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Council Holds Slimmed Down Pico/Olympic Plan

By Damien Newton | Feb 14, 2008 | No Comments

When an angry mob of westside business owners descends on city hall it can mean just one thing…it’s time for another hearing of the Mayor’s Pico/Olympic Plan. Yesterday, the City Council’s Transportation Committee picked up where they left off last December to listen to LADOT and the local business owners tell two different stories of […]

Bush Budget "Bad for Transit"

By Damien Newton | Feb 8, 2008 | No Comments

My old friends at Mobilizing the Region have crunched the numbers on President Bush’s FY09 budget, and the news is not good for transit. Even in a year where Transporation Secretary Mary Peters is arguing that the federal government should think about getting out of the transportation funding game, Bush continues to set a new […]

Street Heat Presidential Primer

By Damien Newton | Feb 4, 2008 | No Comments

Ok, so tomorrow is primary day in 22 states. To help out any reader who might still be undecided, I’ve combed the Internet (both my writings and others) to get a lot of different articles on candidates’ transportation positions. Happy Voting! Streetsblog Democrats Republicans Smart Growth America Democrats Republicans Tri-State Transportation Campaign Presidential Views on […]

Quotes That Matter from Folks That Matter

By Damien Newton | Jan 30, 2008 | No Comments

After reading the very comprehensive coverage of yesterday’s meetings on some of the other blogs around town, I decided that rather than write a long coverage post on what’s already been written, that I would instead just pull out some highlight quotes from many of the leaders that were there yesterday. Before I get into […]

A Little Lobbying Goes A Long Way…

By Damien Newton | Jan 30, 2008 | 1 Comment

Councilmember Ed Reyes, Bike Advocate Immediately following the closing of the opening comments at yesterday’s all-day transportation press confer…errr…City Council Hearing, Councilmember Ed Reyes (D-1st) rose and gave a visionary speech promoting bicycling in Los Angeles. Reyes gave a vision of a Los Angeles where "People are able to go from house to train station […]

Coming Tomorrow: City Council "All Day" Transportation Meeting

By Damien Newton | Jan 28, 2008 | No Comments

Back in November, the City Council announced it was ordering a new city-wide transportation plan for the City of Los Angeles. Since its announcement, there hasn’t been a lot of news about the report. Residents have been able to weigh-in on what they want to see done in LA through a website set up by […]

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