Friday Poll Day

As promised, here's our poll, based on your suggestions, for an "official Streetsblog name" for the I-710 Extension Project.  We'll do this "L.A. city election style."  If no project name gets a 50% vote by the time next Friday rolls around, we'll have a runoff between the top two names.  The winning name will be the one we use on Streetsblog for the rest of the project study.

We've already given some coverage to the South Figueroa corridor project funded by the Community Redevelopment Agency, highlighting some very progressive designs that the project team has put out.  With a pair of public meetings on deck for next Tuesday and Thursday, I thought we should bring back our "Friday Poll Day" series for Streetsbloggers to weigh in on which of the three designs we've seen thus far that they like best.

Ok, Streetsbloggers.  We handled the nomination process, now it's your turn to vote.  We'll run this election the same way that the City handles elections.  Between now and Monday evening we'll keep this poll open.  Tuesday morning, the top two candidates will move on to a run-off.

Here's your chance to vote early on the issues facing California voters next Tuesday.  If you need help, check out the Streetsblog Voter Guide first.

If you're a fan on road signage as traffic calming, then 2011 is shaping up to be quite a year for you!  First the Department of D.I.Y. rolled out some signage attached to power boxes around the city asking drivers to "Please pass with care."  Later in the summer, the collaborative efforts of the Bike Coalition, Midnight Ridazz, Mayor's Office and LAPD came the "Give Me 3" Poster Campaign.  In the Fall, just in time for Back to School, the LADOT's Watch the Road Campaign placed advertisement's on billboard that encourage people to both "Watch the Road" and "Be safe.  Be healthy.  Walk or Bike to School."

A couple of weeks ago Metro released their Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Westside Subway, formerly known as the Subway to the Sea.  The DEIR contained a lot of good news for the city including a slight reduction in automobile congestion along the corridor despite hundreds of thousands of new residents coming to the area over the next twenty five years.

With another Critical Mass coming up tonight, it seems a good time to ask the obvious question...