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A Transportation Look at a Contentious Race in CD14
The race for the CD14 City Council seat has been a contentious one between two former friends. The City Maven breaks down the relationship between the former friends that has led to a very personal campaign.
March 7, 2011
CicLAvia : 100,000 Cyclists, 0 Incidents, Millions of Stories
(This is part one of our coverage of yesterday's groundbreaking Open Street Festival. Hopefully later today we'll have up a Streetfilm. Tomorrow we'll review the reviews of CicLAvia. - DN.)
October 11, 2010
Advisory Committee for Gold Line Eastside Extension Meets Next Thursday
There have been a fair number of folks making comments on this site and
elsewhere on the internet about the recently opened Gold Line Eastside
Extension and safety. This coming week the advisory committee that
provides input to Metro on such issues is holding a meeting near the
Indiana Street station (Alma is the next street east of Indiana, and
the School is midway between 1st and 3rd Streets) in the evening.
Certainly worth checking out if you want to share such comments directly .
January 6, 2010
The Eastside Gold Line Rail as a Learning Tool for at-Risk Youth
The opening up of the Eastside Gold Line Light Rail afforded twenty-four students from Mujeres y Hombres Nobles Continuation High School in East Los Angeles and I the opportunity to explore urban planning and transportation options together. As part of the HeArt Project (www.theheartproject.org), I taught a 10-week art course that used the rail line and urban planning as the subject.
December 15, 2009
“Cartoon Thursday:” Eastside Blog Punks Metro on Gold Line Safety
Last week, LA Eastside decided to take a poke at Metro and posted a series of fake signs in "local lingo" to help keep Eastsiders safe from the Gold Line Extension trains. One look at the above example, and you can probably guess that the signs at LA Eastside are a parody. However, not everyone got the joke, as evidenced by commenters at LA Eastside and the lecture posted today at The Source.
November 19, 2009
The Gold Line Is Rolling, Now What about a Bike Network to Support It?
During our ride on Friday, Steven Frien wondered a couple of times why there wasn't talk of having a bicycle lane on 1st Street running parallel to the Gold Line on First Street . Later in the day, during The Source's review of our review of the Gold Line, Steve Hymon upped the score by asking why there wasn't better bike planning along the entire route. After all, we know how much bike parking there is at every station, wouldn't it be nice to have a bike network to keep those racks full?
November 16, 2009
A Streets-Level Review of the Gold Line Eastside Extension
Overall, we had a favorable impression of the future Gold Line and see how it will be a boon for the communities through which it passes. However, there were some safety concerns we had, especially at the Little Tokyo and Indiana Stations.
November 13, 2009