part series by Mark Vallianatos looking at how city leadership can start truly integrating land use and transportation in the six geographic zones he outlined: parks, hills, homes, boulevards, center and industry. First, he outlined the series and wrote about parks. Later, “The Hills”, “Homes Zone” and “Boulevard Zones” got their […]
Integrating Land Use and Transportation IV: Boulevard Zones
| | 1 Comment
Last week, Streetsblog introduced a six-part series by Mark Vallianatos looking at how city leadership can start truly integrating land use and transportation in the six geographic zones he outlined: parks, hills, homes, boulevards, center and industry. First, he outlined the series and wrote about parks. Later, “The Hills”and “Homes Zone” got it’s turn. Each section […]
Integrating Land Use and Transportation III: Homes Zone
| | 1 Comment
Tuesday, Streetsblog introduced a six-part series by Mark Vallianatos looking at how city leadership can start truly integrating land use and transportation in the six geographic zones he outlined: parks, hills, homes, boulevards, center and industry. First, he outlined the series and wrote about parks. Yesterday, “The Hills” got it’s turn. Each section includes a “preffered […]
Integrating Land Use and Transportation II: The Hills
| | 1 Comment
Yesterday, Streetsblog introduced a six-part series by Mark Vallianatos looking at how city leadership can start truly integrating land use and transportation in the six geographic zones he outlined: parks, hills, homes, boulevards, center and industry. Yesterday he outlined the series and wrote about parks. Each section includes a “preffered mobility” that the land use […]
Parks, Hills, Homes, Boulevards, Centers, and Industry: a Concept to Integrate Land Use and Transportation Policies in Los Angeles
| | 4 Comments
(This is the first in a six part series that will run throughout the next two weeks. They’re all a little longer than our usual fare, so give yourself a couple of minutes to get all the way through. – DN) Can the stars align for a chance to redefine transportation and land use policies […]
Zoning a Healthier Los Angeles?
| | 11 Comments
(editor’s note: When I saw L.A. County was being praised for updating its zoning code to encourage wider sidewalks and bicycling facilities, I went to some zoning experts to ask them to weigh in on the county’s proposal. Occidental College Professor Mark Vallianatos answered my call. – DN) Shock City The Los Angeles region was […]
How Ciclavia Can Inform Implementation of the Los Angeles City Bike Plan
| | 1 Comment
The week after Ciclavia I find it hard to settle my mind from the sights and sounds and motion of magical urbanism on the streets of Los Angeles. But, alas, the mundane world of traffic, work, and policy beckons. To ease the transition, I’m trying to focus in on what the key policy lessons of […]
Send a Love Letter to Better Transportation & Land Use
|
Why you should comment on the draft SCAG 2012-2035 regional transportation plan/ sustainable communities strategy. What is the RTP? The SCAG 2012 to 2035 Regional Transportation Plan/ Sustainable Communities Strategy is a $525 billion, 23 year transportation and land use blueprint for the six county, expected-to-grow-to 22 million person Southern California Associations of Governments region. […]
Metropolis II and the Enduring Delusions of Car-Centric Cities
| | 7 Comments
Metropolis II, a kinetic sculpture of a futuristic city by artist Chris Burden that will soon start operating for view by the public, raises some interesting questions about the role of cars in cities. I saw the sculpture, with its elevated roads wrapping around skyscrapers and other structure, sitting still when I visited the museum […]
Transportation and Food Access Idea 4: More Walkable Food Retail
| | 1 Comment
I have suggested improving transit for shoppers, legalizing sidewalk vending, and establishing regional food hubs. While it is important to expand options for getting food to people and people to food, today I want to address ways to increase the availability of good food near where people live. That way, we can walk and bike to […]