Recent Streetsblog LA posts about 30/10

Could the Sepulveda Corridor Congestion Reduction Plan Equal Carmaheaven?

By Juan Matute | Sep 28, 2012 | 32 Comments

With Carmageddon once again looming over Los Angeles, we have another opportunity to reflect on the 405 freeway: what does it mean and what do we want from it? What does it mean that the 405 between the 90 and the 101 has been under construction for the better part of this millenium, yet it still […]

Federal Transportation Bill Includes America Fast Forward Provisions

By Damien Newton | Jun 29, 2012 | 5 Comments

Amidst all of the negative news about the federal transportation bill recently agreed to by members of the House of Representatives and Senate agreed to, there is a silver lining. The “America Fast Forward” provisions, a group of changes and funding increases that will help cities expand their rail transit systems, survived the conference committee. […]

10 Minutes with the Mayor: Still Upbeat on America Fast Forward, Loves CicLAvia

By Damien Newton | Mar 7, 2012 | 3 Comments

Earlier this week, the Mayor’s Office called to set up a brief chat between Streetsblog and Mayor Villaraigosa during his trip to Capitol Hill as part of “L.A. on the Hill,” a yearly lobbying sojourn of L.A.’s elite. The trip coincided with a crucial vote on the reuthorization of the Surface Transportation bill, which failed […]

Move L.A. Hosts “L.A. on the Verge” This Friday, What Would You Do with Measure R+

By Damien Newton | Feb 22, 2012 | 8 Comments

Is Los Angeles on the “verge of a transit breakthrough” as Move L.A. states in the promotions for Friday’s all day conference featuring Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other political leaders, labor organizers and environmental groups? Or, is Los Angeles decades away from fulfilling the dream of a workable rail system promised by Measure R? If […]

America Fast Forward Moves Closer to Becoming Reality

By Damien Newton | May 26, 2011 | 2 Comments

Yesterday, The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released an outline of some its core principles for a federal transportation reauthorization bill. One of the main planks of their proposed program would be expanding the TIFIA loan program from a $110 million program to a $1 billion program and re-branding the program “America Fast Forward.” […]

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Boxer Tests Out “America Fast Forward” at Senate Committee Hearing

By Kathryn Reid Moore | Apr 7, 2011 | No Comments

With House GOP leadership making it abundantly clear that they would be pleased to return federal transportation policy to the 1950s, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works met today to get serious about the who, what and how of funding a 21st century transportation system. Meeting with a panel of transportation officials and […]

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