The headline of the LA Weekly story is certainly provocative: “Black Lung Lofts.” The story focuses on whether residential housing should be built adjacent to freeways in Los Angeles despite studies that have shown that poor air quality near the roads impacts childrens’ health. As the headline indicates, the Weekly [continue reading]
I received an interesting email from Browne Molyneux of the Bus Bench blog this afternoon. I thought Browne asked me a perfectly appropriate question, given that I work for a mass transit agency. I, however, disagreed with how she asked it. Here’s her email: Greetings Steve, Writing a post about [continue reading]
Streetsblog LA has a report on the LADOT DASH service change hearings made neccessary because – surprise, surprise – LADOT is facing a major budgetary shortfall. The blog reports that feedback has largely echoed the results of a recent Metro customer survey: riders would rather face fare hikes than service cuts. [continue reading]
Jung Gatoona at Plus Metro didn’t like the way pedestrians access the Little Tokyo Gold Line station, believing it wasn’t as safe as it could be (some pedestrians have to cross tracks twice). So he blogged about it at Plus Metro — earning him some attention on The Source — [continue reading]
We recently came up with a list of 10 must-read Los Angeles transportation blogs. This week we take a look at 10 more great blogs – this time from the world at large. While many of these blogs cover Los Angeles transportation developments, their main focus is on national and [continue reading]
The L.A. Times has a story about one young woman who decided to overcome her snobbery against public transit and become a bus rider and then started a blog to chronicle her experience. Some commenting on the L.A. Times site, and elsewhere, have deemed the story as trite and condescending [continue reading]
I-405 restriping efforts, also referred to as traffic lane delineation, continue this week beginning Wednesday, March 3 for five nights, weather permitting. This work will be concentrated between National Boulevard and Skirball Center Drive. This segment of freeway work will require full freeway lane and ramp closures. Here’s the latest [continue reading]
The United States’ mens hockey team outscored Canada 7 to 6 in two games in the Olympic tournament, but the wrong team walked off with the gold medal on Sunday. And that means yesterday afternoon was a tough day to be on mass transit in Vancouver, when Frozen People of [continue reading]
Hate traffic? There’s a new 200-horsepower, $35,000 jetpack coming to market via the Martin Aircraft Company of New Zealand. The new jetpacks weigh less than 254 pounds, can travel at 60 miles per hour and do not even require a pilot’s license, according to the Telegraph. It’s also possible to [continue reading]
Officials on Wednesday heralded a new day for bike-to-transit integration with the opening of two new BikeStations on transit lines, an innovative solution likely to be eyed very closely in other cities. Bikestation Claremont and BikeStation Covina, both located at stations on Metrolink’s San Bernardino Line, are fundamentally different than [continue reading]
