Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Car Culture

Today’s Carnage Brought to You By…

By Damien Newton | | No Comments
  At 3:10 this morning, a man drove the wrong way down the I-5 and colliding with other cars, killing himself and two other people, injuring two more and backing traffic up for hours.  By publication of this article, the police still hadn’t determined whether drugs or alcohol were involved in the accident. While I […]

More on Last Week’s I-10 Highway Ride

By Damien Newton | | 2 Comments
  LAist has a treat for anyone who can’t get enough of Crimanimals and their freeway bike rides.  Zach Behren’s has posted some pictures from last Friday’s rush hour ride.  Anyone who doesn’t know what I’m talking about, IbikeU has a full description.  The Banner Drop A 20’x6′ foot banner reading "RIDE A BIKE, YOU’D […]

Suburban Congressmen Introduce Anti-HOT Lanes Legislation

By Damien Newton | | 2 Comments
A pair of Southern California Republican Congressmen have authored legislation seeking to halt Metro’s plan to add congestion pricing in the form of HOT Lanes to two Los Angeles County Highways. Representatives Gary Miller (pictured) and David Dreier have introduced "the Free Way Act" which, according to a statement on Miller’s website would, "prohibit states and localities […]

Northern Virginia Locked In to Congested Roads

By Ben Fried | | 1 Comment
Suburbanites in northern Virginia are finding their streets more clogged with traffic than ever, and, as the Washington Post reported earlier this week, they aren’t about to get bailed out by road-widening projects. Here’s the crux of the problem, told from the Post reporter’s decidedly windshield perspective: Thoroughfares like Rolling Road are the blood vessels […]

Taking a Bike to Dodger Stadium

By Damien Newton | | 27 Comments
 See that little circle? That’s where the bike rack is. The New York Mets were in town this week and that means I had a chance to go see some baseball in Dodger Stadium. Being the studious transportation blogger I am, I made sure to take all three available modes, bike, foot and car, to […]

Clinton Camp May Rethink Gas Tax Strategy

By Brad Aaron | | 1 Comment
With a big loss in North Carolina and a razor-thin victory in Indiana, the Times reports that Senator Hillary Clinton’s advisers are expected to reconsider her campaign strategy for upcoming Democratic primaries — specifically, whether to continue pushing for a federal gas tax cut. Clinton advisers also said that the candidates and her team would […]
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