The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog L.A.
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.
Heatwave, Metro vs. Burbank, CicLAvia, World Cup, Pasadena, Artesia, Glendale, Metrolink, car-nage, and more
Next week the Metro board will vote on $100M+ worth of freeway expansion, mainly for widening the 91 Freeway in North Long Beach, Artesia and Cerritos
West Hollywood water main, Metro BRT vs. Burbank, Long Beach, Metro board, Santa Monica, Pico Blvd, Riverside, and more
Extreme heat, CicLAvia, Potrero Canyon bridge, X Line, BRT ridership infographic, Watts, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Waymo, car-nage, and more
