New Video Explains UCLA Study on Transit Ridership Decline
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A new video shows UCLA research on why transit has declined, and what can be done to bring it back.
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Mobility Justice Advocates Gather in Leimert Park for Untokening California
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She had had enough of hearing her community spoken about in offensive ways by well- (and not-so-well-) meaning planners and advocates, enough of giving 110 percent of herself only to realize a fraction of what she put forward was being seen as having value, enough of how disinterested those with power over what happened in marginalized communities remained in the larger picture, and enough of being tokenized.
ACT-LA Video Makes Case For Affordable Transit-Oriented Housing
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The Alliance for Community Transit - Los Angeles has produced a new video exploring issues of housing, transit, gentrification, and displacement in South L.A.
Manuel Pastor’s Recommendations for Metro’s 2016 Ballot Measure
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At Move L.A.’s Transportation Conversation 8 yesterday, USC professor Manuel Pastor had a list of recommendations for Metro as the agency seeks to finalize and pass its anticipated $120 billion November sales tax measure. For many years, Pastor has been an important voice for equity and justice. Adopting his recommendations would go a long way […]
Lessons From UCLA’s TransportationCamp
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What do you get when dozens of transportation professionals, technologists, and others interested in improving urban transportation networks all in one room at UCLA on a Saturday morning? The answer is Los Angeles’ very first TransportationCamp. While there were no bonfires or arts and crafts, Saturday’s event was different than your usual gathering of transportation […]
Technologists and Transportation Professionals Meet at TransportationCamp Los Angeles
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2015 is an exciting time for transportation innovation in Los Angeles. We have a rapidly-expanding frequent transit and bicycle network. Technological innovation has already brought us reliable point-to-point mobility for passengers, real-time transit arrival and traffic incident information, and even “feeding the meter” from a phone. We see more promise on the horizon as local […]