Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transportation Funding

Overview of "It’s Time to Move LA"

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For full coverage of the conference, please see my other posts: Feuer Seeks To Help LA County Help Itself , Professor Donald Shoup: How About Congestion Parking, and Villaraigosa Vows Return of "Ride Metro with the Mayor" . The main message from yesterday’s "It’s Time to Move LA Conference" was that LA County has a […]

State of the State: Here Come Public-Private Partnerships

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During his "State of the State" speech yesterday, Governor Schwarzenegger didn’t spend too much time on transportation (and none on transportation reform). But what time he did spend shows how he’s planning on meeting our funding needs: public private partnerships. The Governor will be introducing legislation to make public-private partnerships (which for some reason he […]

Bad Idea of the Year: Taxing Cyclists by the Mile

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All this week the LA Times is sponsoring a "debate" between Cato Institute senior fellow Randal O’Toole and local cyclist and writer Will Campbell. Yesterday’s writings can be found in Today’s Clips. Today’s will be available tomorrow (the debate isn’t yet posted when I’m doing the clips). Campbell is doing an excellent job representing the […]

SoCATA Backs Prop 91

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What little conventional wisdom exists about Proposition 91, says that Prop. 91 is a ballot measure without any supporters. In the past couple of months, the California Alliance for Jobs, The League of Women’s Voters, LAist, and just random people around the Internet have all urged people to vote against Proposition 91. What’s especially weird […]

Transportation Luminaries to Speak on Funding Crunch

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Next Thursday, the "LA County Transportation Funding Collaborative" will host It’s Time to Move LA, a conference addressing the pressing need LA County has to refuel our sagging transportation war chest. A wide range of speakers (everyone from Metro Chair Pam O’Conner to Streetsblog Favorite Donald Shoup) are scheduled to address a wide range of […]
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