Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Interview

Earlier, I had a chance to sit down with Hilary Norton, the executive director of the non-profit organization Fixing Angelenos Stuck in Traffic.  F.A.S.T. was formed to take the recommendations of last year’s much-publicized RAND report on reducing congestion.  The interesting thing about the F.A.S.T.’s model for building a transportation constituency is that it is […]

Today we’re interviewing Drew Reed the writer/editor of the popular blog “Obamathon Man.”  Reed traveled across the country with his brother to see the inauguration of Barack Obama and stopped at several places along the way to blog about their transportation and what he saw.  A Long Beach resident, Reed has developed some strong opinions […]

Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Tim Halbur, the managing editor of Planetizen and author of the new, hot-selling, children’s book Where Things Are, From Near To Far, which seeks to explain urban planning to children.  There’s going to be a reading of the book this Sunday, January 25, at the […]

David Pulsipher has a varied career as a bike advocate here in Los Angeles. Currently a Board Member for C.I.C.L.E. and a staff member at Alta Planning, Pulsipher also served in the bike department at Metro working on a variety of bike-related issues. At Alta Planning, Pulsipher is working on the city’s Bike Master Plan, […]

Browne Poses with Her New TAP Card When I first stumbled on the Bus Bench it was during their “Dead Escalator Series” where Randall “Bus Tard” Fleming basically took pictures of all the escalators around Metro sites that didn’t work.  The Bus Bench became a regular read for me because it provided an alternative viewpoint […]

Web designer and Metro Rider Fred Camino became a household name in the transit advocacy community and with Metro staff by building and nurturing an online community at Metro Rider, still available at Metroriderla.com.  The popular blog attracted hundreds of readers everyday and many more to his facebook, myspace and other social networking webpages.  Then, […]