Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Where is the Best Place for Transit?

Fairfax: Ped. Friendly, Bus Friendly and Bike Friendly

By Damien Newton | Jul 2, 2009 | 12 Comments

Photo: Sir Baldilocks/Flickr (editor’s note: This is the fourth part of our ongoing series where residents defend the "alternative transportation friendliness" of their community. While I’m still taking submissions at damien@streetsblog.org; I thought I’d share my thoughts on my community. You can read previous posts on Claremont, Downtown LA and Mid-Wilshire for inspiration.) When my […]

Looking for a Transit Friendly Community? Try Claremont

By Christopher Matthew Chinn | Jun 25, 2009 | 12 Comments

Claremont Station. Photo: Szoksnapshot/Flickr (editor’s note: For more people stating the case for their communities, check out Dana Gabbard’s love of the Wilshire Corridor and Steven Frein’s description of the Downtown) I just got back from Cambridge, England, where I stayed for 2 weeks. The city of about 100,000 seems to have more bikes than […]

If You Want Transit-Friendliness, Try the Downtown

By Steven Frein | Jun 24, 2009 | 7 Comments

Photo: Marco Siguenza/Flickr (Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of local residents talking up their neighborhood in an effort to discover Los Angeles’ best community for car-free living based on transit accessibility as well as bicycle and pedestrian accommodations. Yesterday the Southern California Transit Advocate’s Dana Gabbard took up for the […]

Dana Gabbard: Why My Community Is the Best for Transit

By Dana Gabbard | Jun 23, 2009 | 8 Comments

The Tut Bus in front of the LACMA. Photo: The Metro Library (Editor’s Note: This is the first in what will hopefully be a series of residents defending their community as the best for car-free living in Los Angeles. Make your submissions to damien@streetsblog.org. For more information on the series, visit yesterday’s story.) I am […]