By: ThomasD
We all know that political horse-trading rhymes with transportation funding and Gold Line to Citrus, though far from stellar, will perform as well as many other LRT lines nationwide. So I welcome the...
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Dan Berez, Since adding more freeway lanes will not solve our transportation woes, effectively mode-shifting drivers is becoming more critical as Peak Oil and Global Warming conditions escalate....
View ArticleBy: Michael Schaeffer
Shouldn’t the 30/10 plan be based on the Get L.A. Moving Plan. I think that plan works perfectly.
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GLAM has best case map approach which is aspirational, but in some cases not practical and omits the utility of Streetcars in some cases. For example, it advocates extending the Purple Line east, but...
View ArticleBy: Nathanael
Oh, the military would give the land up… but not for FREE. The airport department would have to funnel tonnes of money to the military in compensation, probably build them a new base. And the US is...
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The pent-up demand for rail transit in LA is demonstrated by the Green Line, which runs from “nowhere to nowhere” in a hideous freeway median — yet is very busy and popular. I doubt you can go wrong...
View ArticleBy: Dark Penguin
When it comes to density, rail advocates need to point out the fact that the primary concern isn’t merely residential density–i.e., where you sleep at night. Average trip length also contributes to the...
View ArticleBy: California High Speed Rail Moving Forward | NextGen SoulOfAmerica
[…] state by 2050, California is not sitting on its hands. In addition to rapid transit expansions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego and Sacramento, California is building a showcase...
View ArticleBy: LA's Transition to a Greener Economy
[…] In order to speed up the completion of the transit projects, Mayor Villaraigosa designed the ambitious 30/10 Initiative, which will allow Metro to build 12 key mass transit projects in 10 years,...
View ArticleBy: LA’s Mayor Bikes, Falls, Promises More Bike Paths - Will He Fall Again?
[…] is moving in despite the hype. Villaraigosa is pushing for the city’s mass transit expansion to conclude in 10 years instead of 30—but whether or not that succeeds, the stubborn truth remains that...
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