Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Car Culture

Daily Beast Lists Nation’s Most Dangerous Roads, Two SoCal Roads in Top 5

By Damien Newton | Jun 4, 2010 | 2 Comments

The 1-10 and I-15 Interchanges in San Bernadino County. Photo: Cocoi_m/Flickr Back in January, the Daily Beast, listed nation’s most congested highways. The I-101, aka the Hollywood Freeway, was ranked #1, aka the most congested highway in the country. Earlier this week, they came out with a list of the "deadliest" highways, and two Southern […]

LA Bicycle Advisory Committee Convenes with LAPD as Tensions Run High

By Carter Rubin | Jun 2, 2010 | 16 Comments

The revolution would not be televised — or so we thought. Hushed by the darkened room, more than 50 bicyclists, police officers, members of the media, and community leaders turned toward the projector to watch a film clip that everyone had just confirmed, by a show of hands, that they had already seen. An overflow […]

GM Unveils New “Envy” and “Pride” Models, “Lust” and “Sloth” to Come

By Matthew Roth | Mar 25, 2010 | No Comments

Image: New York Times. I’ve railed on General Motors and Segway in the past for the myriad impracticalities of their tandem Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility (P.U.M.A.) prototype. Now they’re at it again, making headlines today by unveiling the first three models in their new Electric Networked Vehicle (EN-V, pronounced "envy") line, including the Jiao, […]

KTLA Shocked at Suggestion to Bike or Take Transit to Marathon Finish

By Damien Newton | Mar 18, 2010 | 17 Comments

About half way through the above video, KTLA’s Eric Spillman talks to the L.A. Marathon’s Peter Abraham about the transportation plan for people wishing to be at the end of the marathon. Under KTLA’s banner of "Parking Problems," Abraham rationally explains that you should probably bike (free bike valet!) or take transit to the end […]

Hummer Going the Way of the Dodo

By Ben Fried | Feb 25, 2010 | 3 Comments

The days are numbered for the military vehicle that carmakers turned into the bane of pedestrians, cyclists and planet Earth. GM has announced plans to wind down Hummer production after a deal to sell the brand to a Chinese manufacturer fell apart. According to the Times, the Chinese government wanted no part of Hummer because […]

The Los Angeles Times Wants to Know What Your Favorite Car Is

By Damien Newton | Feb 17, 2010 | 8 Comments

Today, while working in "Today’s Headlines," I noticed something peculiar at the Times website. Instead of just giving me a list of headlines and links, the Paper of Record had me look at a series of pictures and select which ones represented my ideal vacation, what stage of life I was in, and favorite activity. […]

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