Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit Advocacy

Once-ler of the Week

By Damien Newton | Nov 2, 2007 | No Comments

Congratulations to Governor Schwarzenegger for being the first winner of the Once-ler of the week award. So far he’s managed to avoid any blame for Foothill Transit’s fare hike, but the root cause of the hike and the structure of the hike can be traced directly to state policy. At the end of the speaker’s […]

Reminder: Last Foothill Transit Fare Hike Meeting

By Damien Newton | Nov 1, 2007 | No Comments

Tonight is the last chance to make your voice heard on the Foothill Transit proposed fare hike. The last meeting is tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Foothill Transit Administrative Office, 100 S. Vincent Av., 2nd floor, West Covina. You can use Foothill Transit to go to the meeting on the Silver Streak and lines […]

So.CA.TA. Calls for Lobbying for ‘Subway to the Sea’

By Damien Newton | Oct 30, 2007 | No Comments

At a joint meeting of Metro and the Southern California Transit Advocates, both groups pleaded for greater involvement by the community in the "Subway to the Sea" (officially called Westside Extension Transit Corridor Study) transit extension. The meeting took place at El Rey theatre on Wilshire Blvd, and attracted roughly two dozen activists and residents. […]

Americans prefer Smart Growth to New Roads…

By Damien Newton | Oct 29, 2007 | No Comments

A new poll by Smart Growth America shows that nationwide the tide is turning against road widening projects and other forms of highway capacity enhancement. Just over one in five respondents thought that the best way to fight congestion was to add more lanes, while 3/4 of the respondents preferred more funding for transit and […]

National Safety Stats on Light Rail

By Damien Newton | Oct 26, 2007 | No Comments

Often, when NIMBY forces are pushing against a proposed transit project, there is usually one argument that the rail opponents rally around. Many times these arguments are red herrings, but every now and then the opposition is on to something. In the case of the Expo Line, the local opposition has rallied around the idea […]

Reminder:Subway to the Sea Meeting on Monday

By Damien Newton | Oct 26, 2007 | No Comments

Since I don’t have a calendar section…. http://www.citywatchla.com/component/option,com_events/task,view_detail/agid,1099/year,2007/month,10/day,29/Itemid,95/ Monday, October 29 2007, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Southern California Transit Advocates is sponsoring a series of publicmeetings in the Wilshire Corridor regarding the proposal to extend the subway(also known as the Purple Line) west to Westwood and eventually Santa Monica viathe Miracle Mile, Beverly Hills and Century […]

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