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Holmby-Westwood Furious at Jack Weiss’ Plan to Remove Traffic Calming
Westwood residents are furious with Councilman Jack Weiss and the LADOT over a resolution appearing on tomorrow's City Council Transportation Committee Agenda which would strip traffic calming off of local streets that were placed in February of 2008 as a "pilot program." The Holmby-Westwood Traffic Committee had asked for certain traffic calming measures to protect their local streets from traffic created by the Palazzo mixed use development which features a Trader Joes and other retail in addition to residential.
April 7, 2009
Draft CEQA Standards Aim to Relax Parking Rules
CEQA Standards Require Projects to Provide Adequate Car Parking. However, that May Change.
January 22, 2009
City Holding Hearings on Green Planning Ordinance for LA River
The City's Vision for the LA River in the Coming Decades
December 10, 2008
How to Build a Better Infrastructure Plan
Economists and lawmakers are batting around increasingly large figures for the Obama admin's upcoming stimulus package -- 300 billion dollars, 500 billion, a trillion? Whatever the final sum, a big cut will get plowed into transpo projects. The question is whether all that money will perpetuate an outdated system or lead toward a future where cars and gas aren't seen as basic necessities for most Americans.
December 3, 2008
AIA Asks: Is It Time to Ban Billboards?
This evening,the American Institute of Architects will host a forum debating whether Los Angeles should consider banning new billboards. In the event announcement the AIA notes:
November 12, 2008
San Joaquin Valley Doing “About Half” of What They Can for Smart Growth
A Drive Up Highway 99 Shows Some Signs of Smart Growth
October 30, 2008
Transit Blamed for Suburban St. Louis Crime
Last week Freakonomics picked up a story from the Riverfront Times
that connects an uptick in shoplifting, fighting and other crimes in
the St. Louis suburbs to a two-year-old expansion of the city's
MetroLink rail system.
October 30, 2008
If a Transportation Engineer Were President
A bit of pre-Election Day fun: Here's a mock state-of-the-union speech drafted for the next President by "Gridlock" Sam Schwartz, the former New York City Traffic Commissioner who created the word . Combining some ideas from Barack Obama's platform with some that no candidate would utter during a presidential campaign, he lays out a plan for infrastructure investment and how to pay for it:
October 29, 2008
The Case for Active Transportation, by the Numbers
Thanks to commenter Stephen for prodding us to post on the new report from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, “Active Transportation for America” (download the PDF here). What makes the report notable are the numbers it contains. It’s jam-packed with quantifiable benefits that would result from increased investment in infrastructure that encourages and supports pedestrians and cyclists. … Continued
October 24, 2008