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Memo to Culver City: One of These Things Is Not Like the Other (hint…it’s the car parking)
Yesterday, Curbed picked up a recent story in the Los Angeles Business Journal about planned "Transit Oriented Development" near the Venice and Robertson stop for the Expo Line that is expected to open in 2012. They're still in the planning phases for the developments that will occur in three of the corners around the station, so it's too early for a "T.A.D. OR T.O.D." article, but the early information sounds good. The developers are planning on a strong pedestrian component, mixed use, higher than normal density for the residential development and even a grocery store. You can't underestimate the importance of having a grocery store near a T.O.D. project to really encourage people to ditch the car. All that being said, there is one paragraph in the L.A.B.J. article that concerns:
April 27, 2010
Bike Friendly Friday: Culver City
For many cyclists that don't live in Culver City, a discussion of bikes centers around two bike trails: the Ballona Creek Bike Path and the planned, funded but not approved Expo Bike Path. However, Culver City is working and planning to become the kind of bike-town that could rival Santa Monica for top spot on the Westside.
April 24, 2009