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Villaraigosa Vows Return of "Ride Metro with the Mayor"

By Damien Newton | Jan 11, 2008 | 1 Comment

Speaking in front of a small army of transportation advocates at the "It’s Time to Move LA" Conference, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa found his voice as a cheerleader for public transit. Once applauded for his "Ride Metro with the Mayor" Campaign, the Mayor and Metro Board Member admitted that’s it’s been awhile since he’s regularly rode […]

First thought on the Governor’s Budget

By Damien Newton | Jan 10, 2008 | 1 Comment

During his speech at today’s "LA County Transportation Funding Collaborative" Conference on funding, Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-LA) predicted that "Transportation isn’t going to take as big a hit as people think." (Much more on this conference tomorrow morning.) Well, the budget is in, what do people think? The Governor”s Budget promised a 10% reduction across […]

Working World Mag Provides "Tips for Dealing with Your Commute"

By Damien Newton | Nov 30, 2007 | No Comments

The feature article in this week’s Working World Magazine is entitled "Stuck in Traffic? 7 Ways to Get Out." Not surprisingly, none of its seven suggestions actually involve getting out of traffic. Mercifully, the article doesn’t appear on the website. Here’s the list: 1) Take note, with a tape recorder make a to do list2) […]

Americans prefer Smart Growth to New Roads…

By Damien Newton | Oct 29, 2007 | No Comments

A new poll by Smart Growth America shows that nationwide the tide is turning against road widening projects and other forms of highway capacity enhancement. Just over one in five respondents thought that the best way to fight congestion was to add more lanes, while 3/4 of the respondents preferred more funding for transit and […]

The 2nd Annual Alt Car Expo

By Damien Newton | Oct 22, 2007 | 1 Comment

StreetHeat took its first field trip this weekend to the 2007 Alternative Energy and Transportation Expo in Santa Monica. While I was wowed by cars that get 100 miles per gallon and bikes that do some of the pedaling for you…what was most important for this blogger was a chance to start meeting some folks […]

Some other places to get links

By Damien Newton | Oct 22, 2007 | No Comments

There are two other great places to get transportation news online that have both been friends to StreetHeat in our first week online. First is a news clips service called, "Los Angeles Tranportation Headlines." Generally, they have a longer list of links than I do, but they also go up a little later in the […]

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