To append to this morning’s post on LA’s transportation issues, I want to post this discussion Street Films had with an urban planner there. I know I’ve posted a lot about LA’s urban design lately, but since it’s been the protagonist of urban sprawl in America, I figure they are a good microcosm of the [...]
Alternative transportation is on the rise in LA — at least temporarily. Metro says that ridership has risen on both its rail and bus systems since January. There are also signs that more commuters are choosing to carpool or cycle. The changes are attributed to rising gas prices, but aren’t expected to last for long.
The [...]
This is eye opening. LA Times maintains a blog called “The Homicide Report” which tracks, you guessed it, homicides in LA. They also have a visual representation of the reports here. The amount of violence there is staggering.
Peter Viles over at LA Land also comments on the suburbia-oil nexus:
Consider the effect of $4 gas. A 110-mile round-trip commute gets very expensive in a hurry. Consider that fast-growing areas such as the Inland Empire have suddenly lost a major source of economic vitality: home-building and all the economic activity it creates and sustains.
But [...]
Since the entertainment industry is masquerading as ‘journalists’ in America, it’s good to know that there are still unencumbered journalists in this world. For example, The Economist has wholly rejected the trend of sensationalist reporting and narrow-minded, simple analyses as found on cable news.
A new edition is out and it is best one I’ve ever [...]
More LAPD officers kill themselves than are killed in the line of duty. That from a study released yesterday:
Police officers in Los Angeles are more likely to take their own life than be killed by a criminal, according to a report presented today to the Police Commission. The data was included in a study by [...]
Washington Post ran this article yesterday about the DOT’s effort to levy congestion tolls — tolls that rise with the level of traffic. The concept is intended to discourage drivers from commuting during peak hours. There is also a fringe benefit that is slightly less obvious.
Suppose you commute to and from work daily in LA. [...]
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