Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit Oriented Development

Steinberg: CA Cap-and-Trade Must Fund Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing

By Melanie Curry | May 19, 2014 | 54 Comments

Negotiations over the California state budget are producing dueling proposals on how best to spend revenue from the state’s cap-and-trade program. While Governor Jerry Brown continues to call for a third of the cap-and-trade funds to go to CA high-speed rail, Senate President ProTem Darrell Steinberg last week expanded upon his alternative proposal to spend a […]

CA Transportation Choices Summit Tackles Policy Issues

By Melanie Curry | Apr 24, 2014 | 14 Comments

The California Transportation Choices Summit, held in Sacramento this week, was an opportunity for sustainable transportation and public health advocates to spend the day learning about current state policies and legislation in the works to change them. This year’s summit was titled “2014: A Year of Opportunity.” The “opportunity” comes in the form of new funds from […]

Los Angeles Revisits Its Zoning Code via “re:code LA” Process

By Joe Linton | Mar 19, 2014 | 3 Comments

The city of Los Angeles Department of City Planning is hosting a series of seven community planning forums running now through April 12th. Tonight’s forum is at Metro HQ in Downtown L.A. from 5-8pm. The forums are for public feedback on three citywide planning processes: re:code L.A., Mobility Plan 2035, and Plan for a Healthy Los Angeles. Streetsblog is previewing […]

Is CEQA Reform Truly on Its Way? If It Is, Should We Be Happy or Worried?

By Damien Newton | Sep 5, 2013 | 3 Comments

California Forward released this video last November making the case for CEQA reform on transportation issues. There are nine days left in the legislative session in Sacramento, and there is still no vote scheduled in the Assembly on SB 731, Senator Darrell Steinberg’s efforts to “reform” California’s landmark environmental protection law, the California Environmental Quality […]

Welcome to “The Avenue Hollywood”, Another Anti-Pedestrian Project

By Alexander Friedman | Aug 23, 2013 | 14 Comments

Mixed-use developments are rising all over Los Angeles, particularly in Hollywood and West Hollywood. Some buildings look better than others, though sadly none show the classic architectural spark that once existed in the early 20th century. Nevertheless, most new projects aim for common goals: sustainability and improved pedestrian infrastructure. But not all mixed-use projects follow […]

ELACC Holds Design Charrette for 1st and Soto Affordable Housing Site

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 2, 2013 | 12 Comments

How about a funeral parlor? deadpanned the older gentleman to my right in Spanish. You shouldn’t have to go so far to die. And a florist, the older lady to my left added with a knowing smile. For the funeral parlor… Touching my arm, she continued, And a sweets shop… before finally collapsing in giggles. […]

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