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LAT to GOP: Stop Playing Games With Transportation Funds

By Damien Newton | Feb 3, 2012 | No Comments

The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board weighs in on the House Republican plan to reauthorize the transportation bill. If it’s possible, the Times sounds even less impressed with the Republicans efforts to eliminate Safe Routes to Schools funding, decimate transit funding, eliminate programs for bicycle and pedestrian funding and pay for an expanded highway program […]

Sounding Like Streetsblog, the Times Calls for Leadership in Wilshire BOL Debate

By Damien Newton | Feb 4, 2011 | 4 Comments

In an editorial in today’s paper, the Los Angeles Times comes out swinging while calling on Council Man Bill Rosendahl and County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky to show some leadership in the ongoing debate over the Wilshire Bus Only Lanes Controversy. The editorial is a powerful piece, and elevates the opposition to the Westside exemption from […]

Times Backs Gutting of Transit Operations Proposition, Wants Transit Funded by Excise Tax on Gasoline

By Damien Newton | Feb 16, 2010 | 3 Comments

I always thought this picture on Union Station makes it look as though the station is made of gold. Photo: Christopher Chan/Flickr It’s taken me the better part of a day to figure out how best to write about this Sunday’s Editorial in the Times concerning the Governor’s plan to end the transit subsidy that […]

Times Calls for Metro Service Cuts

By Damien Newton | Dec 5, 2008 | 14 Comments

Last Year, Bus Rider’s Fought for Late Night Service An editorial in today’s Los Angeles Times calls for Metro to cut bus lines with low ridership so it can avoid raising fares or spending too much of it’s Measure R windfall on operations: The MTA is projecting a $134-million deficit for the fiscal year that […]

Mandeville Canyon Crash Continues to Dominate Bike Discourse

By Damien Newton | Jul 14, 2008 | No Comments

The horrific July 4th Crash in Mandeville Canyon continues to be a focal point for discussions about bike safety. On Saturday, the Times published a remarkable editorial pleading with drivers to give cyclists their due respect on the road. Later in the day, Councilman Rosendahl’s office announced the cancellation of tonight’s scheduled meeting on bike […]

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