Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Infrastructure

LACBC: If You Want More Bike Facilities, Tell Metro

By Damien Newton | Apr 17, 2008 | 4 Comments

The Los Angeles County Bike Coalition is urging cyclists everywhere to submit comments on Metro’s Long Range Transportation Plan. As we’ve noted here before, Metro isn’t just a transit agency, but also the main transportation planners for LA County. While the current Draft Long Range Transportation Plan is long on deserving transit projects, the total […]

Feuer’s Sales Tax and Climate Change Bills Pass Committee

By Damien Newton | Apr 14, 2008 | 2 Comments

The California Assembly Transportation Committee passed Assemblyman Mike Feuer’s legislation that would allow LA County to place measures on the ballot to fund transportation projects. A.B. 2321 allows for the county to levy an additional half cent sales tax that would go directly to transportation projects after approval by two-thirds of voters. The controversial A.B. […]

Metro Wants Developers to Pay Congestion Mitigation Fee

By Damien Newton | Apr 10, 2008 | 2 Comments

Have you ever looked at a major construction project and wondered how it would affect your commute? Most times, those developments add a lot of traffic to LA’s already congested roads, but unless you’re living in one of five small zones in the city, such as the Warner Center, that require it; they don’t bring […]

March Madness: Bruins, O’Connor Both Win During TV Showdown

By Damien Newton | Mar 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

LA Streetsblog picks up the action as UCLA holds a 28-15 lead over the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in their Sweet Sixteen match up in the NCAA Tournament. UCLA is wearing their home whites despite being miles from Westwood. The game is being broadcast nationally at CBS. Meanwhile, Metro Board Chair Pam O’Connor was wearing her […]

More Livable Boulevards for West L.A.?

By Damien Newton | Mar 21, 2008 | 2 Comments

The Los Angeles City Council is poised to pass what could be groundbreaking legislation next week, and based on public statements about the legislation, may not even know it. Next Tuesday, the Council is scheduled to vote on a motion that would spend $2 million to study "West Los Angeles Rail Corridor and Connectivity Analysis." […]

"Done Deal" Pico Plan Moves Forward Depite "Some Opposition"

By Damien Newton | Feb 15, 2008 | 3 Comments

Who Cares What This Guy Thinks? In their rush to cover the news (broken last night in an excellent piece in the Times) that the Mayor is ignoring the wishes of the City Council and local councilmen, the mainstream media is downplaying the opposition to the Mayor’s plan to remove parking, synchronize lights and promote […]

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