Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Measure R

10% Set Aside Passes, LADOT Makes the Case That It Needs Reform

By Damien Newton | Apr 28, 2010 | 40 Comments

After a lengthy debate over what would be the best way to insure that an appropriate amount of Measure R Local Return funds are spent on bicycle and pedestrian projects; the City Council ultimately voted, by an 11-3 vote, to support a 10% set-aside for "people powered transportation" from the city’s Measure R funds for […]

30/10 Survives the Metro Board of Directors

By Damien Newton | Apr 22, 2010 | 17 Comments

The Measure R map. For a full sized version, check out The Transport Politic Today, the Metro Board of Directors voted to endorse the 30/10 proposal, but for a long-time it didn’t look good. All of the signs were there for a disaster…a highway sellout of "30/10," the proposal to use federal loans to front-load […]

Councilman Smith Is Right: L.A. Should Fund Modes Based on Usage

By Damien Newton | Apr 22, 2010 | 21 Comments

Source: S.C.A.G.’s Year 2000 Post Census Regional Transportation Survey In my Tuesday review of Monday’s City Council debate on whether or not the city should use it’s Measure R Local Return to fund bicycle and pedestrian projects, I mocked a statement by Councilman Greig Smith that because 10% of trips aren’t by bike, the City […]

“30 in 10,” Street Repair, Parking Privatization: The State of the City

By Damien Newton | Apr 21, 2010 | 3 Comments

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Will the Metro Board Overload “30 in 10” with Highway Projects

By Damien Newton | Apr 20, 2010 | 47 Comments

Photo of last week’s Meaure R rally via the Mayor’s website. Highways weren’t mentioned. This Thursday, the Metro Board of Directors will debate and vote-on whether or not to formally support Mayor Villaraigosa’s "30 in 10" program that would use federal loans to move the twelve largest transit projects contained in the 30 year Measure […]

Mayor’s Office Rescues 10% Set-Aside for Bicycling and Pedestrian Projects in Measure R Local Return

By Damien Newton | Apr 20, 2010 | 15 Comments

Photo: Chris Camargo via Green L.A. Girl As someone who has been pushing hard for a "bicycling and pedestrian set aside" for Measure R funds from before it was called Measure R, I have mixed feelings about yesterday’s City Council Joint Hearing with the Transportation and Budget & Finance Committees. On one hand, it was […]

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