Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Car Culture

Valley Gadfly Rages Against Planned Metro Bus Speed Improvements

By Joe Linton | Jun 19, 2019 | 6 Comments

A Valley gadfly is opposing Metro Valley BRT, alleging improved transit would cause "massive traffic jams" and "giant apartment buildings"-- but his images actually sell bus lanes

Humor: Are Backlash Drivers Crazy? Maybe It’s Dissociative Commuter Disorder

By Joe Linton | Jan 9, 2018 | 22 Comments

Are those anti-road diet cavemen actually crazy?

Anti-parking posts like these (which didn't prevent the car from its spot) are proliferating in Koreatown. All photos: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: Posts Against Cars Parking on Koreatown Sidewalks

By Joe Linton | Mar 2, 2017 | 38 Comments

In 2015, I posted about what appeared to be a relatively new situation: a seemingly increasing number of cars parking on Koreatown sidewalks. I mentioned that I basically never saw this in my neighborhood only 5-10 years ago. Note that Koreatown is Los Angeles’ most population-dense neighborhood. It is among the most heavily walked neighborhoods […]

Eyes On the Street: Cars Parking On Sidewalks

By Joe Linton | Dec 2, 2015 | 35 Comments

The latest reports show that L.A. County has 18.6 million parking spaces, a whopping 14 percent of developed land. But apparently drivers want even more. It may be just anecdotal in my neighborhood – which is Koreatown near East Hollywood – but it seems like I am seeing more and more cars parking on sidewalks and curbs. […]

Charles Crumpley Should Stop Talking About Transportation

By Damien Newton | Oct 6, 2015 | No Comments

When I got an email pointing me to “Stop the War on Drivers,” a new piece by Charles Crumpley, I was giddy. Crumpley’s fact-free transportation writing is easy fodder. I knew I had my story for the day. The last time Charles Crumpley, the main editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal, wrote about transportation and […]

LADOT Announces “Year Three” Bike Lane Projects To Study and Ignore

By Joe Linton | Apr 1, 2015 | 4 Comments

Los Angeles City Transportation Department (LADOT) engineer Leffel O’Serviss announced that his department has selected 40 new miles of approved bike lane streets that will be part of the department’s “Year Three” bikeway projects. O’Serviss announced that, following on LADOT’s Year One and Year Two projects, these forty miles will be studied vigorously and will […]

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