Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Zev Yaroslavsky

After Emotional Metro Board Meeting, Blue Line Safety Back in the Spotlight

By Damien Newton | Aug 7, 2012 | 14 Comments

“The deadliest light rail line in the country.” Metro’s Blue Line, which runs from Metro Center through South L.A. and Watts into Long Beach, has been involved in more than its share of crashes, both minor and fatal, since it opened twenty-two years ago. Regardless of who is deemed “at fault” in the crash, it’s […]

Metro Board: Fare Gates, TAP But Regional Connector Postponed

By Damien Newton | Feb 22, 2012 | 41 Comments

(We just found out from Metro, via email and The Source, that the Regional Connector discussion is being moved until next month so “local concerns” can be addressed in the financial district. – DN) It wouldn’t be the Metro Board of Directors without some drama. Read the full agenda for tomorrow’s meeting of the Board […]

At Zev’s Urging, Supes Demand Progressive Bike Plan

By Damien Newton | Nov 29, 2011 | 6 Comments

Earlier today, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors quickly and unanimously passed a motion by Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky urging for progressive changes to the L.A. County Draft Bike Plan. The L.A. County Bike Plan addresses the “unincorporated” parts of L.A. County (those without a municipal government) such as Marina del Rey. The motion, available on […]

Zev Reader Questionnaire Part 1: Metro and Transit

By Damien Newton | Jul 26, 2011 | 3 Comments

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky’s answers to our reader questionnaire were so detailed that we decided to break the questions in to two parts. There is just so much to chew on in this section, such as Zev’s views on the Westside Subway Station Debate, the importance of a subway and the future of the I-405 Transit Corridor. […]

Zev Reader Questionnaire Part 2: Walking, Biking, the SGV and All the Rest

By Damien Newton | Jul 26, 2011 | 3 Comments

Parts two and three of your questionnaire with Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky focused mainly on what I’m referring to as “People Powered Transportation” (the Alliance for Walking and Bicycling’s chosen term for traveling without a car and not by transit) and a separate section with two tongue-and-cheek questions. Sadly, he didn’t take my bait and announce […]

Next Up for the Streetsblog Reader Questionnaire: Zev Yaroslavsky

By Damien Newton | Jul 7, 2011 | 9 Comments

If there’s one politician we’ve given a hard time to here at Streetsblog, it’s County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky. Yesterday while we were IM’ing on Facebook (really!) I asked if he would join LADOT General Manager LADOT General Manager Jaime De La Vega and LAPD Sgt. David Krumer in answering a Streetsblog […]

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