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Realistic 21st Century Transit Plan Must Include Urban Monorail

One hour to travel 5 miles? Yes, that’s what it takes during the typical rush hour gridlock on the surface streets or the freeways of Silicon Valley. That forecast is dead wrong. If urban planners cannot overcome the gridlock on our streets and highways, the Innovation Economy will relocate rather than accommodate.

2021-02-01T16:31:58+00:00September 30th, 2013|Comments Off on Realistic 21st Century Transit Plan Must Include Urban Monorail

After Prop 30 – The Joke Is On California Parents & Students

The State Legislature and the Governor have banded together to do a favor for the California Teachers Association (CTA). The Governor is expected to sign legislation that would end student performance testing - no academic achievement testing (API) and no school performance evaluations.

2021-02-01T11:25:04+00:00September 24th, 2013|Comments Off on After Prop 30 – The Joke Is On California Parents & Students

Publicly Accessible Transit Anchors Any Climate Control Strategy

most of us hate the gridlocked traffic that defines our daily lives. More people would happily park their cars if public transit were more accessible. Access means easy to use – close to home and destination, affordable, and on a continuous loop rather than on a time-consuming schedule.

2021-02-01T16:32:54+00:00September 15th, 2013|Comments Off on Publicly Accessible Transit Anchors Any Climate Control Strategy

Urban Planning Can Clean Soot Out of Environment

“rush hour” extend right into the “lunch rush”? Just the other day as idled through several lights before being able to turn from one gridlocked street onto another, I had a vision of a different kind of American city - a city a little more like Down Town Disney than Los Angeles. A walkable city is not just the product of my imagination. It is the latest fashion in urban planning – the urban village.

2021-02-01T16:34:00+00:00September 13th, 2013|Comments Off on Urban Planning Can Clean Soot Out of Environment

Walking School Bus Maintains Health and Slows Climate Change

We have one walking school bus in a nearby neighborhood. The kids and parents really enjoy it. The walking school bus works just like the yellow school bus - that’s been budgeted out of existence - except that the children join a walk to school rather than boarding a bus.

2021-02-01T16:35:17+00:00September 4th, 2013|Comments Off on Walking School Bus Maintains Health and Slows Climate Change