Recent Streetsblog LA posts about The OC

Behind the Orange Curtain: Massive Service Cuts at OCTA

By Damien Newton | Mar 25, 2009 | 11 Comments

Around the country, many of our largest transit agencies are dealing with massive deficits by cutting back service and laying off employees. New York City Streetsblog has pretty much been devoted to round-the-clock coverage of NYCMTA’s proposed cuts, the politics behind them and the effort to stop them. Closer to home, our neighbors in Orange […]

Fatal Newport Beach Sports Car Crash Highlights Lawlessness of Car Culture

By Damien Newton | Mar 12, 2009 | 14 Comments

Photo: Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times Yesterday, the media reacted with horror to the news that Mixed Martial Arts and reality television star Charles "Mask" Lewis died after a particularly gruesome and spectacular crash between his Ferrari and a Porsche in Newport Beach. After reading the Times’ coverage of the story, it’s clear that this crash […]

Bush Administration Rejects O.C. Toll Road Plan

By Damien Newton | Dec 19, 2008 | 2 Comments

Rendering of Project Produced by the Save San Onofre Coalition Yesterday, the United States Commerce Department surprised both detractors and supporters of the plan to build a $1.3 billion, six to eight lane extension of California 241 in Orange County, when it decided to uphold a decision of the California Coastal Comission to halt the […]

Proponents and Opponents of New Toll Road Clash at OC Hearing

By Damien Newton | Sep 23, 2008 | No Comments

Despite the Signage, a Union Official Claimed That No Members Were Paid for Attendance Yesterday, Orange County Planners and Toll Road advocates had "their day in court" at a public hearing in front of federal officials who they hope will overturn a state decision stopping construction of $1.3-billion extension of California 241 in Orange County. […]

Taxpayer Dollars Used to Attack Taxpayers Opposed to More Highways

By Damien Newton | Aug 18, 2008 | 8 Comments

Rendering of Proposed Interchange Created by Opponents of Project The Transportation Corridors Agency, an organization founded in the 1980’s to help build more highways through privatization, has thus far been stymied by local opposition from building a sixteen mile freeway extension for the I-241 through San Onorfre State Park by a coalition of environmentalists, surfers, […]

Planning Commissioner Reflects on Life in the O.C.

By Damien Newton | May 7, 2008 | No Comments

Back in December, Hunting Beach Planning Commissioner Joe Shaw wrote an op/ed for Street Heat about the challenges in trying to do smart growth planning in the O.C. Now that Shaw is a candidate for Huntington Beach City Council, it seemed like a good time to blow the dust off this excellent piece for all […]

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