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Welcome to the Blogroll: Communities for Transportation Choice

By Damien Newton | Sep 9, 2009 | No Comments

Image: LA Bike Plan Back in late May, the City of Los Angeles released the maps that will be the backbone for the city’s newest Bike Plan on a Friday afternoon. Before the weekend was over, members of the bike community throughout the city responded with anger and frustration that the new maps appeared to […]

Welcome to the Blogroll: Bus Riders Union

By Damien Newton | Aug 12, 2009 | 74 Comments

Last month, the Bus Riders Union quietly opened its own blog to further push its advocacy efforts online. While there’s nothing that is technilogically amazing about the blog, if anyone remembers what the BRU’s website looked like two years ago when I first arrived or last year during the "No on the Six" campaign, it’s […]

Welcome to the Blogroll: The Path Less Pedaled

By Damien Newton | Jul 30, 2009 | No Comments

Photo: Russ Roca via The Path Less Pedaled Before moving to Los Angeles, I talked to some of my friends in advocacy and did some research on my own and made a list of people I needed to meet. The list included some of the people you’d suspect, Liz and Shay, Joe and Ron, Stephen […]

Welcome to the Blogroll: Booking it Bus Style

By Damien Newton | Jul 2, 2009 | 2 Comments

All too often, transit blogs tend to focus on the negative of riding the bus or taking the train. Experienced riders come off as jaded and veteran activists are just ornery because of the splitting headache earned from years of banging your head into the concrete divider known as the Metro Board of Directors. I […]

Welcome to the Blogroll: Kirsten Gronfield and Transform

By Damien Newton | Jun 5, 2009 | 19 Comments

Gronfield, in costume for her role in 10 Items or Less, is trying to be car-free for June. Trying to live a car-free, or at the very least a car-reduced, lifestyle can be challenging. While I personally have yet to achieve a car-free lifestyle, I do drive somewhere around 50 miles a month, far less […]

Welcome to the Blogroll: Green L.A. Transportation

By Damien Newton | May 29, 2009 | 2 Comments

Photo by "Green LA Girl" as part of her profile of Green L.A. at Emerald City. Green L.A., once described as "the big environmental coalition you never heard of" by environmental blogger Siel "Green L.A. Girl" Ju, has a number of committees that try to tackle the big issues in Los Angeles. Thanks to the […]

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