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Coming Soon: Buses to Chavez Ravine?
Some baseball teams have full transit plans...the Dodgers don't even have buses
February 25, 2008
Times’ Reports on LADOT’s Car Culture Catastrophe at LACMA
It’s not often I’m singing the praises of the LA Times, but an article from today’s paper, A lack of street smarts near LACMA,” really hits one of the main problems with LADOT’s traffic management plans right in the head. The Times reports: As part of the expansion, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, … Continued
February 4, 2008
Why Congestion Is Good
Why Congestion is Good – by Kent Strumpell Bemoaning the evils of congestion has become perhaps the most common complaint heard about urban living today. Everyone groans about it but few do anything meaningful to lessen their contribution. Somehow government is supposed to solve it, but we all know how well that has worked. Stuck … Continued
February 1, 2008
Quotes That Matter from Folks That Matter
After reading the very comprehensive coverage of yesterday's meetings on some of the other blogs around town, I decided that rather than write a long coverage post on what's already been written, that I would instead just pull out some highlight quotes from many of the leaders that were there yesterday.
January 30, 2008
Council Resolution: Bikers Deserve Tax Break (Updated Below)
The Bicycle Commuters Benefits Act of 2007, s. 858, seeks to change that by allowing employers to provide an extra benefit to bike commuters tax-free. Some of the things an employer could provide include: a bike, accessories and safety equipment, life and personal property insurance premiums, and locker rental.
January 17, 2008
Checking in on Car Culture
A piece in the today’s Times goes into the bad habits of many drivers. Normally, an article like this wouldn’t get more than a clip in Today’s Clip, but after last week’s “Dust Up” it was worth noting that it isn’t just a few bad apples that ruin the whole bunch and that it’s not … Continued
January 16, 2008
Test Driving a Hydrogen Car
Knowing that environmentally friendly cars aren't the silver bullet that is going to solve all of our transportation problems (cleaner cars will probably increase demand for automobiles and could worsen sprawl and congestion) wasn't enough to stop me from taking the chance to test drive one today at a luncheon held by the Women's Transportation Seminar of Greater Los Angeles. Silver Bullet or not, its pretty cool to drive a car that has water vents instead of a tail pipe.
December 11, 2007
AASHTO’S Back to the Future
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has recently put up a new video on You Tube promoting “A New Vision for the 21st Century.” The eight minute video is designed to elicit support for greater transportation funding for the next 50 years. Unfortunately, the video promotes building 100,000 new lane miles … Continued
December 7, 2007
Want a Chance to Drive a Hydrogen Car?
From an email from the Women's Transportation Forum:
December 4, 2007