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Gasoline Has Changed LA, But Will It Change Back?

By Damien Newton | Sep 11, 2008 | 5 Comments

The Daily News printed a story today about some of the changes that Los Angeles has undergone as a result of high gas prices. There’s nothing surprising about their findings, more people are biking, taking transit, and buying fuel efficient cars. The Daily News’ article focuses on what steps will have to be taken to […]

Complete Streets Legislation Clears Legisalture

By Damien Newton | Sep 10, 2008 | 5 Comments

A Complete Street in Portland Last week, the state legislature finally passed AB 1358, The Complete Streets Act. This legislation would require that all modes of transportation be given equal consideration when Caltrans or any other government body in California spends funds on a road project. Other states that have passed similar legislation include Oregon, […]

Senate Committee Passes Ammended Sales Tax Measure

By Damien Newton | Aug 13, 2008 | 3 Comments

The Bottleneck Blog reports that the logjam holding up A.B. 2321 was broken earlier today when the Committee moved an amended motion to the Senate floor. Because the amendments don’t change the list of funded projects, the measure won’t require a new vote by the Metro Board of Directors. It seems Metro’s sales tax measure […]

Wall Street Journal Takes a Look at LA Bike Commuters

By Damien Newton | Aug 1, 2008 | 1 Comment

Wall Street Journal Celebrity Stephen Box at Bike Not to Work Day in 2007 Was there ever a subject that you talked about all of the time and thought you knew just about everything there was to know about it, then someone you don’t know has an opinion and all of a sudden you’re fascinated […]

Plan for LA’s Central Park Showing at 7th and Fig

By Damien Newton | Jul 31, 2008 | 2 Comments

Last month, a group of graduate students working with city staff designed a model of what downtown Los Angeles would look like if the 101 Freeway were capped and Los Angeles undertook creating its version of Central Park. While some planners scoffed at the notion, one email I received joked that it looked like a […]

San Francisco Pol Wants to Ban Cars on Market Street

By Damien Newton | Jul 29, 2008 | 6 Comments

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that City Supervisor Chris Daly wants to ban cars from part of Market Street. While transit would still be able to traverse the 2.3 mile stretch between Octavia Boulevard and the Embarcadero all privately owned passenger vehicles would be banned. Daly says that the idea of closing Market Street came […]

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