Posts on Transportation

2010-08-17 Obama Administration to Ease Cuba Travel Restrictions by Jim Washburn
Maybe, Sorta, Kinda Making It Easier
2010-07-20 Taking Urbanism Extra Seriously by Tony Chavira
…and dishing out tickets!
2010-06-26 Demon Possession Made Easy: Check This Site by Jim Washburn
Try it, spawn of Satan.
2010-06-24 Homeless Ventriloquist Contest: Mmmm Snickers for You! by Jim Washburn
Some food for thought.
2010-06-21 Is Democracy Toast? Some Final (i.e. Tardy) Thoughts on the Election by Jim Washburn
Pooping in the wrong booth.
2010-06-21 Futurama, pt. Deux! by Rebecca Schoenkopf
More on Slate’s hive-mind transportation challenge
2010-06-14 Biking for Housing by Tony Chavira
…awesome people doing awesome things!
2010-06-14 Futurama! by Rebecca Schoenkopf
Join Slate’s hive mind for better transportation
2010-06-03 Bullets, Not Houses: More of Your Tax Dollars at Work by Jim Washburn
Israeli Weapons Kill and Injure US Citizens
2010-06-02 We’ve Got Daves Coming Out Our Ears by Nathan Walpow
Ones a real person. One’s a figment.
2010-05-27 Why Canadians Are Four-Year-Old Americans by Tony Chavira
…they prefer cars to sex.
2010-05-24 How We Blow Our Federal Money by Tony Chavira
… a comparison.
2010-05-21 ___ to Work Week, Part 2! by Tony Chavira
…concepts!
2010-05-17 Women Drivers! (Am I Right, Folks?) by Tony Chavira
…research and research.
2010-05-07 The State Raids Your Neighborhood by Tony Chavira
well, your redevelopment association anyway.
2010-04-23 L.A. Metro and Female Commuter Rage by Tony Chavira
… more than you bargained for…
2010-04-23 Giving CoHi Props by Mike Plunkett
From sea to shining sea.
2010-04-21 A World-Class Unelected Mayor, A World-Class Unkempt City by Tony Chavira
Johannesburg.
2010-04-20 Women Rock Your World, With Earthquakes by Jim Washburn
Are Iranian clerics nuttier than U.S. ones?
2010-04-09 God Hates Faggots and Coal Miners by Jim Washburn
Phelps’ church cheers coal mine deaths.
2010-03-31 Central Planning in Washington by Tony Chavira
Witold Rybczynski draws the wrong conclusion
2010-03-29 Everyone’s Banking on L.A.’s Metro Now, I Guess by Tony Chavira
…kinda.
2010-03-08 The Masochism Tango by Jim Washburn
GOP State Sen. Roy Ashburn hates his gay self.
2010-03-05 Ganas for Public Life by Tony Chavira
A short video, a short quote.
2010-03-02 Drive and Relax! by Shervin Saedinia
Slow down to be green.
2010-03-02 Chile Quake May Benefit Workers Worldwide by Jim Washburn
The Establishment is all shook up.
2010-02-26 What I Want to Know by Donna Schoenkopf
Here are some things I want you to find out.
2010-02-26 Shell Attempts to Redeem Themselves by Shervin Saedinia
It sorta works.
2010-02-26 Detroit Iron by Way of Cuba by Gary Phillips
Old cars, Cuba, Soviet Union, Hemingway.
2010-02-22 Techin’ Up How We Get Around by Tony Chavira
…moving through the future.
2010-02-15 Funiculì, Funiculà: A Legendary Chorus for Transit! by Tony Chavira
FUNICULI FUNICULAAAAA!!!
2010-02-15 Blowing Too Much Money on Flying by Shervin Saedinia
Actually doing something about saving fuel.
2010-02-10 Let’s Cut to the Chase… by Tony Chavira
This is what actually matters.
2010-02-10 Get Adventurous, Get Happy by Tony Chavira
…and get back to work!
