Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Editorial

In a Low Key Piece, the L.A. Times Shows How It’s Done When It Comes to Discussing Traffic Enforcement

By Damien Newton | Nov 13, 2013 | 3 Comments

Today, the Los Angeles Times published its own opinion piece by Robert Greene of the #roadsharela team discussing the reality that drivers are too often excused for behavior that endangers or even kills cyclists and pedestrians. While Greene’s piece doesn’t offer prescriptions or bash the police and prosecutors for their boredom whenever a person is […]

CEQA Opponents Incorrectly Point to Expo Lawsuit as Reason to Weaken CEQA

By Damien Newton | Sep 11, 2013 | 3 Comments

Over the past week, I’ve been studying CEQA and the politics behind the various reform efforts to better report on what’s happening in Sacramento as Senator Darrell Steinberg’s SB 731 moves through the legislature. I’ve stumbled on some amazing arguments over that time, but none are quite as amazing as the one made by economist […]

The Los Angeles Times Wonders What Can Be Done About Freeway Pollution

By Damien Newton | Sep 3, 2013 | 5 Comments

The Los Angeles Times published a remarkable editorial today questioning why so little is done about the public health crisis caused by Southern California’s reliance on freeway travel. However, either because of confusion or lack of will, the editorial stops short of proposing any real solutions to the crisis. It merely note it exists. The first […]

The Daily News Does It Again: Editorial Recognizes Dense Areas Need Progressive Planning

By Damien Newton | Mar 29, 2012 | 3 Comments

The Daily News Editorial Board has been on a role recently. The paper, which is the second largest daily newspaper in Los Angeles behind the Los Angeles Times but well ahead of the Daily Breeze or The Wave papers, is undergoing a livable streets renaissance in its editorial page. Today’s editorial, not the one on […]

Daily News: More Measure R Funds for Bikeways

By Damien Newton | Mar 1, 2012 | No Comments

The Daily News, which still appears to be the conservative alternative to the Los Angeles Times in many respects, published an editorial earlier today calling on the L.A. County Board of Supervisors to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to bicycle planning. The message: it’s not enough just to pass a […]

Welcome to L.A. Mr. President, Daily News Offers Mixed, Mostly Positive, Message on Transportation

By Damien Newton | Feb 15, 2012 | No Comments

By now, Air Force One is probably on its way to Los Angeles with President Obama, taking a tough line on transportation, onboard. As the debate on how America should invest in transportation, and the President makes headlines for a ten year $476 billion plan and a threat to veto the “horse and buggy” legislation […]

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