Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transportation Funding

Metro Rejects Service Cuts, Approves Congestion Pricing and Much, Much More

By Damien Newton | Apr 24, 2008 | 6 Comments

Villaraigosa Stands Tough on Service Cuts (LA Streetsblog sends a cross country thanks to Bart Reed for all his help getting the facts straight for this article and for continuing his efforts to explain the Consent Decree to me.) While almost all signs pointed to massive service cuts, the Metro Board reversed course today and […]

Today, Metro Talks Cuts. Tomorrow, Metrolink Talks Hikes

By Damien Newton | Apr 24, 2008 | 3 Comments

The next two days will see two different board meetings, by two different local transit agencies, dealing with the same budget crunch almost every transit agency across the country is facing. At 9:30 this morning, the Metro Board will vote on whether or not to cut over 200,000 hours of service to its Class 1 […]

Desert Dispatch Letter Defends SUV’s and Attacks Carbon Fees

By Damien Newton | Apr 24, 2008 | 9 Comments

When you write for a blog you get used to getting some amount of criticism for what you type. But a letter responding to the efforts of Fred Camino and I to bolster the Feuer bills after a bewildering editorial in the Desert Dispatch prevoked a response that was so shocking it made me spit […]

Paper: We Love Our Cars! Defeat the Climate Change Bills!

By Damien Newton | Apr 18, 2008 | 9 Comments

From the mouths of college students… Over the last couple of weeks, we read a lot of dumb newspaper opinion pieces about Mike Feuer’s legislation that would allow LA County to place a measure on the fall ballot to place a tax on vehicles that emit the most greenhouse gases. Of all the dumb reasons […]

Legislators Pushing for Green Line Extension to LAX

By Damien Newton | Apr 17, 2008 | 2 Comments

Tired of waiting for Metro to get serious about building an extension of the Green Line to LAX, a group of Westside politicians is looking to take the decision making authority on the extension out of Metro’s hands. Their efforts took a big step forward late Tuesday night when the California State Senate heard and […]

Mayor’s State of LA Not Just About Gangbangers

By Damien Newton | Apr 15, 2008 | 2 Comments

There was precious little on transportation in Mayor Villaraigosa’s State of the City address yesterday, at least in what was reported in the local press. While the focus of the Mayor’s talk was the city’s strategy to fight gangs, there was an interesting paragraph on transportation. CBS 2 had the longest quote: Villaraigosa also called […]

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