Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Car Culture

Quotes That Matter from Folks That Matter

By Damien Newton | Jan 30, 2008 | No Comments

After reading the very comprehensive coverage of yesterday’s meetings on some of the other blogs around town, I decided that rather than write a long coverage post on what’s already been written, that I would instead just pull out some highlight quotes from many of the leaders that were there yesterday. Before I get into […]

Council Resolution: Bikers Deserve Tax Break (Updated Below)

By Damien Newton | Jan 17, 2008 | 1 Comment

The City Council Wants to Exempt Employer Benefits to Cyclists Tomorrow, the Los Angeles City Council is expected to pass a resolution urging the federal government to change federal law to provide tax breaks for bike commuters. Currently, employers are allowed to subsidize parking, provide transit tickets tax free (up to a certain amount) […]

Checking in on Car Culture

By Damien Newton | Jan 16, 2008 | 2 Comments

A piece in the today’s Times goes into the bad habits of many drivers. Normally, an article like this wouldn’t get more than a clip in Today’s Clip, but after last week’s "Dust Up" it was worth noting that it isn’t just a few bad apples that ruin the whole bunch and that it’s not […]

Test Driving a Hydrogen Car

By Damien Newton | Dec 11, 2007 | No Comments

Knowing that environmentally friendly cars aren’t the silver bullet that is going to solve all of our transportation problems (cleaner cars will probably increase demand for automobiles and could worsen sprawl and congestion) wasn’t enough to stop me from taking the chance to test drive one today at a luncheon held by the Women’s Transportation […]

AASHTO’S Back to the Future

By Damien Newton | Dec 7, 2007 | No Comments

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has recently put up a new video on You Tube promoting "A New Vision for the 21st Century." The eight minute video is designed to elicit support for greater transportation funding for the next 50 years. Unfortunately, the video promotes building 100,000 new lane miles […]

Want a Chance to Drive a Hydrogen Car?

By Damien Newton | Dec 4, 2007 | 1 Comment

From an email from the Women’s Transportation Forum: This is no tailpipe dream. The future is here in the form of a fullyfunctioning hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. And WTS-LA will have it ondisplay on December 11. Featuring a revolutionary advance in vehicletechnology, WTS-LA welcomes GM Western Regional Manager for Fuel CellActivities Tim Powers for a […]

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