Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit Advocacy

Metro’s Citizen Advisory Council Opens Blog

By Damien Newton | Apr 16, 2008 | No Comments

If it seems like the online transportation community is growing these days, that’s because it is. The newest addition? A blog by Metro’s Citizen Advisory Council was created to announce meeting topics and topics guests and conduct ongoing polls of public opinion on matters coming before the Metro Board of Directors. The blog is a […]

LA Eastside on Buses as Part of the Community

By Damien Newton | Apr 14, 2008 | No Comments

Browne Molyneux, one of the talented writers at the Bus Bench, has a new article up at LA Eastside, which highlights the role buses can take in the neighborhood as a part of the community. Molyneux, no fan of Metro, compares her experience on the Montebello #40 with those of her experiences on Metro. The […]

LA’s First Street Film: Looking at BRT

By Damien Newton | Apr 10, 2008 | 19 Comments

Last month Street Films’ Nicholas Whitaker visited Los Angeles for a series of shoots that would lead to the first "Street Films" Series for Los Angeles. The first of these films is finished and looks at how Bus Rapid Transit has grown in Los Angeles and how it should evolve into light rail eventually. Expect […]

Papers Ganging Up on Feuer Legislation

By Damien Newton | Apr 7, 2008 | No Comments

Last week we saw the Investor’s Business Daily advise people that global warming doesn’t exist and any tax on gas is a bad idea. IBD isn’t the only voice criticising Feuer’s legislation, the Press-Enterprise’s "Daily Dude" is enraged at the mere thought of increasing the gas tax to help fight global warming but leaves out any substantial discussion to leave […]

Update on the Battle Over the Expo Light Rail

By Damien Newton | Apr 4, 2008 | 3 Comments

The Future Home of Expo Light Rail The community update meetings on the progress of Phase II of the controversial Expo Light Rail line are completed. For anyone who like me was unable to make any of the three meetings, a copy of the presentation is available at the Expo Construction Authority’s website. Even though […]

California College Student Rally for Rail

By Damien Newton | Mar 28, 2008 | No Comments

While the Metro Board debated service cuts and legislation in Sacramento, a group of college students rallied with Councilman Tom LaBonge and staff for Congresswoman Diane Watson in support of a high-speed rail route that would connect San Francisco to San Diego yesterday morning. Roughly 50 students from CALPIRG’s student chapters are traveling the proposed […]

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