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Make Parks, Not War (Soap Box) Inland Valley Cities Waiting for Gold Line (Daily Bulletin) "Massive Widening" (not my words) of 215 Moves Forward (Press-Enterprise) Legislation to Take I-710 Underground Advances (Land Line) Santa Monica City Council Still Debating Best Place for Expo Yard (Argonaut) Surging Enrollment at Community Colleges Causing More Local Traffic (Daily […]

Banned in NJ: Many Jersey towns don’t allow kids to bike to school. Photo: Voorhees Transportation Center Image Library, Leigh Ann Von Hagen. This May, a bill surfaced in the U.S. Senate that would triple federal funding for Safe Routes to School programs. Livable Streets Community activists have been on the case this week, mobilizing […]

This is what NYC looked like when I was there. In July! Dudes, rain is soooo January. LA Streetsblog will resume it’s normal publishing schedule today and that means tweeting today’s Metro Board Meeting at http://twitter.com/lastreetsblog.  For all those that suggested that I get a way to view the twitter feed on this site, it’s […]

This Saturday morning, a group of urban hikers will gather at 7:00 A.M. at the Angel’s Flight Stairway for the Big Parade, a hiking event being organized by Streetsblog contributor Dan Koeppel, best known in this part of the blogosphere for his piece on L.A.’s DIY bicycle culture.  Despite it’s long route, we’re not talking […]

Photo: David Galvan/Flickr Today at noon, Metro staff held a special briefing on a series of proposed rule changes that would make it legal for bikes to be on all Metro trains at all times.  However, this change comes at a steep cost to bike riders, the new rules also dictate that there should be […]

Photo from last Fourth of July’s Santa Monica Critical Mass by Dr. Alex Thompson/Flickr Happy Fourth of July everyone! Streetsblog will be taking tomorrow off and returning on Monday. Have fun with the cookouts and fireworks, rest your eyes and we’ll come back next week ready for the Tom LaBonge era as he steps in […]