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What now for the West Hollywood Transit Corridor?
(I noticed an uptick in press discussions about "density and transit" and "density and West Hollywood." To respond to these articles, many of which are predicting doom for anyone foolish enough to try and densify their cities, I asked Dan Wentzel, a transit advocate who resides in West Hollywood, to take take a turn at the Streetsblog helm. His article is below. For more Wentzel, you can pretty much read any transit-related story's comment thread here on Streetsblog. Or check out his personal blog at Ride the Pink Line. - DN)
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
West Hollywood Shows Us How to Use Stimulus Funds to Make a Difference
Not every transportation reform project needs to bring visionary change to a city to be a good project. Case in point, the beutficiation project recently started on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. Instead of just repaving the road, as is done so often on the streets of Los Angeles, West Hollywood is taking the extra step to also plant trees, fix the sidewalks and improve the crosswalks. In West Hollywood, a repaving is a reason to re-examine whether or not to re-imagine a street.
January 5, 2010