Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Measure R

Washington Post Columnist: Measure R a National Guide to Economic Recovery

By Damien Newton | Mar 10, 2010 | 7 Comments

Cutting edge? Zane rallies the troops for "30 in 10." In a sure sign that the "30 in 10" plan to accelerate all Measure R transit projects to be completed within a decade, national media is picking up the story and praising Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for providing a new model of federal stimulus for America. […]

Mayor’s 30/10 Plan for Measure R Transit Projects Explained

By Damien Newton | Feb 17, 2010 | 2 Comments

Joel Epstein, a communications and public policy expert who writes at the Huffington Post, has written a column on the need for Los Angeles to get behind the "30/10" plan proposed by Move L.A. and backed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to accelerate the Measure R transit projects so that all of them are completed in […]

Move L.A. Wants to Get Moving!

By Stephen Box | Dec 15, 2009 | 4 Comments

Denny Zane is calling on the Measure R Champions and challenging them to engage in a second round of battle, this time mobilizing to embrace the 30/10 campaign which will leverage the anticipated $40 Billion in funding and then expedite the process so that 30 years of transit construction can be completed in the next […]

Heavyweights Gather to Discuss Mayor’s Ten Year Measure R Proposal

By Dana Gabbard | Dec 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

Two years to pass the Metro Board, nut only ten years to build? Monday Dec. 14 at 6:30 p.m. Move LA and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art are co-sponsoring a public meeting on Strategies to Accelerate the Development of the Wilshire Subway and Other Measure R Projects in Los Angeles County–What You Can Do […]

More at Stake in City’s Measure R Debate than Just Bike/Ped. Issues

By Damien Newton | Nov 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

The city wants to use its Measure R Local Return for multi-modalism. Photo: In the summer of 2008, when Streetsblog first announced its "1% for bikes, 1% for peds. campaign" in what would later be known as Measure R, we never thought that a year and a half later we would still be fighting that […]

The Transit System We Deserve

By Damien Newton | Oct 23, 2009 | 13 Comments

You can see this image at The Transport Politic or view it in its entirety here. Our friends at the transit mega-blog The Transport Politic put together an image to accompany yesterday’s story that is perhaps the most beautiful thing I’ve seen since the birth of Samuel last month. This map shows the Los Angeles […]

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