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Construction Begins on I-210 Gold Line Bridge
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(The following is a press advisory from the Gold Line Foothill Construction Authority. We usually don’t reprint press releases, or even talk about this rail extension out to the SGV, but I wanted to pass on the news that construction work on the Foothill Extension is well underway. And, I wanted to see what you […]
Dinner Meeting with Will Kempton, CEO Orange County Transportation Authority
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Transit Coalition’s monthly meeting has a heavyweight speaker…
Ohio’s Car-Centric Transpo Policy Harms the Poor, Elderly & People of Color
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These remarks were given last week by is Samuel Gresham Jr. at a Town Hall on Transportation Disparities Among Disadvantaged Communities in Columbus, Ohio. The event engaged state and national civil rights groups and elected officials in a discussion about how federal transportation investments can better advance social and economic equity in Ohio. These remarks […]
Getting on the Road to Health
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(The following article is by Ruben Cantu, the program director for the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network. This month, they’re holding a series of community convenings throughout California to discuss the public health impacts of our transportation decisions on our communities. Los Angeles’ convening will be at the California Endowment Building one week from today from […]
What’s Next for Expo – Community Outreach Edition.
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Yesterday, we showed some of the possible designs for the Westwood/Exposition station of the Expo Line and called the decision “what’s next for the Expo Construction Authority.” However, there’s a lot more on the table than just the station design for one station. Karen Leonard, one of the Chairs of Light Rail for Cheviot, checked […]
Figueroa Corridor Community Meetings
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We just wanted all of you to be aware of the up coming community meetings regarding the Figueroa Corridor Living Streets project. you will be amazed at what our design team (Gehl architects from Denmark, Melendrez and Troller Meyer) is proposing for Figueroa street from 7th st to MLK, 11st st from Fig. to Broadway […]
How Obama Should Address Transportation in the State of the Union
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Streetsblog Capitol Hill is pleased to publish this guest post from Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director for NRDC. The President got pulses racing in the transportation world with stirring speeches about infrastructure investment this past Labor Day and Columbus Day. And his economic advisers recently put out a thoughtful report [PDF] making the case […]
Shoup: NPR Puts a Price on Parking. Why Not Cato?
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Streetsblog is pleased to present the third episode in UCLA planning professor Donald Shoup’s ongoing inquiry into whether the Cato Institute’s free market principles extend to the realm of parking policy. Read Shoup’s previous replies to Cato senior fellow Randal O’Toole here and here. Dear Randal, In your September 1 post on Cato@Liberty, you mentioned […]
Shoup: Cato HQ the Perfect Lab for Reforming Commuter Parking Subsidies
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Last week we published a reply from UCLA planning professor Donald Shoup to Cato Institute senior fellow Randal O’Toole, in which Shoup clarified his positions on parking policy and explained several ways in which government regulations favor the provision of free parking. In response, O’Toole ran this post on the Cato@Liberty blog. Streetsblog is pleased […]
Donald Shoup Destroys “Libertarian” on the Cost of Parking
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We’re reprinting this reply [PDF] from UCLA professor Donald Shoup, author of the High Cost of Free Parking, to Randal O’Toole, the libertarian Cato Institute senior fellow who refuses to acknowledge the role of massive government intervention in the market for parking, and the effect this has had on America’s car dependence. It’s an excellent […]
Is Transit a Priority for Nancy Pelosi?
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Pelosi helps cut the ribbon at the grand opening of Muni’s T-line. Photo: kitetoa/Flickr House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco claims she is committed to public transit and reducing motor vehicle congestion. In a speech to the Regional Plan Association (RPA) last April she said her flagship issues as speaker are energy independence and […]
RIO District Hearing
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The City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning invites you to the public hearings for the River Improvement Overlay District (RIO) and the Los Angeles River Improvement Overlay District (LA-RIO). The proposed RIO is an ordinance that establishes a new supplemental use district for river adjacent areas. The LA-RIO is the first proposed district […]