Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Antonio Villaraigosa

Villaraigosa on Time Magazine Webisode on “Tackling Traffic in L.A.”

By Damien Newton | Mar 11, 2011 | 2 Comments

As 30/10 morphs into the national campaign known as “America Fast Forward,” so does the media campaign to make a federal loan or bonding program a reality that would allow Los Angeles to build the Measure R transit projects in the next ten years. Yesterday, Time Magazine posted a video featuring Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa discussing […]

Goodbye, 30/10. Hello, Fast Forward America.

By Damien Newton | Feb 23, 2011 | 20 Comments

Goodbye “30/10” and hello “Fast Forward America.” Congressman John Mica (R-FL) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) brought their road show to Los Angeles earlier this morning to get feedback and elicit testimony on how to improve the federal transportation bill. While Boxer was on her “home turf,” it was Mica who sounded like a local […]

Transit People’s Free Advice for Mayor, Metro on Free Transit Passes for Field Trips

By Damien Newton | Nov 24, 2010 | 12 Comments

Earlier this month, Mayor Villaraigosa, who also serves on the Metro Board of Directors, proposed that the transit agency give free Metro passes to classrooms for field trips during off-peak hours. The proposal appears to be a win-win, as students in the “cash-strapped” LAUSD get a chance to travel to some of the many fun […]

Villaraigosa Debuts “Give Me 3” Video P.S.A.

By Damien Newton | Oct 13, 2010 | 6 Comments

After the initial launch of the “Give Me 3” Public Service Announcement campaign, the poster portion of the campaign has come under some fire because many of the posters that have been placed at transit stops around the city are facing away from traffic. Proponents of the campaign have argued that the posters are just […]

Mayor Villaraigosa Invites Angelenos to CicLAvia

By Damien Newton | Sep 22, 2010 | 7 Comments

This morning, mayor Antonio Villaraigosa held a press conference to invite the city to participate in CicLAvia, L.A.’s first open streets festival, on October 10th 2010. The mayor spoke fondly of his trips to Copenhagen and Mexico City and contrasted their bike-populated streets to those of Los Angeles. The mayor related the story that he had returned from Mexico […]

Villaraigosa Pushes Metro for Bike-Friendly Policies

By Damien Newton | Sep 21, 2010 | 2 Comments

Nobody is going to get Los Angeles mixed up with Portland or Copenhagen anytime soon, but a new motion that will be heard and voted on at this Thursday’s Metro Board Meeting by Los Angeles’ newly-minted bike-friendly Mayor would move Los Angeles’ transit agency several steps closer. While some activists have worried that the Mayor’s […]

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