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Note to City Council: Don’t Forget the Transportation Plan for the Stadium
By this point, its becoming clear that for City Officials, the transportation planning for the AEG stadium is a secondary issue for the politicians who will approve a deal with AEG, possibly within the next 45 days. While the Council is debating and discussing a lot of complicated issues, it's taking its eyes off the ball when it comes to transportation planning.
June 20, 2011
LAT: AEG Lobbying for Exemptions from Environmental Lawsuits
While the rest of the local media was busy going ga-ga over the press conference announcing that, if constructed, the Downtown NFL Stadium would be named after Farmers Bank, Patrick McGreevey and Jessica Harrison at the Los Angeles Times revealed that the developer's for the Downtown Stadium are lobbying for the same exemption from state environmental lawsuits that rival developer Ed Roski earned for his proposed Stadium in the City of Industry.
February 2, 2011
Will Figueroa Street Be Los Angeles’ First Truly Complete Street?
I have to be honest. If the My Figueroa project ends up fulfilling its mission of designing a people-friendly Figueroa Street from the southwest corner of Exposition Park to Downtown Los Angeles only by adding a couple of trees and repainting the crosswalks, I'll be extremely disappointed.
January 25, 2011
L.A. Live, Pinnacle of Modern Design, or Bad Urbanism?
How do Los Angeles' residents want their city, and neighborhoods, to develop? Are big projects that raise a lot of money for developers and provide entertainment and dining for thousands of people better than smaller developments that better serve the communities in which they are placed?
December 1, 2010
Concerns about Safety? Muggings? LAPD Announces “Zero Tolerance” on Downtown Jaywalkers
The Downtown LAPD is at it again.
November 30, 2010
AEG Wants a Green Stadium for Downtown L.A. – No New Parking Required
The Sporting News provides one of the first real looks at what plans entertainment giant AEG has planned for their proposed NFL Football Stadium that would be located in Downtown Los Angeles. There's some good news for those concerned that the new Stadium would be accompanied with a gigantic sea of parking, as most NFL Stadiums do. According to the Sporting News:
November 16, 2010
Summary of the Major Decisions from Today’s Metro Board Meeting
Here's a quick rundown of the major votes by today's Metro Board. Each of these five motions were discussed at Streetsblog over the last couple of weeks, and links to those stories can be found at the end of each summary. Streetsblog will have links to all news reports on today's meeting tomorrow.
October 28, 2010
MyFigueroa Project Opens House This Weekend, Not Shy About Using the Internet
What would you do if you had $20 million dollars and were tasked with turning three and a half miles of one of Los Angeles' most iconic streets into the kind of street that encourages people to be outside? That's the question the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is asking at two workshops on Saturday, October 2, and next Tuesday, October 5, about Figueroa Street from the southwest corner of Exposition Park, past USC, and Staples Center in to Downtown Los Angeles. Flush with $20 million in state "Proposition C" funds, the CRA is asking residents and business owners "what's your Figueroa" and what do you want Figueroa to look like in the future.
September 28, 2010