#8 OF MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA’S TOP 10 REMARKABLE TRANSPORTATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS . . . AND COUNTING DOWN

LA IS BECOMING A BETTER CITY FOR WALKING AND BIKING:
The mayor began seriously campaigning to make streets safer for bicyclists after a taxi cut him off while he was riding his bike in 2010, and he fell and shattered his elbow. It prompted him to convene a bike … MORE

DENNY TELLS TORONTO HOW TO FUND TRANSIT

Denny Zane has been telling Toronto the story of how it came to be that 67.8% of LA voters agreed to tax themselves in 2008 — even as the recession was howling down upon us — in order to build out LA’s transit system. Toronto is keenly interested in … MORE

DENNY ZANE ON MAYOR’S VILLARAIGOSA’S LEGACY ON KPCC THIS MORNING

Denny Zane spoke with KPCC’s Molly Peterson about Mayor Villaraigosa’s environmental legacy on the radio this morning, noting that the mayor created “a new mojo in LA for transit” by using the bully pulpit to advocate for the Measure R sales tax for transportation and an expanded transit system. … MORE

USC VIDEO OF MAYOR TALKING EXCITEDLY ABOUT HIS TRANSPORTATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS

This video of a 45 minute conversation with Mayor Villaraigosa about his transportation achievements, staged as part of USC’s “Leading from the West” series, is a delight. The mayor becomes so animated that he can barely stay in his seat. The event was sponsored by USC’s Bedrosian Center on … MORE

#9 OF MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA’S TOP 10 REMARKABLE TRANSPORTATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS . . . AND COUNTING DOWN!

ALL 4,398 TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THE CITY ARE SYNCHRONIZED:

One of Mayor Villaraigosa’s first campaign promises was to finish synchronizing all the city’s traffic signals — making LA the first city in the world to do so — in an effort to make traffic run more smoothly. The LA … MORE

#10 OF MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA’S TOP 10 REMARKABLE TRANSPORTATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS . . . AND COUNTING DOWN!

THE TRANSIT CORRIDORS CABINET IS REORIENTING THE CITY AROUND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, REPAIRING THE URBAN FABRIC, AND PRESERVING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS:
If LA’s freeway system divided communities with wide roads and fast-moving traffic, the mayor and the Transit Corridors Cabinet intend to knit them back together again. The city’s new 6th … MORE

EXCELLENT NPR LA TRANSIT STORY: Rail Planners Aim To Re-’Train’ L.A.’s Car Culture

RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

Los Angeles has notoriously awful traffic. I know. I live here, and it seems to have gotten worse, as the city tries to fix it with a massive transportation development project aimed at getting commuters to choose the train over jammed freeways.

As Alex Schmidt reports that … MORE

WHAT THE MAYORAL CANDIDATES PROMISED US LAST FEBRUARY 1

The mayoral candidates stopped by Move LA’s 5th annual transportation conversation last February to join the conversation about:
• accelerating the Measure R funded transit construction program,
• reducing the local voter threshold to 55% to make it easier to win transportation funding measures that are placed on the … MORE

MOVE LA RETURNS HOME FROM SACRAMENTO SEEING ENORMOUS PROMISE

Move LA visited Sacramento last week, where we discussed the many issues and bills we care about that are now being considered by a legislature that is currently controlled by a two-thirds Democratic majority in both houses. Uppermost on our list are Cap and Trade legislation, and four bills … MORE

WHY THE AMERICA FAST FORWARD PROGRAM AND WHY NOW?

The America Fast Forward (AFF) Bond Program will appeal to a Congress concerned about the federal deficit and a Highway Trust Fund that is running on empty:

Congress will begin consideration of the next big transportation reauthorization bill in May or June, but concerns about the budget, the federal deficit, … MORE