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When Rojas Speaks, People Build Urban Models (Editor’s Note: On November 7, Antioch University hosted a forum entitled "A Future Without Cars."  Professors, urban planners, and bike activists all spoke about how Los Angeles deserves a car-free future.  Urban planner, Metro staffer and leader of the Latino Urban Forum led a workshop on pedestrian planning.  […]

As local transportation commission officials continue to push for higher speed limits on local residential and commercial streets, some neighborhood activists aren’t ready to throw in the towel on the battle to keep their streets safe by keeping their speed limits slow.  A new batch of speed limit raises are being proposed by the city’s […]

Over the weekend, the Times reported on a transit funding crisis in Orange County that could lead to a large fare increase and the closing of a popular bus terminal.  Could this be Los Angeles’ future if Measure R doesn’t pass?  Mayor Villaraigosa would certainly like you to believe so. In addition to closing the […]

Just five months ago, I was repeatedly warned by Metro staff members that the agency was considering enforcing its ban on bicycles on trains during rush hour.  However, at a committee meeting earlier today, Metro completely reversed course from their rumored plans a couple of a couple of months ago and announced a pilot program […]

Shortly before he came out to Los Angeles to shoot a couple of Streetfilms, Nicholas Whitaker had to help move his girlfriend.  And he did so.  Using only bicycles to move all his furniture.  Apparently, a previous Streetfilm had captured a previous effort in Portland, but New York City is no Portland. This film illustrates […]

(Dana Gabbard is Executive Secretary of Southern California Transit Advocates. He is a daily bus rider and lives/works in the Wilshire corridor/Westlake/Wilshire Center/Koreatown.  The Southern California Transit Advocates have their monthly meeting tomorrow and will feature Paul Dyson, president of the Rail Passenger Association of California (RailPAC).  Dyson will be discussing Proposition 1a, the High […]