Los Angeles Equity Atlas
November 5, 2013
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With a $40 billion voter-approved transit investment being deployed over the next 20 years, the Los Angeles County transit system expansion will add 102 miles of rail transit and almost 100 new stations, while creating 400,000 new jobs. While the City of Los Angeles is ground zero for much of this change - at the core of the transit network and with 113 current and planned stations - 63 other jurisdictions across the County will also enjoy frequent transit, making the scale of change as record-breaking as the pace of change.
Reconnecting America Releases LA Equity Atlas Report
November 5, 2013
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With a $40 billion voter-approved transit investment being deployed over the next 20 years, the Los Angeles County transit system expansion will add 102 miles of rail transit and almost 100 new stations, while creating 400,000 new jobs. While the City of Los Angeles is ground zero for much of this change - at the core of the transit network and with 113 current and planned stations - 63 other jurisdictions across the County will also enjoy frequent transit, making the scale of change as record-breaking as the pace of change.
How Do We Fulfill the Promise of Public Transit in Los Angeles?
November 5, 2013
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With a $40 billion voter-approved transit investment being deployed over the next 20 years, Los Angeles County residents are charting a path to a new future. The transit system expansion will add 102 miles of rail transit and almost 100 new stations, while creating 400,000 new jobs.[1] While the City of Los Angeles is ground zero for much of this change - at the core of the transit network and with 113 current and planned stations - 63 other jurisdictions across the County will also enjoy frequent transit, making the scale of change as record-breaking as the pace of change.
Greenhouse Gas Reduction & Nature and Population Health
August 16, 2013
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A pair of environmental reports have been added to the Resource Center best practices database.
Effects of Transit-Oriented Development on Affordable Housing
August 9, 2013
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A master's thesis that explored changes in demographic composition, housing affordability, transportation affordability and job accessibility within the Metro Green Line corridor in Los Angeles has been added to the Research Center best practices database.
Effects of Transit-Oriented Development on Affordable Housing, Job Accessibility, and Affordability of Transportation in the Metro Green Line Corridor of Los Angeles
July 30, 2013
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The premise of this study is that an understanding of catalysts and impacts of social and economic change in the Los Angeles Metro Green Line study corridor and an analysis of current planning policies can help identify how future planning policies may generate more ideal and positive outcomes for the study corridor. This study evaluated the conditions within the transit corridor with four selected station areas defined by a one-mile radius from each station. The stations that make up the transit corridor are along the Los Angeles Metro Green Line that runs east west between Redondo Beach and Norwalk. A mile radius buffer was chosen to fully capture the spacing between the stations linearly and use that to define the corridor’s primary area of influence.
This study evaluated the changes in demographic composition, housing affordability, transportation affordability and job accessibility within the Metro Green Line corridor between the year 2000 and 2010. Trends in the…
Are We There Yet? The Air Pollution Threat
July 2, 2013
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Editor's Note: Living near freeways and major traffic thoroughfares is hazardous to your health. This week's excerpt from Are We There Yet? reviews the impact this air pollution continues to have on pregnant women and children.
Visit the Are We There Yet? home Public-health advocates have also focused on the transportation and land-use planning arena because they are concerned about the threat posed by transportation-related air pollution. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), mobile sources of air pollution — cars, trucks, trains, planes — are the largest contributor of air toxics, including more than half the carbon monoxide, over a third of the nitrogen oxides, and almost a quarter of the hydrocarbons. “Particulate matter,” a catchall phrase often used to describe a number of pollutants, has been identified as a major cause of ill health, especially among children. More than 2,000…
Visit the Are We There Yet? home Public-health advocates have also focused on the transportation and land-use planning arena because they are concerned about the threat posed by transportation-related air pollution. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), mobile sources of air pollution — cars, trucks, trains, planes — are the largest contributor of air toxics, including more than half the carbon monoxide, over a third of the nitrogen oxides, and almost a quarter of the hydrocarbons. “Particulate matter,” a catchall phrase often used to describe a number of pollutants, has been identified as a major cause of ill health, especially among children. More than 2,000…
Opportunities and Challenges for TODs in Southern California
June 26, 2013
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ACCESS Magazine's Spring 2013 article, "Opportunities and Challenges for TODs in Southern California," has been added to the Resource Center's best practices database.
Transport: Kicking Car Habit In LA, Denver Highway Expansion, Math Solution To Traffic, Distracted Walking Danger
June 21, 2013
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Los Angeles Trying to Kick the Car Habit
Boston Globe
Los Angeles embodied America's love affair with the automobile in the last century. In this one, it is trying to kick the car to the curb.
Environment&Ecology: City Biomimicry, Spainish Habitat Banking, Fracking & Drinking Water, City Composting
June 19, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY
LA Streetlights Replaced to Save Energy
Sacramento Bee
Los Angeles officials expect to save millions of dollars on the city's light bill now that more than 140,000 street lights have been retrofitted with energy efficient bulbs.
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