Yesterday’s New York Times article on Europe’s efforts to shore up transportation alternatives at the expense of driving stirred up a lot of conversation around the net – including right here on The Source. Our informal poll asking readers whether the agree with European transportation policy racked up over 170 [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=5185657] This story from the front page of today’s New York Times describes the vast cultural, social and political differences between the United States and Europe when it comes to the personal automobile. From the opening paragraph: While American cities are synchronizing green lights to improve traffic flow and [continue reading]
If you are interested in urban (and suburban) planning, you may want to check out a podcast at the Smart City blog with writer Richard Florida, who talks about his views on what cities and ‘burbs will look like in the future. He envisions denser, more “livable” urban areas connected [continue reading]
[youtube width=”600″ height=”364″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MppWmsIVi0[/youtube] James Rojas has worked as a Transportation Planner for Metro since 1997 and has been active in the Los Angeles community for many years — using his urban planning knowledge to empower and educate disadvantaged communities. He’s known for having started the LAtino Urban Forum, a non-profit [continue reading]
Ask almost anyone what the best part of living in Los Angeles is and you’re bound to hear one answer: The weather. It’s hard to deny when you consider that so far this month — in the dead of winter — day-time temps have struggled to dip below 70°. Now [continue reading]
