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Yesterday Ed Goldman of the Sacramento Business Journal wrote about his meeting with CHSRA Board Chairman Dan Richard – and he includes an interesting hint about the revised Business Plan that Governor Jerry Brown wants to see: I ask him if the new-and-improved business plan that Gov. Jerry Brown wants on his desk any minute [...]
The closure of the 405 freeway through the Sepulveda Pass ended early today, but its impact on Southern California may only just be starting. The predicted traffic nightmare that spawned the term “carmageddon” did not materialize, as people adjusted and found ways to live and get around without relying on the freeway. This should come [...]
Although construction of the second phase of the HSR project is some ways off, particularly the Los Angeles-San Diego route via the Inland Empire, the San Gabriel Valley is already being engaged on the HSR project. Routes are being proposed, and community reaction is being received. One thing that these communities aren’t aware of, but [...]
Growing up in Southern California, where the car was king (because alternatives had been deconstructed and systematically defunded), I would often look at Northern California – and the Bay Area in particular – as a model of how California could be done better. More sustainably, more fairly, more progressively. In 1995, on my first trip [...]
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