Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Out of Town

With Congestion Pricing, Saving Time Trumps Reducing Pollution

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 6, 2010 | 2 Comments

(There’s a lot of NYC specific stuff in this piece, but as Los Angeles moves towards our own "Congestion Pricing" plan, it’s good to remember what all the benefits of Congestion Pricing can mean to commuters, residents, and, well, just about everyone. – DN) A prime target of the early environmental movement was car tailpipes. […]

Partisan Politics and Rail: Tea Party Movement Targets Florida Plan

By Elana Schor | Dec 4, 2009 | No Comments

The conservative "tea party" movement, last seen complaining about the government-funded local transit system that they took during an anti-government march in Washington D.C, is veering back to form in Florida with an organized protest against the state’s proposal for broad new investments in rail transit. The "Tea Party" is now a registered political party […]

Charles Diez Gets 120 Days for Shooting Cyclist in the Head

By Brad Aaron | Nov 23, 2009 | 8 Comments

Charles Alexander Diez, the former North Carolina firefighter who shot cyclist Alan Simons in the head, has been sentenced to four months in jail. Diez In an Asheville courtroom last week, Diez pled guilty to shooting Simons during a July 26 roadside confrontation. Said to be upset that Simons was riding his bike with his […]

Are We Smarter Than a Third Grader? On Livable Streets, Maybe Not.

By Brad Aaron | Oct 14, 2009 | No Comments

The inspiring and, in a way, infuriating story of Elli Giammona popped up on the Streetsblog Network over the weekend. Livable streets prodigy Elli Giammona. Photo: The Missoulian Elli is a 9-year-old in Missoula, Montana who a couple of years ago began to question why she couldn’t bike to school. When her mother explained that […]

Pro-Tea Party Republican’s Angry Letter to D.C. Metro: Read it in Full

By Elana Schor | Sep 18, 2009 | 7 Comments

Apparently unfamiliar with the concept of irony, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) has drafted an angry letter to the chief of Washington D.C.’s Metro, complaining that protesters at last weekend’s 9/12 "tea party" had difficulty traveling by transit — the very transit system that Brady voted against aiding, and the epitome of government spending that the […]

Chicago Police Say It Loud: Bikes Belong

By Damien Newton | Sep 10, 2009 | 10 Comments

Traffic Enforcement for Bicyclist Safety from Chicago Bicycle Program on Vimeo. This amazing video, via Chicago Bicycle Advocate, was produced for the Chicago Police Department to educate drivers, cyclists and officers on traffic laws pertaining to bikes. Given that the LAPD is revising its teaching methods for how it enforces traffic laws on cyclists this […]

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