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Labor Day Homework: Play the Tom LaBonge Transit Game
Yesterday, the Daily News printed an odd opinion piece by 4th District City Councilman Tom LaBonge which outlined his views on how Metro should grow Los Angeles' rail system in the coming years. I say "odd" because the former Metro Board Member has to know that Measure R transit funds have to be spent on the projects listed in the ballot initiative passed in 2008, and it's unlikely the agency is going to raise the funds for anymore transit projects in the near future.
September 3, 2010
Donald Shoup Destroys “Libertarian” on the Cost of Parking
We’re reprinting this reply [PDF] from UCLA professor Donald Shoup, author of the High Cost of Free Parking, to Randal O’Toole, the libertarian Cato Institute senior fellow who refuses to acknowledge the role of massive government intervention in the market for parking, and the effect this has had on America’s car dependence. It’s an excellent … Continued
September 2, 2010
Push for 3 Foot Passing Law Finds a New Booster
At least eleven states have laws requiring drivers to leave three feet between their vehicle and cyclists while passing. If the Mayor of Los Angeles has anything to say about it, California will join those states before the year ends.
August 25, 2010
Helmets Ready! Mayor Hosts First Bike Summit
Despite the Monday 9am hour and the picture perfect weather, a
standing-room only crowd assembled in the Metro Board Room for city of
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's first Bike Summit. Alongside
Mayor Villaraigosa were Department of Transportation (LADOT) General
Manager Rita Robinson, Metro CEO Art Leahy, Department of City Planning
(DCP) General Manager Michael LoGrande, and Police Department Deputy
Chief Kirk Albanese sitting in for Chief Charlie Beck.
August 17, 2010
Mayor Using “Google Moderator” to Reach Out Before Summit
Showing a little bit of tech-saavy, to help reach out to the notoriously technorati sprinkled throughout L.A.'s bike scene, Mayor Villaraigosa is using Google Moderator to rank questions for the Mayor in advance of Monday's Bike Summit. You can go directly to the web-page set up for the Summit by clicking here.
August 13, 2010
Rise and Shine, Mayor Announces “Bike Summit” for August 16
(Note: You can read full copies of the statements of everyone quoted below here.)
August 5, 2010
Villaraigosa on HuffPo: I Like to Bike in Los Angeles
Bicycle advocate and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took to the Internet to talk bike policy in the aftermath of this weekend's crash. While there's nothing groundbreaking in his essay; it's nice to see our city's political leader take a stand for bicyclists.
July 19, 2010
Language Is Important
It's been a common theme when Streetsblog covers crashes to note the soft bias of the writing and headlines in more traditional news sources. This bias nearly always deflect guilt away from the people who cause the crashes. It amazes me when I watch coverage of a tragedy where change is demanded, say for example when a fifteen year old died of a drug overdose at a "rave", versus the ho-hum when there is a traffic crash.
July 19, 2010
Dangerous Taxi Driver Causes Bike Crash, Broken Arm for Villaraigosa
Well, that didn't take long.
July 18, 2010