Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit Advocacy

New Study Quantifies High Personal Costs of Building CA Cities for Cars

By Matthew Roth | Nov 20, 2009 | 8 Comments

Click to enlarge: Annual household transportation costs in the Bay Area. (editor’s note: The section with area specific data for Southern California isn’t done yet. When it is, we’ll have a post specific to our region. In the meantime, this statewide article prepared by Matthew Roth in San Francisco is a great read.) California residents […]

A Warning From America’s Cities: The Recession Has Only Just Begun to Hit

By Elana Schor | Nov 19, 2009 | No Comments

President Obama may be optimistic about continued U.S. economic growth as 2009 ends, but the reality on the ground in urban America — which an estimated two-thirds of the population calls home — is undeniably, disturbingly bleak. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter (Photo: PennLive) That was the message delivered today by two economists and a bipartisan […]

Metro Board Passes Long Range Transportation Plan

By Damien Newton | Oct 22, 2009 | 21 Comments

A good day for the Gold Line Foothill Extension who’s future Monrovia Station is depicted in this image from the Bottleneck Blog. (editor’s note: For more of a blow-by-blow from today’s meeting visit the twitter feeds for LA Streetsblog, Soap Box and I Will Ride) When the process to get from public meetings to a […]

The View from a Folding Chair

By Dana Gabbard | Oct 14, 2009 | 71 Comments

So.CA.TA in Fullerton in 2005 Photo: Trainweb.com It is important from time to time as an advocate to expose yourself to the broader universe of perceptions and experience beyond the universe of fellow advocates, agency staff, officials, etc. populating the policy sphere. We all have a stake in transportation issues and it is educational to […]

LA Theaters – A View From the Streets

By Enci Box | Oct 13, 2009 | 1 Comment

Look for details for the November 14th ride to this play at Illuminate L.A. A few years ago when I was part of a theater production on Santa Monica Blvd. we worked hard to fill the seats and we advertised, we passed out flyers, we called the press, we sent out notices and we invited […]

Obama’s Engaged With Transit More in 9 Months than Bush Did in 8 Years

By Elana Schor | Oct 7, 2009 | 3 Comments

The Obama administration has brought both good news and bad news to transit riders. But here’s a positive sign you haven’t heard before, straight from Federal Transit Administration (FTA) chief Peter Rogoff: In the nine months of the new presidency, the FTA has fielded more requests for information "directly from the White House" than in […]

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