Recent Streetsblog LA posts about T 4 America

By 2015, Nearly One in Five Angelenos Won’t Have Access to Transportation

By Damien Newton | Jun 14, 2011 | 4 Comments

(Tanya Snyder at Capitol Hill Streetsblog covered the report from a national standpoint, her article is here.) It’s the stuff of nightmares. As people grow older, they face the fear that as their body ages, they will have fewer and fewer options to help them get from one place to another. Denied this basic right, […]

Transportation 4 America Report: Federal and Local Governments Need to Address Pedestrian Safety

By Damien Newton | May 24, 2011 | 2 Comments

This morning, Transportation for America (T4A) released a report, “Dangerous by Design” which gives a state-by-state ranking of how dangerous each state is for pedestrians. While there are certainly worse states to take a walk in than California, 6,957 Californians died (of 47,700 nationally) while walking as result of a crash between 2000 and 2009. […]

Two Important Transit Bills Moving in Sacramento

By Ryan Wiggins | Apr 12, 2011 | No Comments

(Ryan Wiggins is Transportation for America’s an on the ground in Southern California. Last week he presented a primer on transportation funding at “Expanding Our Public Transit Options: Resources to Keep LA Moving Forward?” a Salon put on by Breathe L.A. He was nice enough to share his notes with us in a two-part series. […]

A Federal Funding Primer from Transportation for America

By Ryan Wiggins | Apr 11, 2011 | No Comments

Behind the Numbers: California’s Bridges Might Be Worse Off Than We Think

By Damien Newton | Apr 1, 2011 | No Comments

Earlier this week, Transportation for America released a report on the state of America’s bridges. Capitol Hill Streetsblog broke down those numbers yesterday, but the numbers for California were even worse. According to “The Fix We’re In For: The State of California’s Bridges,” 11.8% of California bridges are “structurally deficient” and this figure will continue […]

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How the Information Age Can Make Streets and Transit More Efficient

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 8, 2010 | No Comments

In Pittsburgh, elderly para-transit riders get automated phone calls with the precise arrival time of their vehicle. Bus priority lanes and preferential traffic signals in the Twin Cities are improving on-time service. Here in Washington, DC, stored value on SmartTrip cards pays for Metro parking, train and bus, and it can sync with pre-tax employee […]

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