Metro Youth Council: how we plan to get around as adults
The Metro Youth Council was started last year and is made up of 27 young people from across Los Angeles County — i.e. Metro’s future riders and stakeholders. The Council [continue reading]
California Supreme Court rules in favor of Expo Line Construction Authority in lawsuit against project's environmental study
Neighbors for Smart Rail ruling The California Supreme Court issued its opinion on Monday on a long-running lawsuit brought by Neighbors for Smart Rail against the second phase of the Expo Line. Neighbors for Smart Rail had alleged that the environmental study for the project was insufficient in two regards. [continue reading]
You can't make me ride in a bike lane.
It seems like bike lanes are surfacing up overnight on just about every street in Los Angeles these days. I, like many cycling advocates in Los Angeles see this as a positive change for the city, one that benefits thousands within the community. With the expansion of bike lanes throughout [continue reading]
Opinion: the 405 closure as a case for multi-modal transportation in L.A.
By now it should be no secret that a massive chunk of the 405 freeway will be closing the weekend of July 15 – the big countdown clock on our sidebar kind of gives it away. If the countdown clock, press releases and media coverage (“carmageddon” anyone?) haven’t made it [continue reading]
Opinion: CicLAvia, a glimpse at what L.A. could be and a reminder of what it’s not
I missed L.A.’s first CicLAvia event last October because I was roaming the streets of some of Europe’s great cities including London, Paris and Amsterdam. What makes those Old World cities a welcome respite from L.A. is more than just their history or cultural institutions – it’s the liveliness found [continue reading]
Car-free and anti-car are not synonymous
Marc Littman’s recent post about taking his son to a car museum by Metro got me thinking: can one be car-free without being anti-car? I think there’s an assumption that if someone is car-free by choice, they must just hate cars. While this may be true in some cases, I [continue reading]