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Claremont Adds Eyecatching New Bus Shelters
The locally designed bus stops pay homage to the Foothill communities and provide plenty of shade
September 11, 2025
Eyes on the Street: Some L.A. City Sidewalk Repairs On the Way
The city of Los Angeles has a $27 million set aside for sidewalk repair during the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. This is only the proverbial drop-in-the-bucket for L.A.'s estimated $1.5 billion in overall unmet sidewalk repair needs. Based on liability and property concerns, the city is only spending its $27 million repairing tree-root-damaged sidewalks along city facilities, such as parks and libraries.
March 31, 2015
Advocates Push for Bike/Ped Funding From CA’s Cap-and-Trade Funds
A coalition of bike and pedestrian advocates are inviting organizations to sign on to a letter [PDF] asking the state legislature to recommend allocating $50 million of the state's cap-and-trade revenue towards the Active Transportation Program. Currently, none of the $850 million in cap-and-trade funds are allocated specifically for walking and bicycling in this year's budget.
April 2, 2014
Senators Warner and Blunt Take Another Stab at an Infrastructure Bank
You’d be forgiven for being cynical about big plans in Washington to create an infrastructure bank.
November 19, 2013
Fixing a roundabout that isn’t, Just a Block from the Beach
When is a roundabout not a roundabout?
January 22, 2013
Democrats Learning to Love the I-Word — But Will Words Bring Action?
The White House is re-centering
its message around economic and fiscal concerns ahead of tomorrow's
State of the Union address, with a new package of job-creation measures
expected to vault to the top of the agenda and a three-year "spending freeze" pitched to deficit-wary conservative Democrats.
January 26, 2010
Solve the Congestion Crisis And Win $50,000
Have you ever idled in traffic or waited for a late bus while thinking: "The city government should put me in charge of fixing this mess"? (editor's note: Ubrayj, put your hand down.)
June 1, 2009
Texas Governor Rick Perry Celebrates 18 Lanes of “Freedom”
Texas
officials this week marked the opening of new lanes on the Katy
Freeway, a stretch of Interstate 10 that runs 40 miles west from
downtown Houston. The state has added 20 miles of interior lanes,
including 12 miles of HOV lanes, which officials say will eventually be
converted to variable-rate HOT use. The rebuilt Katy Freeway is 18
lanes wide.
October 30, 2008
Study Confirms: Safer Bike Routes Get More People Riding
How
effective are bike lanes at enticing people to ride? Portland State
University professor Jennifer Dill has been looking into that question
for more than a year, and her research is starting to get some
attention. Using GPS trackers to map more than 1,700 bike trips, Dill
found that about half of all bike travel occurs on dedicated
infrastructure like bike lanes or bike boulevards, even though such
routes comprise only eight percent of Portland's street network.
October 20, 2008
LaBonge Rallies the Troops Against “Metro Universal”
Outspoken City Councilman Tom LaBonge is taking a stand against the massive planned development at the Universal City Metro stop. Citing concerns about traffic and whether the development will use up the "Park and Ride" spaces that are set-aside for transit users, LaBonge's office sent out a letter to his constituents providing them with information on where to find the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the project and how to comment.
September 4, 2008