Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Car Culture

Joe’s Movie Reccomendation: Crude

By Joe Linton | | 1 Comment
The extraordinary documentary movie Crude is showing in Santa Monica this week. It’s a compelling portrait of epic legal struggle by indigenous peoples in Ecuador to force Chevron/Texaco to clean up the toxins left behind from decades of oil extraction in the Amazon rainforest. Streetsblog generally focuses on the local impacts of our car culture […]

How Much Would Most People Pay For a Shorter Commute?

By Elana Schor | | 3 Comments
(Data: IBM’s CPI) As Washington conventional wisdom has it, raising gas taxes or creating a vehicle miles traveled tax to pay for transportation is impossible during the current recession. After all, who would want to squeeze cash-strapped commuters during tough economic times? As it turns out, the public is very willing to pay for the […]

Was the Auto Industry Bailout Legal? It’s Debatable, Oversight Panel Says

By Elana Schor | | 2 Comments
The Treasury Department sent $81 billion in taxpayer-subsidized aid to General Motors and Chrysler — which is unlikely to be recouped in full — using legal authority that "is the subject of considerable debate," according to a report released today [PDF] by the congressionally appointed bailout oversight panel. Ron Bloom, the president’s top manufaturing adviser. […]

Who Teaches the Teachers?

By Damien Newton | | 8 Comments
Photo of a BID Bike crushed in a crosswalk sent after this story was first published by Stephen Box. Public Safety officials continually lecture cyclists about the need to follow not just the letter of the law, but also to follow proven safety tips to stay safe during their rides.  However, during a recent trip […]
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