Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Car Culture

Now That’s a Done Deal: Burbank Removes Street Parking for Road Expansion

By Damien Newton | Jul 29, 2009 | 3 Comments

The corner of Victory and Alameda in Burbank. Photo: BikerScooby/Flickr CBS News reports (with video) that business owners along Victory Boulevard in Burbank opened their shops on Monday morning to a bad surprise. The curb in front of their stores was painted red, as the city had banned street parking for several blocks to increase […]

Ad Nauseam: What “Cash for Clunkers” Hath Wrought

By Ben Fried | Jul 24, 2009 | 18 Comments

The government’s Cash for Clunkers program officially begins today, but car dealers have been running ads like this one for a while already. They have to keep the public informed: Now you can trade in your old car and buy a brand-new SUV or pick-up truck with a hefty assist from Uncle Sam. Here we […]

Schwarzenegger Serious about Reducing Car Fleet. Whither Villaraigosa?

By Damien Newton | Jul 20, 2009 | 1 Comment

Photo: MSNBC Anyone that has been reading LA Streetsblog for any period of time knows that we haven’t been shy about criticizing Governor Schwarzenegger for talking a good game about the environment but never asking Californians, including himself, to make any changes in their lives when it comes to transportation. Well, this time we have […]

Urban Traffic Report Sparks Clever Headlines, But Little Transit Talk

By Elana Schor | Jul 8, 2009 | No Comments

(Photo: TTI Urban Mobility Report) The latest edition of the Texas Transportation Institute’s influential urban mobility report was released today, prompting a flurry of mainstream media coverage focused largely on a faux-ironic theme that would do Alanis Morrissette proud — the bad economy is giving us less traffic! The TTI found a one-hour drop in […]

EPA Okays Stronger Auto Emissions Standards Now in CA, 13 Other States

By Elana Schor | Jun 30, 2009 | 2 Comments

(Photo: theweeklydriver.com) The Environmental Protection Agency today granted California’s request for a waiver allowing greater limits on auto tailpipe emissions, a move that effectively speeds up the phasing-in of the Obama administration’s fuel-efficiency standards in as many as 13 other states. The EPA billed its decision, which was widely expected and fulfills a campaign promise […]

Ad Nauseam: Antisocial Thuggery From Pioneer

By Damien Newton | Jun 26, 2009 | 5 Comments

Last week Streetsblog NYC’s Brad Aaron posted what is sure to be a car-culture classic. This three minute web-only commercial celebrates people that enjoy putting so much money into their cars’ sound systems that they can terrorize entire neighborhoods by blasting music at ear-splitting volumes. A lot of times when I’m writing an "Ad-nauseam" post […]

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