Pasadena Re-Examining Key Environmental Metric – Vehicle Miles Traveled
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Pasadena is looking at a key planning tool "Vehicle Miles Traveled," with big implications for walkability, bikeability, transit, and housing
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Car Culture
Keep Pasadena Moving Survey Full of Tired Nimby Biases
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Nimbys want to know "My problems with public transportation" and if you blame "more traffic" on "increased housing development." Groan.
Valley Gadfly Rages Against Planned Metro Bus Speed Improvements
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A Valley gadfly is opposing Metro Valley BRT, alleging improved transit would cause "massive traffic jams" and "giant apartment buildings"-- but his images actually sell bus lanes
Humor: Are Backlash Drivers Crazy? Maybe It’s Dissociative Commuter Disorder
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Are those anti-road diet cavemen actually crazy?
Eyes on the Street: Posts Against Cars Parking on Koreatown Sidewalks
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In 2015, I posted about what appeared to be a relatively new situation: a seemingly increasing number of cars parking on Koreatown sidewalks. I mentioned that I basically never saw this in my neighborhood only 5-10 years ago. Note that Koreatown is Los Angeles’ most population-dense neighborhood. It is among the most heavily walked neighborhoods […]
Eyes On the Street: Cars Parking On Sidewalks
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The latest reports show that L.A. County has 18.6 million parking spaces, a whopping 14 percent of developed land. But apparently drivers want even more. It may be just anecdotal in my neighborhood – which is Koreatown near East Hollywood – but it seems like I am seeing more and more cars parking on sidewalks and curbs. […]