News and Other Links from San Diego and Beyond
- Here in San Diego, the Pacific Beach Planning Group Board is now welcoming candidates willing to serve for at least two years. If you live in Pacific Beach and would like to play an influential role in land use and built environment issues, do consider joining the Board.
- Further north in San Diego County, the SANDAG Board Chair, Jerome Stocks, seemingly engages in a horrifyingly tacky online discussion unrelated to transportation but extremely unbecoming of someone who welds enormous influence as the chair of the SANDAG Board that governs transportation issues in the county.
- San Diego is the 9th dirtiest city in the country. California’s Air Resources Board thinks that a statewide cap and trade program is the band aid that will solve the problem. I think it is a reformed transportation plan and wonder if the California Attorney General will consider the Final SANDAG Regional Transportation Plan to be progressive enough to reach and exceed goals that will make San Diego region a little less dirty in the future.
- Women have been in the forefront of saving and regenerating American cities, Jane Jacobs was one of many.
- Los Angeles mayor Villaraigosa continues to inspire by demanding a more livable L.A.. This time he wants more pocket parks.
- Do the roads in the U.S. have to be so poorly built? Apparently not if we had more of an outlook on longevity than cost savings.
- Here is some more evidence that bicycle facilities are good for businesses.
- A sobering article on how cavalier our judicial system is toward drunk driving.
- Los Angeles’ DOT reveals their design for a buffered bike lane.
- With all the recent hubub on how expensive the California High Speed Rail system is purpotedly going to be, here is a visual putting those numbers in perspective. Meanwhile, Southern California voters do want more transit options.
- The most dangerous state in the country for cyclists and pedestrians is also one of the most expensive due to its extensive sprawl.
Have you read anything recently that was thought provoking? Do share in the comments.