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If Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, Surely it Should Also be a Component of “Complete”-ness, No?

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 10, 2014 | 4 Comments

As folks were preparing to cut the cake in honor of the Complete Streets Day motion put forth by Councilmember Jose Huizar at City Hall last week, I was getting geared up to volunteer at a high school located in his district, around which many of the streets are decidedly incomplete. I had run into […]

Second Time is Not a Charm: Community Still Vociferously Opposed to Plans for Lorena Plaza in Boyle Heights

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 21, 2014 | 14 Comments

What had ever happened to the plans to turn the space on the corner of Lorena and 1st St. into a fitness parklet? Many of those gathered this past Wednesday evening at the second informational meeting regarding the plans for the site were still feeling burned by the promise they believed Metro had reneged on […]

There Is No Doubt That Automated Traffic Enforcement Saves Lives

By Ben Fried | Feb 20, 2014 | No Comments

Taking up one of the contrarian slots in today’s “Room for Debate” segment about Vision Zero and pedestrian safety in NYC, Jennifer Lynch of The Electronic Frontier Foundation staked out the civil libertarian position against automated traffic enforcement. EFF does great legal and policy work in general, but Lynch is way off base here. At […]

Metro Diary: Every Day He’s Hustlin’

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 19, 2014 | 7 Comments

The well-dressed and good-looking young man with enormous glasses walked toward where I was standing at the front of the packed Blue Line car, gave me a wink and a smile, then turned around and began delivering his sales pitch for headphones to the passengers. Watching him work the car, I was reminded of how […]

Excitement, Confusion Over Proposed Changes to CEQA

By Melanie Curry | Feb 14, 2014 | 2 Comments

With today’s deadline looming for comments on new rules governing the way the state analyzes transportation planning impacts, many transportation planners and engineers remain confused about what the new rules might mean while others join advocates in hoping that new rules will create better projects. SB 743, signed into law last year, removes traffic Level of […]

Partnerships Offer Chance for New Riders to Join Ride 4 Love in Watts

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 14, 2014 | 2 Comments

I won’t be able to be at the Ride4Love in Watts this weekend, and I am more than a little bummed out about it. The Ride4Love is the East Side Riders‘ (ESRBC) biggest event of the year. Timed to fall around Valentine’s Day, it is a special event that the ESRBC has long used to […]

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