Recent Streetsblog LA posts about SCAG

SCAG's SoCal Greenprint helps make it possible to plan for a future with plentiful housing options and green, healthy communities. Photo by OCParks_CA

Southern California Doesn’t Have to Choose Between Housing and the Environment

By Leonora Camner | Oct 6, 2021 | No Comments

Scheduled for a vote tomorrow, SCAG's SoCal Greenprint mapping tool is a free, optional-to-use tool compiling data on natural resources. SoCal Greenprint was to launch this fall, before it received criticism.

Active SGV assisted the City of Glendora in installing a temporary protected bike lane and striped crosswalk. Active SGV will be installing a pop up demonstration on Poplar Boulevard in Alhambra. Image: Active SGV

Southern California Association of Governments Awards 31 Mini-Grants to 31 Projects, Six for the SGV

By Kristopher Fortin | Jul 13, 2021 | No Comments

SCAG Community Streets Mini-Grants Program funded projects that will take place in Pasadena, El Monte, Pomona, Alhambra and Altadena

The six county Southern California Association of Governments region. Map via SCAG

Regional Inter-County Jockeying for COVID Transit Stimulus Monies

By Joe Linton | Mar 5, 2021 | No Comments

L.A. County needs get somewhat short shrift in a six-county SCAG region that skews suburban. Unfortunately Metro hasn't helped its case; the agency shirked some of its transit operations during the pandemic.

Congestion pricing could solve many L.A. problems, but where will be most appropriate to pilot? Photo by peter boy12qq12 via Wikimedia

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Where Could Cordon Congestion Pricing Work Best in Southern California?

By Joe Linton | Apr 3, 2019 | 8 Comments

SCAG studied 11 potential pricing cordons. Five of these were recommended for further study.

L.A. and San Bernardino Inter-County Transit/Rail Planning Meetings Kick Off

By Doug Lewis | Jul 13, 2016 | 7 Comments

The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is seeking to develop a comprehensive overview of potential transportation and rail improvement options in the corridor bridging L.A. Counties and San Bernardino counties. Los Angeles and San Bernardino inter-county cooperation could expand transit access to cities near the county border. A number of significant inter-county transportation projects are […]

As SCAG Talks Environmental Justice, Tea Party Group Hones in on E.D.

By Damien Newton | Apr 21, 2015 | 4 Comments

Regional planning documents and hearings are hardly exciting to write about. Interminably long public meetings, wonky terms, never-ending studies. It’s one reason that Streetsblog hardly covers the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), even though the regional plan it puts out is incredibly important in determining which projects receive federal funds and which ones don’t. […]

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