Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Los Angeles

Los Angeles has the worst congestion in the country with drivers sitting in traffic an average of 119 hours in 2017.

Traffic Study Comes Under Fire for Being Too ‘Pro-Car’

By Aaron Short | Sep 9, 2019 | 9 Comments

A landmark report that analyzes traffic congestion and its costs is coming under fire from transportation experts who say its methodology and findings are biased toward cars. The Urban Mobility Report “is a throwback to an earlier age” that “reflects an outdated transport planning paradigm which assumed that ‘transportation’ means automobile travel and ‘transportation problem’ […]

Uber and Lyft contribute as much as 13 percent of traffic volume in San Francisco, according to a new study.

Uber/Lyft Responsible For A Large Share of Traffic

By Aaron Short | Aug 7, 2019 | 4 Comments

The cab companies account for traffic increases in major US cities, but most congestion still comes from personal cars and commercial vehicles, the companies' joint study shows.

A ballot measure will generate billions in transit funding for Los Angeles but getting Angelinos to use transit is another matter.

Lessons of Los Angeles’s Transit Tax: Money Isn’t Everything

By Aaron Short | Jul 31, 2019 | 4 Comments

Money isn’t everything. A new report is taking the measure of a half-cent sales-tax hike that three years ago sought to transform transit funding in Southern California — and finding that, while such a tax can be sold to the public, it is much harder to muster political support for long-term infrastructure spending. The tax […]

Sprawl is nearly over in Boston, one of the most pedestrian-friendly cities in America.

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Walkable Areas Swiping Residents From Suburbs

By Aaron Short | Jul 9, 2019 | 7 Comments

"Walkable" neighborhoods are booming — and reclaiming residents and businesses from the suburbs.

Los Angeles is struggling to keep riders and attract new passengers to its bus system.

Death Spiral: Riders Fleeing LA Buses

By Aaron Short | Jul 5, 2019 | 18 Comments

Los Angeles’s buses are losing so many riders you’d think they were filming a remake of “Speed.” Ridership on Los Angeles County buses plummeted 25 percent over the past decade as the region’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority lost about 95 million trips, according to the Los Angeles Times. It’s the steepest decline among major transit systems […]

The High Desert Freeway could overburden desert ecosystems, altering the landscape and straining scarce water resources. Image: California Dept. of Transportation

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Highway Boondoggle: Golden State’s Desert Destruction

By Gideon Weissman and Matthew Casale | Jun 24, 2019 | 7 Comments

California's $8-billion, 63-mile “High Desert Freeway" north of downtown Los Angeles would lead to more driving and more pollution, along with sprawling desert development.

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