Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Car Culture

Economics Professor Takes Aim at Bike Lanes at City Watch

By Damien Newton | Mar 14, 2011 | 27 Comments

In last Friday’s City Watch, Cato Institute Adjunct Scholar and economics professor at Cal State University Northridge Dr. Shirley V. Svorny penned, People Who Want More Bike Lanes Need a Reality Check, an attack on on another City Watch piece, What a Difference a Few Years Makes, by Stephen Box. Box’s piece celebrated the passing […]

Times Columnist Absolutely Loses It Over “Crash Fees” in Sacramento

By Damien Newton | Feb 14, 2011 | 11 Comments

George Skelton, the Los Angeles Times’ columnist in the state Capital generally writes about politics and policy in the Governor’s office or the legislature. However, in today’s edition he changed courses and went on a full-throated attack against the idea that the people who cause car crashes should repay the city for the cost of […]

Retired Military Leaders, Corporate CEOs: Driving Alone Aids Terrorists

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 11, 2011 | No Comments

What do the president of FedEx, the former Director of National Intelligence, and 19 other business and military leaders have in common? They’re urging the U.S. to adopt less oil-intensive transportation habits. They say our national security depends on it. Retired military officers have joined forces with business tycoons to form the Energy Security Leadership […]

Is State Wasting Money on Bloated Car Fleet? Gov. Orders Car Cuts.

By Damien Newton | Jan 28, 2011 | 5 Comments

In an effort to balance the state budget, Governor Jerry Brown ordered all state agencies to immediately review their policies towards owning vehicles on behalf of the state and policies allowing permits for take-home vehicles, which allow state employees to use state-owned passenger cars for their daily commute. If a permit is deemed non-essential, then […]

Road Rage, Disney Style

By Damien Newton | Jan 21, 2011 | 4 Comments

The tale is one that is familiar to us all. A model citizen is kind to friends, family and neighbors alike. He stops and smells the flowers. He walks around an ant. Then he gets behind the wheel of a car. Road rage. Entitlement. Delusions of road ownership. Selfishness. Our everyman experiences all of these […]

Highway-Affiliated Pew Climate Report Favors “Clean” Cars Over Transit

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 20, 2011 | No Comments

Many transportation reformers were disappointed last week when the Pew Center on Global Climate Change released a report indicating that only clean car technology had a shot at significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The report dismissed smart growth development strategies and transit as trivial contributors to a lower-carbon economy. Pew has a well-earned reputation for […]

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