Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transportation Funding

Get Your Signatures in for Bike-Ped Letter to Metro Board

By Damien Newton | Jul 23, 2008 | 19 Comments

One of LA’s Less Attractive Bus Stops The campaign to urge the Metro Board to include a set aside for bicycle and pedestrian projects in its sales tax expenditure plan is almost over. Thanks to support from the LACBC, CICLE, Midnight Ridazz, Westside BikeSIDE, the Latino Urban Forum, Streetsblog and many others, the letter has […]

City Council Endorses Sales Tax Plan

By Damien Newton | Jul 18, 2008 | 3 Comments

Despite opposition from several key members, the Los Angeles City Council endorsed Metro’s sales tax proposal and expenditure plan. An earlier motion called on Metro to fund certain projects, such as a streetcar for the downtown and a Green Line extension to the airport, but an amendment offered by Council Transportation Committee Chair Wendy Greuel […]

Board Chair Villaraigosa Responds to Bike/Ped. Funding Requests

By Damien Newton | Jul 17, 2008 | 6 Comments

Villaraigosa Talks to Reporters After Addressing the Move LA Conference in January At today’s Metro Executive Management and Audit Committee Meeting both myself and Joe Linton presented the case for a small set aside for bicycle and pedestrian projects in Metro’s mammoth $40 billion plan to spend the funds brought in by its proposed sales […]

Damn the Gas Prices, Full Road Widenings Ahead

By Damien Newton | Jul 16, 2008 | 9 Comments

Despite concerns from residents living adjacent to the highway that a highway widening of Route 57 would ruin their quality of life, officials from the Orange County Transportation Authority and Caltrans will not change their plan to widen five miles of highway in Orange County. The transportation officials pushing the project argue that reducing congestion […]

Politicians Threaten High Speed Rail Ballot Proposal

By Damien Newton | Jul 15, 2008 | 7 Comments

High Speed Rail in Taiwan What is it with the State Senate and not wanting to let voters have their say on transportation infrastructure? The Sacramento Bee reports that Senators from both parties and Governor Schwarzenegger cannot reach accord on how best to conduct oversight of the proposed project, and now the legislation needed to […]

Bike/Ped. Advocates Want Your Help To Get More Funds From Metro

By Damien Newton | Jul 14, 2008 | 14 Comments

21 leaders from the bicycle and pedestrian community have banded together to ask Metro to include a small set aside for better amenities for walkers and cyclists in the planned expenditures should the voters approve the half cent sales tax increase this fall. Many of those that have already signed will be familiar with readers […]

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