An article by Jane Brody in Monday’s New York Times explores how some developers, urban planners and public health researchers are taking a different view of sprawl versus thoughtful urban infill development. Brody cites the work of UCLA researchers and others suggesting that in creating car-centric communities we may be fostering obesity, poor health, social [continue reading]
A crack team of urban design and development experts from the Urban Land Institute (ULI) descended on Los Angeles last week to help Metro and the city of L.A. develop its vision for the area surrounding Union Station. After several packed days of interviews and site visits, the panel presented its [continue reading]
Good question! This weekly post features news from other transit agencies and planners from around the world. Did we miss a good story? Let us know in the comments. Tappan Zee Bridge plan a dud without public transportation The decade-long process of deciding how to replace New York’s Tappan Zee [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-9jhf55Wuw&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube] Very interesting video released yesterday by the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority on new development along the downtown L.A.-to-Pasadena Gold Line, which has attracted its share of new residential development — particularly in South Pasadena and Pasadena. As the video shows, cities along the 13-mile route of the [continue reading]
The ULI is starting to plan for next year’s conference on transit-oriented development in the Los Angeles region. It’s a good and timely topic, given that transit is expanding in the county — thanks to Measure R — and there are still many, many opportunities to put more housing development [continue reading]
When I moved to the Los Angeles area in 1994, proposed big residential developments were in the news all the time — and almost always very controversial because of their potential traffic impacts. After the 2008 real estate bust, a lot of those controversies have gone away. Developers don’t have [continue reading]
Curbed LA got the scoop yesterday and the news has spread across the tech blogs: it looks like Apple is planning on building a fancy new retail store on the Third Street Promenade – just one block away from the future Colorado/4th Expo Line Station. It’s not confirmed, but an [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Google maps get live transit updates (Google blog) The race to get more real-time bus arrival information to more customers is now [continue reading]
The Los Angeles Chapter of the Urban Land Institute held a conference in Pasadena on Thursday to discuss transit-oriented development in the greater-L.A. area. The aim of the conference was to figure out a way to put more development around transit hubs. It’s a strategy embraced in many places to [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Angeles Crest Highway reopens on Friday (Monrovia Patch) Parts of Highway 2 have been closed since late summer 2009 when the Station [continue reading]
