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South L.A. Town Hall Ends in Protests but Residents Hope Dialogue with Mayor Is Just Beginning
Really? A helicopter??
October 21, 2015
Measure R 2 (or 2.1) Season Is Underway
Yesterday, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 767 authorizing Metro to place a sales tax on a future ballot to fund transportation growth.The ballot measure would likely appear on the 2016 fall ballot, along with the presidential race, Congressional races and a variety of local races.
October 8, 2015
Governor Signs A.B. 8, Creating Statewide Hit-and-Run Alert Network
Breaking News: Assemblymember Mike Gatto just announced that A.B. 8 was signed by Governor Jerry Brown! Official statements are anticipated soon from Brown and Gatto, but the hit-and-run alert system bill is now state law! Kudos to Governor Brown and Assemblymember Gatto! From Gatto's statement on Facebook:
September 28, 2015
City Hall Vision Zero Forum Foreshadows Culture Change for L.A.
Last night, the city of Los Angeles welcomed national safe streets advocate Leah Shahum at a forum discussing what Vision Zero will mean for Los Angeles.
September 25, 2015
Metro Board Passes Ridley-Thomas Motions: Loan Fund, College Student Pass
At this morning's Metro Board of Directors meeting, County Supervisor and Metro Board Chair Mark Ridley-Thomas shepherded the passage of two worthwhile motions that advance local livability. The motions are detailed below:
September 24, 2015
Equity, the Mobility Plan, and the Myth of Luxury-Loving Lane Stealers
It's hard to take some of the hysteria surrounding the City Council's approval of Mobility Plan 2035 this past August very seriously.
September 14, 2015
Lawsuits and Leadership: Where Is Mayor Garcetti On L.A. Mobility?
Yesterday, the Orwellian-sounding Fix the City officially announced their lawsuit against the recently approved city of Los Angeles Mobility Plan 2035. The plan, unpopular with those that value car travel time over public safety, is controversial because of provisions that would, in some cases, remove mixed-use travel lanes (car lanes) or car parking to add bus, walk, and bicycle infrastructure, including traffic calming.
September 10, 2015
Is Bikelash Spreading to Some of the More Progressive Neighborhood Councils?
Last night, the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council voted to "reconsider" its support of the recently-passed Mobility Plan for the City of Los Angeles. The plan, which places safety at the center of all transportation decisions instead of vehicle travel speed, has been a favorite target for conservative talk radio hosts, "Fix the City," and now some Neighborhood Councils who favor the reverse.
September 3, 2015
First Round of Great Streets Improvements Continue on Cesar Chavez; City Says Community Engagement on Horizon
Tracking the Great Streets program as it has begun to unfold around town has, at times, been a bit of an exercise in frustration. Which never fails to strike me as odd, given Mayor Eric Garcetti's declaration that the transformation of the 15 chosen streets into gathering places would happen via a "bottom-up and community-based process" in which the city "[worked] with neighborhood stakeholders to develop a vision for each corridor."
September 2, 2015
Rest in Peace, Howard Krepack
I first met Howard Krepack in the late fall of 2010. After a brief hiatus, Streetsblog Los Angeles had just "re-launched," backed by a new non-profit and with a budget so small that I was working full-time on a part-time contract that we couldn't even afford.
August 31, 2015