Angelenos Against Gridlock: Archive

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Alta Bicycle Share President Alison Cohen, featured at the recent Opportunity Green Business Conference earlier this month in LA, talks about Alta and bikesharing in this video. Alta does the bikeshare systems in cities like Washington, DC and Boston, and has been chosen to launch New York’s upcoming system.

Nov 23rd

Nov 19th

Nov 17th

Transit Agencies & Social Media

How would you like to see Metro, LADOT, Big Blue Bus, and other SoCal transit agencies step up their use of social media? Should Metro patner with Foursquare, like BART did in the Bay Area? Would you like to see the @MetroLosAngeles Twitter account have more of a voice? (Right now, it’s can seem pretty duplicative of the @metrolaalerts account.) Think municipal operators need to step up...

Nov 15th

Learning from Other Cities: Seattle Trails Now on...

Via Seattle Bike Blog: Seattle bike / multi-use trails are now on Google Street View, joining some other cities. View Larger Map Too bad LA doesn’t have more beautiful bike trails that Google Street view could show off! Here’s a Google video about how the Google Street View trike:

Nov 15th

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As we think about California high-speed rail, it can be useful to look at other systems already out there in the world. If you’ve never been to Europe and taken their high-speed trains, check out this video. The European Commission produced this mini Documentary (<13minutes) called High-speed lines. A journey through Europe, which they describe thusly: “High-speed Lines” is a...

Nov 8th

LA Business Journal Op-Ed: High-Speed Rail Still...

Check out our op-ed in today’s Los Angeles Business Journal on why California should move forward with high-speed rail. (Image via California High Speed Rail Blog.)

Nov 7th

Don't Miss Thursday's Valley Mobility Summit

The San Fernando Valley Council of Governments is hosting a Valley Mobility Summit on Thursday at the Airtel Plaza Hotel at Van Nuys Airport. Click here to register. Tickets are very affordable.

Nov 6th

Will the next owner of the Dodgers be more...

Here’s hoping the next owner of the Dodgers will be more transit friendly. Thanks to Patt Morrison for reading this comment on air during her show on the future of the Dodgers after McCourt earlier this week: Frank McCourt was a parking tycoon. I hope the new owner is much transit-friendlier and pays for (or helps pay for) Metro’s Dodger Stadium Express shuttle, as a starting...

Nov 5th

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Nov 5th

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Nov 5th

Making the Metro Experience More Efficient: Little...

Carter Rubin’s headline roundup on The Source noting that BART is considering signs to encourage riders to follow the unwritten “walk on the left, stand on the right” rule got me thinking. As a native Washingtonian, where the “stand on the right” code is much more deeply ingrained in the culture there — it’s an official Metro rule there —...

Nov 5th

Photos: Santa Monica Bike Center - Opening Nov. 18

Exciting news: we hear that Santa Monica’s new Bike Center on the SW corner of 2nd and Colorado (215 Colorado), adjacent to the Santa Monica Place mall. We hear the Bike Center will open November 18. If you haven’t already been eagerly awaiting the Bike Center as we have, here’s a refresher on what the City of Santa Monica says to expect: To promote the use of non-auto...

Nov 4th

Support our friends at Streetsblog Los Angeles at... →

Here at Angelenos Against Gridlock, we’re big fans of Streetsblog Los Angeles. Editor Damien Newton works hard to provide inspiration and news coverage to the SoCal transportation community through his dedicated reporting. (He’s even been kind enough to offer some inspiration and advice to Angelenos Against Gridlock on the side—what a guy.) Damien has some interesting things in...

Nov 1st

Moving Forward on High Speed Rail

If you haven’t already read the AP’s preview of the California High Speed Rail Authority’s business plan, you can read it here. We must not lose sight of the extraordinary benefits high speed rail will bring for our future and for future generations. What kind of future will California build? Will we let our competitiveness erode, or will we build a future that befits...

Nov 1st