Recent Streetsblog LA posts about SCAG

SCAG Meeting Tomorrow Could Determine How SoCal Will Grow

By Damien Newton | Sep 1, 2010 | 19 Comments

A sprawling view from Griffith Park. Photo: Shiner Clay/Flickr (The SCAG Joint Policy Committees & Regional Council meets tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 2 from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. If you want a seat, get there by 10:30 and feel free to bring a lunch. This isn’t Metro or City Hall, you can eat in the […]

Councilman Smith Is Right: L.A. Should Fund Modes Based on Usage

By Damien Newton | Apr 22, 2010 | 21 Comments

Source: S.C.A.G.’s Year 2000 Post Census Regional Transportation Survey In my Tuesday review of Monday’s City Council debate on whether or not the city should use it’s Measure R Local Return to fund bicycle and pedestrian projects, I mocked a statement by Councilman Greig Smith that because 10% of trips aren’t by bike, the City […]

SCAG and City of Los Angeles Thinking About Solutions to the Last Mile Problem

By Damien Newton | Nov 12, 2009 | 31 Comments

Rita Robinson and Tony Jusay’s folding bikes testify at a joint meeting of the Planning and Transportation Commissions. Photo: BikePedSCAG/Twitpic It’s not often that we cover news out of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), but a recent study funded by the City of Los Angeles and SCAG on the "last mile" problem has […]

Metro Leaders Talk Freight, Funding at Boxer Hearing on Federal Policy

By Damien Newton | Sep 5, 2008 | 3 Comments

Barbara Boxer and John Kerry’s Ear Rally Against Greenhouse Gas Yesterday, Senator Barbara Boxer, Chair of the Committee charged with reauthorizing the federal transportation funding bill, held a hearing at the Metro Board Room to ask local transportation leaders how they would like to see the federal government change the way it funds projects. It’s […]

Envisioning a Multi-Modal Sunset Junction – Tonight!

By Damien Newton | Jun 12, 2008 | 3 Comments

The City of Los Angeles planning department is partnering with SCAG’s Compass Blueprint to make the Sunset Junction Metro stop more community friendly by increasing bicycle and pedestrian access to the stop. The study will also look at the potential for transit oriented development for the area. The first community meeting for this project is […]

Event Tonight: Latino Transportation Needs in Regional Planning

By Damien Newton | Feb 12, 2008 | No Comments

The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is currently in the comment period of the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). This twenty year plan (up to 2035) will set a long term framework for transportation investments for the six county SCAG- region (comprised of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties). Latinos are […]

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