L.A. City Transportation Budget Hearing Highlights Vision Zero Debate
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Garcetti has proposed $16.7 million for Vision Zero, livability advocates are urging $80 million for the program.
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Eric Garcetti
How Mayor Garcetti Can Make L.A. Bike-Friendly – 1: Easy Bike Facilities
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If Mayor Garcetti wants to make Los Angeles a bicycle-friendly city, here are ~50 streets that should receive bicycle upgrades right away.
Broad Measure S Opposition Coalition Rallies Against “Scorched Earth” Housing Ban
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Mayor Garcetti, business, labor, environmental and housing leaders - and Streetsblog L.A. - are encouraging you to vote no on Measure S.
Coalition Launches Yes on H for Quarter-Cent Sales Tax to End Homelessness
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The Yes on Measure H campaign kicked featured a broad array of electeds: L.A. County Supervisors, L.A.'s mayor, representatives from South Gate, Culver City, Pomona, Compton, West Hollywood and elsewhere. Labor, business, service providers, clergy and former homeless also spoke in favor of Measure H.
Garcetti Sustainability ‘pLAn’ One Year Update Shows Environmental Progress
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For last week’s Earth Day 2016, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti presented a one-year update on his April 2015 Sustainable City pLAn. The mayor’s ambitious “pLAn” [PDF] serves as a mechanism to keep the city committed to and on track towards various sustainability goals: reducing vehicle miles traveled, reducing traffic fatalities, increasing walk/bike/transit mode share, fostering transit-oriented development, etc. […]
Garcetti, LADOT and Xerox Announce New GoLA Multi-Modal App
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Los Angeles has a new transportation app that helps Angelenos choose ways to get around. The GoLA “Mobility Marketplace” App shows various transportation modes, including bicycling, transit, taxi, ride-hailing, driving, and parking and allows users to compare modes to see what is fastest, cheapest, or greenest. The app is a collaboration between Xerox and the city […]