Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Op/Ed

SoCal Voice 1: Pastor Joshua Elliott-McGuffie Preaches Virtue of Bike Commuting

By Damien Newton | Dec 27, 2007 | No Comments

So I’m a bike commuter, or at least I was up until an amateur football match two weeks ago at Pan-Pacific Park, next to the Grove. Ending up on the wrong end of a tackle, my right foot has now been multiple shades of purple and I’ve been told by various medical personnel to ‘stay […]

Announcing the "SoCal Voices" Series

By Damien Newton | Dec 21, 2007 | No Comments

Streetheat will be operating at about half power for the next week and a half. Between the holidays, my travel back east, and working on an exciting change for next year; I’m going to be very busy…too busy for three posts of unique content a day. However, for those of you that read this blog […]

Thanks Again Ventura County Star

By Damien Newton | Oct 25, 2007 | No Comments

Following up on a great editorial last week, the Star follows up the only sensible way it could, by printing an LTE by me. http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/oct/24/no-headline—ob7wclets24/ Driving the problem Re: your Oct. 19 editorial, "Ride the rails into the future": The editorial was absolutely correct. If Southern California is ever going to find its way out […]

A Gold Star for Ventura

By Damien Newton | Oct 19, 2007 | No Comments

Huzzah for the Ventura County Star! In today’s paper the editorial board recognizes the silver lining from last week’s truck tragedy. Monday’s reduced gridlock in rush hour showed what and LA rush hour could be if more people chose transit over their cars for commuting. Just 7,000 more commuters from the I-5 Corridor choose trains […]