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That’s a Wrap, See You in 2012

By Damien Newton | Dec 23, 2011 | 1 Comment

Friends, Thanks for the amazing year. There’s just too many people who work to make this online media outlet such a success that I’m going to skip trying to list them because I always forget people. So that being said, allow me to single out just a couple people without whom we wouldn’t be here […]

2011: The Year That Was

By Damien Newton | Dec 20, 2011 | No Comments

(Today begins our four-part end of the year coverage. Tomorrow and Thursday will have our remaining Streetsie award announcements and Friday will feature some predictions for next year. – DN) There was a lot of important news that broke over the last year. It’s hard to believe that a year ago the City of Los […]

States Forfeit $10 Billion Annually Thanks to Outdated Gas Taxes

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 16, 2011 | No Comments

The gas tax: It’s the holy grail of our screwed up transportation system. We can’t have good infrastructure because no one has the political cojones to raise it. No one has the cojones to raise it because the economy is awful. But anemic investment in our country’s infrastructure isn’t exactly good for the economy. It’s […]

LADOT, Planning, Update Council on Bike Plan: Everything Is Peachy

By Damien Newton | Dec 15, 2011 | 3 Comments

Yesterday afternoon, LADOT Senior Bicycle Coordinator Michelle Mowery and City Planning’s Claire Bowen visited the Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee to give an update on the City’s progress on implementing the surprisingly progressive Bike Plan. You can read the entire report, here. To nobody’s surprise, the duo reported that everything is going according to […]

FTA Releases Civil Rights Compliance Report on L.A.Metro

By Damien Newton | Dec 12, 2011 | 3 Comments

fta civil rights compliance review for L.A Metro Streetsblog will have more coverage tomorrow morning and throughout the day. In the meantime, you can read the report itself above, Metro’s response at The Source, and the press statement of the Bus Riders Union after the jump.

Thanks to Earl’s Gourmet Grub and all the Streetsbloggers for a Great Night

By Damien Newton | Dec 9, 2011 | No Comments

Last night nearly 50 Streetsbloggers gathered at Earl’s Gourmet Grub, across Venice Boulevard from the Bikerowave, for our first even End-of-the-Year Party. There’s so many people to thank and congratulate, so let’s get right to it. Thanks to: Earl’s Gourmet Grub, for being such fine hosts on such short notice; The Streetsblog Contributors and Board […]

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