Some Recommended Transit-Oriented Reading
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What good books have you read lately?
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Welcome to the Blogroll: Joel Epstein on the Huffington Post
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For the past six months or so, Joel Epstein has been writing away about transportation issues at the Huffington Post’s Los Angeles page. Originally, Epstein’s pieces were almost exclusively promoting and explaining the 30/10 initiative. While his Huffington Post profile says that he likes to discuss Los Angeles’ “maligned but extensive” transit system, it’s clear […]
Welcome to the Blogroll: CicLAvia and City of Lights
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There are two projects of the Los Angeles County Bike Coalition that haven’t received as much attention on Streetsblog as they should, although CicLAvia did get a belated review last week after reviews in the Times and television. Photo: LACBC But first, the Bike Coalition has been pushing a unique outreach program to immigrants and […]
Old MacDonald Had a Freeway
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Image from The Fletcher Studio’s presentation to Sci-Arc via Urban Insights I usually don’t pull story ideas directly from The Metro Library’s daily headlines page, but this one was just too good to pass up. Urban Insights L.A. reports on Other New Urbanisms, a symposium held last week by the Southern California Institute’s School of […]
Welcome to the Blogroll: Steve Hymon, Fred “Camino” and The Source
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When Metro first announced it was going to open its own blog, the first questions everyone had were "who will be writing it," and "will they be independent or just Metro public relations officers." Given the choice of the writers they selected, the same two writers I would have picked if i were them, I […]
Welcome to the Blogroll: Where the Sidewalk Starts
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Image: Where the Sidewalk Starts "Where the Sidewalk Starts" a relatively new blog focusing on pedestrian safety issues is a welcome addition to the local blogosphere. Writer "Katie" an urban planner and suburban Southern Californian opened the blog because "The most downtrodden mode of transportation deserves a step up." Where the Sidewalk Starts doesn’t come […]