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Back in the Fast Lane: How to Speed Public Transit Planning & Construction in California

Thursday, August 21st, 2014

Figure 1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Economic Sector

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
EMMETT INSTITUTE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
This brief seeks to explain some of the causes of the planning and construction delays and escalating costs for major public transit projects, such as rail and bus rapid transit. Among the factors are counter-productive regulatory processes, lack of coordination among overlapping agencies and entities, poor agency oversight of construction, and political compromises meant to appease powerful neighborhood groups and automobile drivers at the expense of the regional good.

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Tags: CA, California, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Ethan Elkind, UCLA, University of California
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Infra Views, Local, Public Transportation, Transit

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San Francisco Bay: Interactive Map Makes Bike Share Easy

Friday, August 15th, 2014

For travelers, visitors, or even die-hard fans who want to make the most of their San Francisco Bay area bike share experience, the BABS (Bay Area Bike Share) map is the ticket…Industry stakeholders and planners can also make use of BABS data to predict demand and model bike-share user behavior, hopefully resulting in a smoother, more efficient–and more profitable–experience for everyone.

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Tags: BABs, Bike Share, CA, California, Interactive Map, San Francisco, Virot
Posted in Biking, Local, Show Us Your Infra, The Infra Blog, Transit

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Strategic Top 100: North American Infrastructure 2014 Report

Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

Spotlight on Infrastructure: Los Angeles

CG/LA INFRASTRUCTURE
North America is currently experiencing the highest rate of urbanization in history. The way that infrastructure is developed in cities in the coming years is critical. The 2014 Strategic Top 100 highlights cities that are getting it right by making long-term investments into the right projects. These cities are shifting resources towards Transport- Oriented Development (TOD) and sustainable practices; exploring innovative methods of financing and value capture; while applying a keen understanding of public life and its importance to planning and design. Public sector leaders in the cities highlighted below are creating a sustainable vision for transportation that will benefit not only the local population, but also increased economic competitiveness in the region.

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Tags: CA, CG, D.C., LA Infrastructure, Los Angeles, Making the Grade, TOD, Transit-Oriented Development, Washington
Posted in Global, Infra Views, National, Private Investment, Public Transportation, Transit, Urban Planning

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Los Angeles: Inside the “Century Crunch” Demolition Project

Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

Recap of Century Crunch weekend with project manager Charles Beauvoir

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Tags: Airport, CA, California, Century Crunch, Crenshaw, Los Angeles, Metro Los Angeles, Video, YouTube
Posted in Local, Show Us Your Infra, Transit, Urban Planning

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Danville, CA: Iron Horse Bike Trail Brings Business

Wednesday, July 16th, 2014

The Iron Horse Trail serves bicyclists and walkers / joggers in the Walnut Creek and Danville areas of the San Francisco East Bay. The trail runs directly though the commercial area of Danville. The businesses see a direct benefit from the trail with hundreds of bicyclists and walkers shopping week in the area.

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Tags: CA, California, Cycling, Danville, gacrawford's channel, Iron Horse Trail, protected bike lanes, Video, YouTube
Posted in Biking, Local, Show Us Your Infra

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Wasting Our Waterways: Toxic Industrial Pollution and Restoring the Promise of the Clean Water Act

Friday, July 11th, 2014

Figure ES-1. Industrial Discharges of Toxic Chemicals to Waterways by Watershed Region

ENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA
Industrial facilities continue to dump millions of pounds of toxic chemicals into America’s rivers, streams, lakes and ocean waters each year – threatening both the environment and human health. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), toxic discharges from industrial facilities are responsible for polluting more than 17,000 miles of rivers and about 210,000 acres of lakes, ponds and estuaries nationwide.

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Tags: CA, California, Clean Water Act, Environment California
Posted in Infra Views, Inland Waterways, Local, Policy, Pollution, Sustainability, Wastewater

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Los Angeles Parking Meter Reform, Reasonable Edition

Tuesday, July 8th, 2014

The LA Times Editorial Board published a post this morning imploring city officials to come up with a more just system, so I’m throwing out a few ideas. My motivation here is two-fold. First, to find a solution that maintains high enough fees to discourage scofflaws because parking turnover is important to both consumers and businesses — $23 simply doesn’t meet that requirement. Second, to minimize the frustration of excessive fines resulting from the rare, honest mistake, and to reduce the confusion that leads to those mistakes. If you get three parking tickets a month, it’s you that needs to re-evaluate, not the city. Parking tickets have a place in a congested, highly urbanized city, but they must be perceived as fair if they’re to survive. Here are my recommendations:

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Tags: Better Institutions, CA, California, Los Angeles, Parking, Parking Reform, Shane Phillips
Posted in Guest Post, Local, Policy, The Infra Blog, Urban Planning

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Parking in San Francisco: Pilot Project Evaluation

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014

Smart meters, legacy meters and SFpark areas: Location of smart meters and blocks participating in rate adjustments

SFpark
SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
While the SFpark pilot project had many goals, its primary focus was to make it easier to find a parking space. More precisely, the goal was to increase the amount of time that there was parking available on every block and improve the utilization of garages. Besides helping drivers, making it easier to park more of the time was expected to deliver other benefits (e.g., reducing circling, double parking, greenhouse gas emissions, etc.).

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Tags: 2013 Report Card on America's Infrastructure, CA, California, San Francisco, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, SFMTA, SFPark
Posted in Congestion, Infra Views, Local, Urban Planning

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