Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Antonio Villaraigosa

National Press: Streetsblog Provides Your Antonio Villaraigosa Cheat Sheet

By Damien Newton | Jan 31, 2013 | 2 Comments

As national press sharpens their focus on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s cheat sheet, there’s been way too much discussion of Charlie Sheen and other assorted scandals. What’s too often missing is a discussion of the Mayor’s own transportation record. To try and help our friends in the legacy media, L.A. Streetblog proudly presents the two-part, “Mayor […]

Battle Over Crenshaw Line Gets National Nod from New York Times

By Damien Newton | Nov 29, 2012 | 19 Comments

It was a rainy day on October 20, 2010, much like today. Days before her most recent re-election, Senator Barbara Boxer was in town, with USDOT officials in tow, to announce a $543 million no interest loan to expediate construction of the Crenshaw Line. At this point, it was all but official that the Crenshaw […]

Self-Grading…Mayor’s Office Gives Itself Mostly High Marks on Transportation

By Damien Newton | Nov 28, 2012 | 6 Comments

Last month, the Mayor’s Office released a report ranking itself on how it achieved, or didn’t achieve, its stated transportation goals over the last seven and a half years. Rather than traditional grades, the report gave the offices green (for “completed”), yellow (for “in the works”) or red (for “didn’t/won’t happen) on a variety of […]

Villaraigosa to Department Heads: It’s Time to Work Together on T.O.D. Planning

By Damien Newton | Nov 27, 2012 | 10 Comments

Mayor Villaraigosa Executive Order on Transit Oriented Development Cabinet Too to many people, urban planning in Los Angeles is a joke. Even Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will play up Los Angeles’ uneven history with planning in private interviews or public speeches when he knows he’s addressing an audience that gets it. But the Mayor always claimed […]

Metro, City, Get Serious About Funding CicLAvia

By Damien Newton | Nov 14, 2012 | 5 Comments

(Editor’s Note: The City Council passed the motion on Friday, November 16, 2012, making the allocation final.) At today’s City Council Transportation hearing, a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Los Angeles and CicLAvia will be vetted publicly for the first time. At the request of the Mayor’s Office, Metro designated $950,000 of Transportation […]

League of American Cyclists Awards Los Angeles Bronze Medal for Bicycle Friendliness

By Damien Newton | Oct 18, 2012 | 9 Comments

Over the last two and a half years, Los Angeles turned a corner. While the city has a long way to go to be a safe and welcoming city for pedestrians and cyclists, things are getting better. The change in attitude has also changed the debate from, “What can the city do to make things […]

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