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Streetsblog mourns the passing of Donald Shoup, the UCLA professor whose groundbreaking work shed light on the much overlooked impacts of parking. Shoup inspired many people, including Streetsblog editors, to understand the ways that parking policy shapes cities. Shoup was the world’s preeminent authority on parking; he was also funny, sweet, incisive, cantankerous, and generous with his time. Read Shoup’s 800-page treatise The High Cost of Free Parking, and you will see streets in new ways.
It’s also a big week for Measure HLA, with two different Wednesday meetings on flawed city department proposals that could shape the city’s response to the voter-approved mandate for bus, walk, and bike improvements. See today’s weekly SBLA calendar for meeting details – and last week’s explainers on the proposed draft implementation ordinance and standard elements.
Council opted to have another public workshop to discuss the Restorative Justice elements of the plan, which makes restitution to those displaced by the 710 Freeway.
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Council opted to have another public workshop to discuss the Restorative Justice elements of the plan, which makes restitution to those displaced by the 710 Freeway.
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Dutra’s defeat means he will have to step down off the Metro Board of Directors, which he was expected to chair through the end of June
