Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Eric Garcetti

Mayor Garcetti’s State of the City: Six Great Streets Announced

By Joe Linton | Apr 11, 2014 | 21 Comments

Mayor Garcetti gave his first State of the City speech yesterday. The mayor touched on a number of transportation issues. He pledged to “bring rail to LAX” and to open the 405 Freeway’s new billion-dollar carpool lane “next month,” a bit earlier than its October 2014 projected completion date. The most detailed transportation news was […]

Vision Zero or Zero Vision? L.A. Needs to Change the Way It Thinks About Safety

By Damien Newton | Mar 24, 2014 | 6 Comments

Cyclist John Philips was cycling in heavy traffic in the San Fernando Valley when he was hit from behind by an impatient driver. While the driver did try to run, heavy traffic allowed witnesses to photograph both him and his vehicle. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) WAS summoned and a report was quickly taken. […]

Feds Announce Regional Connector Funding, Hint at Purple Line Funding

By Joe Linton | Feb 20, 2014 | 13 Comments

This morning, local elected officials and federal administrators joined together to announce that Metro’s Regional Connector is now fully funded. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is granting $670 million in New Starts funding to the Regional Connector, and also extending a low-interest TIFIA (Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act) loan of $160 million. A document […]

Connecting the Dots: VerdeXchange/FutureBuild Conference Looks at the Sustainable Los Angeles of Tomorrow

By Roger Rudick | Jan 29, 2014 | No Comments

Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke during a lunchtime plenary at the VerdeXchange/FutureBuild, a conference on sustainability, business and public policy, on Tuesday at the L.A. Hotel Downtown on Figueroa. He urged all departments in the city to look at everything through a lens of environmentalism. “Los Angeles had a sustainable past, going all the way back […]

There’s Still Plenty of Questions About the “Eric Garcetti Crash”

By Damien Newton | Jan 15, 2014 | 31 Comments

The LAPD, Mayor’s Office and to some extent the media are downplaying the significance of yesterday’s afternoon car crash in Downtown Los Angeles involving the Mayor’s SUV. Driven by an LAPD officer, the vehicle was driven into a pedestrian inside of a crosswalk causing her hospitalization. The the officer and his passengers were traveling east […]

Garcetti a Passenger in LAPD SUV That Struck and Injured Pedestrian

By Damien Newton | Jan 14, 2014 | 6 Comments

An LAPD squad car carrying Mayor Eric Garcetti struck and injured a pedestrian at 12:20 pm today near Second and Spring Streets. The woman was taken to the hospital by Fire Department. Neither LAFD nor the Mayor’s Office would comment further on her condition. “I’m very concerned about her and wish her a speedy recovery. […]

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