2010-02-04 Snowklahoma!! by Donna Schoenkopf
It’s a bitch when you’ve got no electricity!
2010-02-03 Playtime With a Transit Station in Lyons, France by Tony Chavira
…a historic modernist restoration.
2010-02-01 Cell Phones ≠ Car Crashes (Maybe) by Tony Chavira
…studies have shown!
2010-02-01 When Is a Stripper Pole Not a Stripper Pole? by Rebecca Schoenkopf
Architecture review of the new W Hotel.
2010-01-25 Better Transit Design Through Slime Mold by Nathan Walpow
The Blob was just looking for a job.
2010-01-19 Who Pays to Re-Build Haiti? by Tony Chavira
‘Not I,’ said the Businessman.
2010-01-05 Culver City: Red-Light Camera Trap by Nathan Walpow
The city fiddles while Walpow burns.
2010-01-04 Homeless Poisoned in Colombia by Jim Washburn
Deadly New Year for some.
2009-12-26 Atheists are Taking Over!!! Move to Mississippi Now!!! by Jim Washburn
From the front lines of the War on Christmas.
2009-12-26 Saudi Arabia: Probably Not the Best Place for a Harry Potter Theme Park by Jim Washburn
More scimitar har hars from our allies in the war on reason.
2009-12-21 WHAT Congestion? by Tony Chavira
…New info and more more more!
2009-12-18 A Photographic Phriday by Tony Chavira
… Images abound!
2009-12-17 Roads Schmoads by Tony Chavira
…and testimony from Ray LaHood!
2009-12-15 Some Green Developments by Tony Chavira
…and not just construction!
2009-12-10 Measure R’s Already Paying Off for Crenshaw by Tony Chavira
…and people who wanted an airport connection!
2009-12-10 Take THAT, Senator Coburn! by Tony Chavira
Ya jerk.
2009-12-07 Shifting Mindsets by Tony Chavira
Stuff we should’ve known all along…
2009-12-01 Suburbs, Parks and Trains: The Tough Decisions by Tony Chavira
…and they need to be made soon.
2009-11-25 Highway Tolls by Tony Chavira
…are a lie.
2009-11-25 Cycling for Cities, Struggling for Streets by Tony Chavira
Biking around…
2009-11-18 Crossing the Freeway: An Epic Production! by Tony Chavira
Very literally, the art of driving
2009-10-21 Bus or Bust! by Tony Chavira
Remember buses? They’re those things on the streets, kinda like cars but greener…
2009-10-20 Last Trains to Equality by Tony Chavira
All aboard.
2009-10-19 Bicycle Cop Dave Wheels Our Way by Nathan Walpow
We follow Dave’s quixotic day taking us into various environs of downtown Los Angeles.
2009-10-07 Murder Most Foul, It’s the Stinkiest by Jim Washburn
California “horrorcore” rapper accused in Virginia murders.
2009-08-12 I Get More Letters by Donna Schoenkopf
More Killer Highways!
2009-08-11 I Get Letters by Donna Schoenkopf
What makes a safe road? Not what you think.
2009-08-11 Transit Policy of the Undead! by Tony Chavira
They just never want to die…
2009-07-28 We Really Think You Should Go to James P. Scott’s New Art Exhibition by Nathan Walpow
Dramatic paintings examine what it is to live, work and navigate around Los Angeles.
2009-07-10 Let’s Go Live in a Fuselage by Nathan Walpow
The paneling might not suit all tastes, but I kinda like it.
2009-07-08 Goodbye, Pork Pie Democrat by Jim Washburn
It’s Republicans who are crowding the federal trough.
2009-07-06 A Pleasant Lawsuit by Tony Chavira
for Pleasanton, CA.
2009-06-24 S. Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s Extramarital Wanderlust by Jim Washburn
What, aren’t American hussies good enough for him?
