Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit Advocacy

The Wall Street Tax Shelter That Crashed Your Local Transit Agency

By Elana Schor | Jun 26, 2009 | 8 Comments

The scene of Monday’s Metro crash in D.C., where the local transit agency still has 15 outstanding "SILO" tax deals. (Photo: AP) The D.C. Metro accident that killed nine riders this week has renewed calls for rail safety upgrades and reminders that car travel remains far riskier than transit. But the crash is also shedding […]

Dana Gabbard: Why My Community Is the Best for Transit

By Dana Gabbard | Jun 23, 2009 | 8 Comments

The Tut Bus in front of the LACMA. Photo: The Metro Library (Editor’s Note: This is the first in what will hopefully be a series of residents defending their community as the best for car-free living in Los Angeles. Make your submissions to damien@streetsblog.org. For more information on the series, visit yesterday’s story.) I am […]

Is Your Community Transit, Pedestrian and Bicycle Friendly?

By Damien Newton | Jun 22, 2009 | 7 Comments

Photo of a Wilshire Rapid via Googiesque/Flickr Last Friday I received a forwarded email from Dana Gabbard of So.CA.TA. fame from someone looking to move to Los Angeles. This future resident wanted to know what the best neighborhood for transit riders was in L.A. While Gabbard can certainly offer a take on pretty much any […]

Congress Agrees to Keep Transit Operating Aid in War Bill

By Elana Schor | Jun 12, 2009 | No Comments

(Photo: Model D Media) House and Senate negotiators struck a deal last night on a $106 billion war spending bill that also gives cash-strapped transit agencies the ability to use 10 percent of their economic stimulus grants to pay operating costs. The issue of operating costs has heated up in recent weeks, with local transit […]

Transit Planners to Congress: Please Figure Out How to Fund Us

By Elana Schor | Jun 4, 2009 | 1 Comment

To all but the most ardent transit wonks, the phrase "New Starts" sounds like a motivational tape sold on late-night TV. But those two words actually represent Washington’s predominant mechanism to pay for major transit expansions — everything from expanding an existing rail station to building a new bus line. Minnesota’s Hiawatha rail line is […]

Metro in 2010: More Rail, BRT and Highways. Less Bus Service

By Damien Newton | May 20, 2009 | 21 Comments

Photo: Marco Siguenza/Flickr Even with Measure R, not even Metro is immune to bus service cuts. At 2:30 this afternoon, Metro will hold its public hearing on the staff-proposed 2010 budget. The budget will also be heard at next week’s Full Board Meeting before being voted on. The budget doesn’t contain a lot of surprises, […]

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