Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Car Culture

California’s Pay as You Drive Insurance Program Could Reduce Driving

By Matthew Roth | Dec 20, 2010 | No Comments

(Editor’s note – If you don’t read Streetsblog San Francisco, you’ll be saddened to hear that our friend Matthew Roth, our sister site’s Deputy Editor, is leaving to pursue other ambitions. This is his last post. Matt, you’ll be missed. – DN) The California Department of Insurance has approved a pay-as-you-drive insurance program encouraged by […]

Report: Want to Ease Commuter Pain? Highways and Sprawl Won’t Help

By Noah Kazis | Sep 29, 2010 | No Comments

Imagine two drivers leaving downtown to head home. Each of them sits in traffic for the first ten miles of the commute but at that point, their paths diverge. The first one has reached home. The second has another twenty miles to drive, though luckily for her, the roads are clear and congestion doesn’t slow […]

The Real Lesson from The Source’s “Why You Ride” Series: People Have No Idea How Much Their Car is Costing Them

By Damien Newton | Sep 8, 2010 | 31 Comments

(Note: I’m not using names in this piece because the people filling out The Source’s survey didn’t sign up to be critiqued elsewhere. If you’re really curious, you can certainly get the names to go with the story.) Last week, DC Streetsblog ran an excellent story on how people don’t realize how much their car […]

Our Mobile Money Pits: The True Cost of Cars

By Anne Lutz Fernandez and Catherine Lutz | Sep 2, 2010 | No Comments

Rowena learned about the true cost of cars the hard way. Raised by her mom, a Filipina immigrant, in a happy if carless home in northern California, Rowena marveled upon graduating from college and getting a steady job that she could afford to lease her very own car. For a small down payment and $199 […]

Facebook Face Off: Malibu’s Anti-Bike Crusade Runs Into Opposition

By Damien Newton | Jul 9, 2010 | 80 Comments

A cyclist blocking traffic in Malibu on the PCH. Photo:JGL Songs/Flickr Generally, I try to avoid writing about Facebook "groups" that bag cyclists, pedestrians or transit riders and projects because they’re not really representative of anything other than an angry person with a keyboard. However, that was before Biking In L.A. pointed us towards a […]

The Moral Imperative of the BP Oil Spill: Drive 20 Percent Less

By Jason Henderson | Jun 15, 2010 | No Comments

Photo: Jonathan Henderson, Gulf Restoration Network Editor’s note: This is an essay from Jason Henderson, a Geography Professor at San Francisco State University. He was born and raised in New Orleans and spent many years exploring Louisiana’s wetlands. He is currently writing a book about the politics of mobility, and frequently advocates for reduced car […]

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