Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Reports

How Bus Transit Can Help the Auto Industry

By Elana Schor | Oct 26, 2009 | 3 Comments

A map of the companies involved in the supply chain for U.S. transit buses. (Image: EDF) When Vice President Joe Biden visited Minnesota’s New Flyer bus company to tout the economic stimulus law’s $8.4 billion investment in transit, hopes were high for a boom in cleaner-burning vehicle production — which made for some bad press […]

Think Tank Responds to Report on Hidden Costs of Fossil Fuels: Yawn

By Elana Schor | Oct 20, 2009 | 1 Comment

The National Academy of Science’s new report on the hidden health costs of U.S. reliance on fossil fuels has generated high-profile media coverage around the country, most of it focusing on the $62 billion annual estimate for coal rather than the $56 billion projection for vehicles. (Photo: SILive.com) But Greenwire’s write-up is particularly interesting, if […]

Report: Good Transit and Good Jobs Go Hand in Hand

By Sarah Goodyear | Nov 21, 2008 | No Comments

MARTA train in Atlanta, Georgia, where officials are studying the link between transit and job growth. How could federal job creation programs be greener? Making access to public transit a priority would be one way. A report called "Uncle Sam’s Rusty Toolkit," released today by Good Jobs First, details the group’s finding that federal job-creation […]

Study Finds Cyclists Need Safer Streets

By Ben Fried | Nov 19, 2008 | 5 Comments

(Editor’s Note: A lot of what’s in this post, available at Streetsblog, but its findings certainly apply to Los Angeles as well.-DN) A Hunter College study on cyclist behavior is making the rounds today, getting a long post on City Room. The data measure the extent to which cyclists take safety precautions and follow traffic […]

Study Shows There Is Safety in Numbers for Cyclists

By Damien Newton | Sep 15, 2008 | 9 Comments

It may seem paradoxical to some, but researchers at the University of South Whales in Australia shows that the more people that bicycle on the roads, the safer cyclists are. The study included research from cyclists in Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, 14 European countries and 68 Californian cities. Put briefly, the study concludes that the […]

Share Your Green Urban Story

By Brad Aaron | Sep 4, 2008 | No Comments

SustainLane, known for its ranking of greenest US cities, is looking for short essays on sustainable urban living. Here are a few ideas from the contest guidelines: Tell us the story about the commuter rail that doesn’t exist (voted down yet again). Would it run near your neighborhood, if it did? Tell us about […]

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