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We’re Looking for a Central Valley Writer Again…
With Colby Tibbet moving to a new job out of state, we're re-opening the position for a Central Valley Writer. The job description is below; please pass this around to people who might be interested, and if you are that someone email me a resume and writing sample. This is a part-time job and we'll be accepting applications through June 26th.
June 15, 2015
Metro CEO Phil Washington Speaks on Career Pathways in Transportation
This morning, Metro joined the L.A. County Community College District's press event announcing a $15 million California Career Pathways Trust (CCPT) grant from the California Department of Education. The state education funding goes to L.A. County community colleges for career and technical education, internships, and training.
June 5, 2015
Audio: Part III of NRDC’s California Transportation Transformation
This was originally posted at the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Switchboard. Listen to Part I, here and Part II, here.
May 11, 2015
Freeways Without Futures: I-345 in Dallas
In this Streetfilm, Patrick Kennedy, founder of A New Dallas, talks about the movement to replace Interstate 345 in downtown Dallas with connected streets and walkable development. Shot at the "Freeways Without Futures" session at the Congress for New Urbanism's recent conference in Dallas, the piece provides views of I-345 from heights most people never get to see.
May 5, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: Oklahoma City Shapes Up
This week on the podcast we’re bringing you the keynote address from the 2015 National Bike Summit, hosted by the League of American Bicyclists. The LAB's Liz Murphy introduces Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett, who talks about how he took his city from being rated as one of the least physically fit to one of the fittest.
May 1, 2015
Fix the State Law That Criminalizes Pedestrians
In his insightful article "Struggling student a victim of high fines and misdemeanors," Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez clearly lays out the human cost of so-called "jaywalking" tickets. SBLA includes "jaywalking" in quotes because the term was invented by the auto lobby last century to re-frame how people think about street safety.
April 30, 2015
Texas DOT Is Planning to Tear Down a Highway — Seriously
This may be the best evidence yet that attitudes about transportation are beginning to change in Texas's major cities. As part of a plan to redesign and reroute Interstate 45 in the heart of Houston, TxDOT -- that's right, the Texas Department of Transportation -- is proposing to tear down a short segment of the Pierce Elevated Freeway near downtown.
April 24, 2015
Listen to NRDC’s New Serial: California’s Transportation Transformation
This was originally posted at the Natural Resources Defense Council's staff blog.
April 16, 2015
Streetsblog Retains BlankSlate to Strengthen Our Bottom Line
Earlier this year, I wrote about the imperative for Streetsblog to generate more revenue from our website. With so many unsold impressions, ads were a clear opportunity to put Streetsblog's sizable reach to use strengthening our bottom line. Today I'm pleased to announce that we've retained BlankSlate to help us sell ads and make good on that potential.
April 14, 2015
Tea Party Group Rallies Against HOT Lanes in Inland Empire/San Bernardino
Even as the state begins backpedaling on the need to continually widen highways and increase traffic capacity, a political flareup in San Bernardino highlights just how hard it can be to advance sane transportation policy at a statewide level in a place as big as California.
April 9, 2015