Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Car Culture

City Ends Traffic Officer Subsidies for Major Events

By Damien Newton | | No Comments
Political events and charities, such as yesterday’s AIDS Walk, can be exempted on a case-by-case basis. Photo: Dave Marez/Flickr At last week’s meeting of the City Council Transportation Committee, LADOT’s Alan Willis presented on the status that the DOT has made with the owners of the Greek Theatre, Hollywood Bowl, Coliseum, Sports Arena, former Olympic […]

In Kafka’s Castle: TDM in Action

By Michael Cahn | | 6 Comments
Photo: Duncan Rawlinson via The Last Minute Blog (editor’s note: Dr. Michael Cahn is a lecturer in book history at UCLA. There is also someone with the same name affiliated with some bike group in town, but that is another chapter.  This story has received very light editing on my part and is re-printed with […]

Zócalo – from the sublime to the ridiculous!

By Stephen Box | | 7 Comments
Directions to the Skirball from its official website.  There are some transit directions at the bottom. On Wednesday evening, Zócalo will host an evening entitled "The Curse of Oil" at the Skirball Center and featuring a discussion with Peter Maass, New York Times Magazine writer and author of Crude World, all in a demonstration of […]

Car Is Still King at Alt-Car Expo

By Stephen Box | | 1 Comment
(editor’s note: There are a couple of great videos after the jump.) Santa Monica’s AltCar Expo made it crystal clear, from a distance and in the parking lot, "The Car is King" and all else receives a token gesture and comes in a distant second. I attended the 4th Annual AltCar Expo misunderstanding the concept […]
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