Don’t Blame Protestors if COVID-19 Cases Spike
June 9, 2020
Late Late Show’s James Corden Opens Fire on Coronado Bike NIMBY’s
Mocking people who fight safe streets improvements and bike lanes is hardly a new sport. From the subtle humor of the bicyclist crashing into Stephen Colbert's desk to Jon Stewart's rant about Dorothy Rabinowitz and the freakout about Citibike.
October 2, 2015
California Has Officially Ditched Car-Centric ‘Level of Service’
Ding, dong...LOS is dead.
August 7, 2014
Mayor Villaraigosa Rebrands L.A.’s Transit Plan as a National Option
Goodbye "30/10" and hello "Fast Forward America."
February 24, 2011
With Los Angeles as Inspiration, San Diego Enviros Call for 50/10 Plan
Environmentalists from San Diego are echoing the rhetoric of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in the battle to expand the local transit network and reduce funding for highway expansion.
January 24, 2011
Alongside LaHood in L.A., Boxer Talks Timing for the Next Transport Bill
Friday was billed as a day to discuss the next long-term federal transportation legislation, but the day turned in to a stirring defense of the Obama administration's economic stimulus law and ended with a commitment
from Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to do all she could to help turn Los
Angeles into a transit town within the next 10 years.
February 22, 2010
Boxer, LaHood Coming to L.A. to Discuss Federal Transportation Bill
As transportation reformers continue to wait for the Senate to join the House in offering a new federal
transportation bill, Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Transportation
Secretary Ray LaHood will hold a town-hall meeting at the headquarters of L.A.'s Metro transit authority on Friday, February 19.
February 10, 2010
Senate Requires Environmental Approval For Stimulus Projects
The final draft of the Senate's economic recovery bill will require all projects funded by the stimulus to
have approval under the National Environmental Protection
Act, or NEPA. Sponsored by Barbara Boxer, the NEPA amendment (full text after the jump) was adopted late Thursday following
Republican attempts to exempt highway projects from environmental oversight.
February 9, 2009
Bicycles (Sort of) Banned From the Democratic Convention
You can just see the planning meeting for what organizers are calling the "greenest" national political convention ever. Special perks for hybrids? Check. Biofuel powered buses? Check. Solar powered green area? Check. Bike racks? Nope. Sorry, the Secret Service says they're too dangerous.
August 8, 2008