Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Car Culture

Georgia Governor Comes Around on Commuter Rail

By Brad Aaron | Jun 23, 2008 | 2 Comments

Display of Georgia progress at the Welcome Center on I-85, near the South Carolina border Big news out of Georgia. Governor Sonny Perdue, who in the past would have been about as likely to advocate for transit as to take his iced tea without sugar, is suddenly interested in commuter rail links between Atlanta and […]

O’Connor: We Need to Count People Movement Not Car Movement

By Damien Newton | Jun 18, 2008 | 13 Comments

In her latest "online chat" Metro Board Chair Pam O’Connor took a shot at transportation planning and how we decide whether or not a street is doing its job. In response to a question about bus-only lanes, O’Connor channeled her inner transportation reformer and made the case that we make so often here at Streetsblog: […]

Bill Seeking to Reduce VMT Moves Through State Senate

By Damien Newton | Jun 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

Yesterday, the Times wrote an excellent editorial promoting AB 842, “Reducing Greenhouse Gases from Sprawl." This legislation would require cities and counties to have a plan to reduce vehicle miles traveled by 10% before they could receive "Prop C" funds fro Department of Housing and Community Development which are now doled out based on a […]

The Windshield Perspective, Same As It Ever Was

By Ben Fried | Jun 9, 2008 | No Comments

From the way back machine comes this remarkable essay, "The Last Traffic Jam," about the blind spots that plague the motoring mentality. The anonymous author, writing for Time Magazine in 1947, delivers observations about road rage and the endemic violence of driving that still apply today. The most striking passage, perhaps, is the writer’s take […]

“My Next Vehicle Will Be a Bicycle”

By Jason Varone | Jun 6, 2008 | 1 Comment

Like media outlets everywhere, CNNMoney.com is reporting with greater frequency on rising fuel prices, with headlines like "Six fixes for pricey gasoline" and "Bad news for Detroit: Miles per gallon." In a recent online poll, the financial website asked a question that is surely on the minds of many Americans: "The next vehicle I buy […]

Car Buyers Pick Their Poison: Free Gun or Free Gas

By Ben Fried | Jun 5, 2008 | 2 Comments

With Detroit increasingly desperate to unload inventory, one Missouri car dealership seems to have struck gold with a special promotion: Buyers get a $250 coupon towards either a gun or gasoline. The offer comes from Max Motors, a small dealership south of Kansas City that has slapped the image of a grimacing cowboy wielding two […]

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