Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Reports

Good News for Metro? Most Americans Want More Transit Investment

By Brad Aaron | | 1 Comment
A new Pew Research Center study on political preferences includes polling data that show almost three-fourths of Americans favor more spending on public transportation: Column one indicates responses for all those surveyed. Columns two, three and four show responses among those who identify as Republicans, Democrats and Independents, respectively. The poll was taken last February. […]

Congestion Costs Chicago $7.3 Billion Per Year

By Ben Fried | | No Comments
You know a city is getting serious about congestion mitigation when a new report comes out measuring how much gridlock costs the region. In New York, it was the 2006 release of Growth or Gridlock, which pegged the annual price of traffic at $13 billion, that set off a public debate about congestion pricing that […]

Is LA Prepared for an Oil Crisis?

By Damien Newton | | No Comments
As gas and oil prices continue to climb, a new report by Common Current ranks Los Angeles 12th on a list of the 50 largest cities in providing alternatives to oil dependence. Because L.A. being ranked so close to the top ten seems a little high, we should note that the ranking is partially based on […]

From Transportation Alternatives in New York: City Pedestrian Crossings Are Discriminatory by Design

By Damien Newton | | 1 Comment
A story on Streetsblog yesterday covered a report by the reform group Transportation Alternatives showing what many have already guessed. Because of the size of many "urban boulevards" and the short cross time granted, most urban roads are discriminatory to elderly pedestrians. I’ll let T.A.’s Deputy Director of Planning, Carla Quintero, take it from here. […]
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