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This Week in Livable Streets Events
Tuesday and Saturday - The Los Angeles County Bike Coalition begins its bike counts within city limits for the City of Los Angeles. If the copious amount of e-mail I've gotten is any indication, and it is, they are still looking for volunteers. If you have any free time, email yhendlin@ucla.org. And for more information, click here.
September 21, 2009
Happy Park(ing) Day
With the exception of those stories that are already posted, LA Streetsblog will be dark the rest of the day while I complete the Park(ing) Day ride with whoever feels like joining me for part of the ride.
September 18, 2009
New Transportation Group Coming to L.A. Help Us Pick a Name and Win Membership for Life
As a lot of you know, back east I worked for a group called
the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, a transportation reform organization
that fought highway and other car traffic inducing projects and promoted Smart
Growth and alternative transportation. The
Campaign didn’t advocate for a favored mode of transportation, embrace a
certain environmental ideology or confine itself to a narrow geographic area; the
Campaign argued regionally in the Greater New York area for better
transportation based on the argument that our current transportation zeitgeist
was driving dangerously close to the cliff without brakes.
September 11, 2009
Bike Bans: A Serious Threat to Safe Routes to School
Banned in NJ: Many Jersey towns don’t allow kids to bike to school. Photo: Voorhees Transportation Center Image Library, Leigh Ann Von Hagen. This May, a bill surfaced in the U.S. Senate that would triple federal funding for Safe Routes to School programs. Livable Streets Community activists have been on the case this week, mobilizing … Continued
July 24, 2009
We Now Return to Our Regular Programming, Already in Progress
LA Streetsblog will resume it's normal publishing schedule today and that means tweeting today's Metro Board Meeting at http://twitter.com/lastreetsblog. For all those that suggested that I get a way to view the twitter feed on this site, it's coming. I waited until I got to New York to ask for it so it's behind a couple other projects on the TOPP to do list, but it is coming and we did hear your suggestions.
July 23, 2009
No Dead Rock Stars or Lakers Titles Needed for the Big Parade
This Saturday morning, a group of urban hikers will gather at 7:00 A.M. at the Angel's Flight Stairway for the Big Parade, a hiking event being organized by Streetsblog contributor Dan Koeppel, best known in this part of the blogosphere for his piece on L.A.'s DIY bicycle culture. Despite it's long route, we're not talking about a marathon. The slow pace and numerous stops of the Big Parade encourages people to join the core group of ten walkers doing the whole trip. Already, Koeppel is expecting several community groups, a marching band, and other assorted fun in different sections of the walk.
July 16, 2009
Ending Metro’s Rush Hour Ban on Bikes Comes at a Steep Cost
Today at noon, Metro staff held a special briefing on a series of proposed rule changes that would make it legal for bikes to be on all Metro trains at all times. However, this change comes at a steep cost to bike riders, the new rules also dictate that there should be no more than two bikes on any Metro rail car at any time.
July 9, 2009
Happy Fourth of July
Happy Fourth of July everyone! Streetsblog will be taking tomorrow off and returning on Monday.
July 2, 2009