Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Out of Town

Vancouver, Canada: A City on Bikes with Lessons for Los Angeles

By Roger Rudick | Oct 7, 2015 | 14 Comments

(In advance of tomorrow night’s presentation with Modacity about the bicycling culture of Vancouver and what L.A. can learn; we asked Streetsblog contributor Roger Rudick to write about his recent trip to Vancouver. For more information about tomorrow’s event, click here.- DN) Ten years ago, Jeff Leigh, a businessman and engineer, lived in the suburbs, […]

Lessons from NYC: Greenway Success Through Interdepartmental Collaboration

By Joe Linton | Jan 28, 2014 | 3 Comments

(In advance of my mid-February return to Los Angeles, I’ll be writing up a few L.A.-applicable lessons that I’ve learned back east. – Joe) After living car-free in Los Angeles for 16 years, I fell in love and decided to move to New York City for a while. Well, not quite in New York City […]

Congestion Charging on the Horizon for China’s Cities

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 19, 2013 | No Comments

Which Chinese city will be the first to try congestion pricing? Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai — megacities whose populations are on the scale of New York’s? Or second-tier but still mighty cities (think Chicago) like Hangzhou, Nanjing, or Xi’an? Road tolling à la American turnpikes and thruways is already extensive in China, as a means to […]

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More From The Netherlands: Bike From Assen to Groningen

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 22, 2013 | No Comments

If you haven’t seen the latest Streetfilm, Groningen: The World’s Cycling City, you should check it out. Like, now! It has broken every single Streetfilms viewing record — nearly 40,000 plays in just the first week. One of the folks featured in that video is David Hembrow, who has been reporting on cycling in the Netherlands for many years […]

Op/Ed: Lessons from Minneapolis for Bike Planning in Los Angeles

By James Rojas | Jul 31, 2013 | 8 Comments

Biking in Minneapolis is a rejuvenating experience because it allows me to think. By integrating the natural environment into the biking experience, the city sets a high standard for developing urban bike infrastructure that allows for stress-free travel around town. Like Los Angeles, Minneapolis has horrible commercial streets for biking. But most of the city’s tree-lined residential […]

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How NOT to Fix Your Economy: Prevent People From Getting to Jobs

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 26, 2012 | No Comments

Let’s say you’re a Rust Belt city trying to dust off your stale image and compete in the 21st century. You would think the last thing you would want to do is prevent able-bodied people in your region from working, especially those who are most economically vulnerable. But you’d be wrong! Perrysburg, Ohio, a suburban neighbor […]

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