2009-06-23 Tragedy & Transportation by Tony Chavira
Safely Dangerous.
2009-05-18 Huddled Masses Yearning Elsewhere by Jim Washburn
Immigration to US from Mexico drops sharply: US sucks too much.
2009-05-11 _____ to Work Week by Tony Chavira
Bikes are NOT new technology.
2009-05-08 Short Walking Movies by Don Livoni by Nathan Walpow
The use of photographs distills cinema’s appeal and its impossibility.
2009-05-06 “One Point Twenty-One Jiggawatts!” by Tony Chavira
Enter the electric plane…
2009-04-18 Nice, Nice, Very Nice by Donna Schoenkopf
Sometimes it’s not nice to be nice.
2009-04-18 Synthesis by Donna Schoenkopf
You know. When thesis and antithesis have a baby?
2009-04-17 Another Cost of Iraq by Jim Washburn
Injured civilian contractors have to fight for treatment.
2009-04-14 Why Ellen DeGeneres is Like Son of Sam by Nathan Walpow
And other ridiculous crap from the loyal opposition
2009-04-13 It’s Raining Panties! The Obama Military Budget by Jim Washburn
Conservatives complain a $21 billion increase is “gutting” our military.
2009-04-10 Live Like a REAL Urbanist! by Tony Chavira
And never buy a home.
2009-04-09 A Visit to MSBNC.com by Nathan Walpow
Ridiculous, sublime, and everything in between.
2009-04-02 Some Streaming Urbanism for This Week! by Tony Chavira
Postopolis & MTA Bus Discussion
2009-04-01 Transit Will Only Slow Us Down by Tony Chavira
… but we all knew that already.
2009-03-27 City & Design ala USC by Tony Chavira
Warning: NOT March Madness-related
2009-03-20 Yikes, What A Week for Affordability… by Tony Chavira
And Good News From the AF Front! (we hope)
2009-03-17 What a Time for Transit! by Tony Chavira
Sorta.
2009-03-12 Hiding Behind Vague Words by Donna Schoenkopf
“A lot” of people are angry about, say, feel, think, (fill in the blank).
2009-03-09 My Congresswoman by Donna Schoenkopf
Think globally, act locally.
2009-03-07 Idiot Of The Week: Rush Limbaugh by Nathan Walpow
The vote was unanimous.
2009-03-04 Why So Many Election Days? by Nathan Walpow
The turnout might be better if there was more stuff to vote for.
2009-03-03 At the Edge of Change by Donna Schoenkopf
It happens every now and then.
2009-03-02 Next to “Self-Congratulation” in the Dictionary ... by Nathan Walpow
Visitation? Like when you visit your Uncle Louie in prison?
2009-02-25 Bobby Jindal by Donna Schoenkopf
Sheesh!
2009-02-25 Move over 420, here comes 390 by Jim Washburn
An Assembly bill aims to legalize, and tax, marijuana.
2009-02-23 Idiot Of The Week: Senator Jim Bunning by Nathan Walpow
What a difference forty-five years can make.
2009-02-21 Idiot Of The Week: Me by Nathan Walpow
In a world filled with idiots, this idiot can’t find one.
2009-02-20 One of Them’s “Historic South-Central Los Angeles” by Nathan Walpow
You gotta live where you gotta, gotta live.
2009-02-18 Repubs: Blame George Soros for the Tsuris by Nathan Walpow
Yet 40% of the country insists on voting for these yahoos.
2009-02-17 FourStory Stimulus Highlights!! by Tony Chavira
Stuff we care about the most…
2009-02-16 Democracy in Action in My Living Room by Nathan Walpow
They came, they ate, they met the candidate.
2009-02-14 Idiot Of The Week: King of the Ice Dodoes by Nathan Walpow
The sheriff said it was idiotic, and that’s good enough for me.
2009-02-14 CSPAN From My Sick Bed by Donna Schoenkopf
Ah, the soooooothing voices….