Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Cartoon Tuesday

Cartoon Tuesday – Vision Zero Comics, No. 2 “Speed Demon”

By Joe Linton | Aug 2, 2016 | 1 Comment

This isn’t the most insightful thing I’ve drawn, but here’s the second installment of Vision Zero Comics. SBLA readers may recall that I drew the initial installment of Vision Zero Comics back in 2015. This June 2016 installment basically parrots a chart (below) from the city of Los Angeles’ excellent Vision Zero booklet [PDF]. My only addition was […]

Garcetti Announces “Great Streets” to Be Named After Current Councilmembers

By Damien Newton | Apr 1, 2016 | 10 Comments

(UPDATE 2:03 p.m.: Yes, this is an April Fool’s story. No streets, Great or otherwise, were harmed in the writing of this satire. – DN) Celebrating some of the successes of the Great Streets program, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a new program to honor the collaborative efforts with the fifteen City Councilmembers that […]

Cartoon Tuesday: Joe’s Parking and Vision Zero Comics

By Joe Linton | Feb 16, 2016 | 7 Comments

It’s a bit of shameless self-promotion, but I wanted to share of pair of comics pages that I drew. These comment on issues that many Streetsblog L.A. readers care about: parking and Vision Zero. I think that parking, of all the issues that dramatically affect cities, is highly misunderstood, and I wanted to see if […]

Cartoon Tuesday: Calvin and Hobbes Turn 30

By Damien Newton | Nov 24, 2015 | No Comments

Last week, TIME Magazine reported that Calvin and Hobbes was first published thirty years ago this month. For a lot of people my age, the story of a precocious and imaginative young boy and his stuffed tiger/best friend was a daily treat. For me, it was how I spent my last couple of minutes before the […]

Cartoon Tuesday: Neighborhood Council Meeting Bike Lane Bingo

By Joe Linton | Oct 7, 2014 | 2 Comments

It’s not quite a cartoon, but it is a clever, sad, ironic laugh. Friend of the blog Nathan Lucero posted his Bike Lane meeting bingo card at the Figueroa for All Facebook group. Not all neighborhood councils are the same; many have been very supportive of facilities for bicycling and walking. It does seem like […]

Cartoon Tuesday: Transit = Jobs

By Damien Newton | Jul 15, 2014 | 1 Comment

Today’s submission isn’t really a cartoon, as much as an infographic. Via our friends at Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy comes this graphic from LAANE’s Jobs to Move America campaign. The handsome image clearly and simply explains how a stronger investment in transit is good for everybody in a community, not just those that […]

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