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One-fifth of All New Housing Built in DTLA in Past 15 Years!
In a city of 470 square miles, DTLA is just a 5-square-mile speck, barely 1% of the land area. And yet, since 1999, approximately one-fifth of all residential construction has occurred there. And...
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Taxis vs. Ridesourcing Companies: Carsharing Market Overview, Analysis and...
This UC-Berkeley study compares the roles of taxis and ridesourcing companies in urban transportation, and asks whether ride-sourcing complements or competes with public transit and the impact on VMT....
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60% Increase in New Bike-Share Programs
Bike-sharing had a banner year in 2013, with a 60% increase in new programs launched worldwide. That momentum hasn’t flagged; 68 cities around the world have launched bike-share programs this year,...
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The Source: Top 10 Most Popular Metro Station Bikeshare Suggestions
LA Metro has a list of 515 crowd-sourced recommendations on which rail stations should feature bikeshares — all in DTLA except for one at the Expo Park/USC station and another in downtown Santa Monica...
View ArticleLA Times: The Third Street Promenade Turns 25
The rebirth of Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade in 1989 is one of then-Mayor Denny Zane’s many legacies. “The promenade turned Santa Monica into a community with both a beach and a quality urban...
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Garcetti, Bonin, Seleta Reynolds & Janette Sadik-Khan on Safer Streets
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti has released a strategic plan to turn streets into safer “21st century” public spaces for everyone, with help from LA City Councilmember Mike Bonin, new LADOT chief Seleta Jewel...
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UCLA: Renters in LA More Financially Stressed Than in Any Other US City
UCLA says LA is the most unaffordable rental market in the US . . . and residents here have a lower median income than in either NYC or in San Francisco. Los Angeles has more renters than either city —...
View ArticleAffordable Housing & Grand Boulevards @ SCANPH’s 26th Housing Conference...
Answering the question of HOW DO WE DO IT? is Move LA ED Denny Zane, Urban Design Center’s Sherri Franklin, and FAST Hilary Norton (Fixing Angelenos Stuck in Traffic). At 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8.
View ArticleNumber of Available Apartments in LA Has Fallen Rapidly to 3.3%
Curbed LA says the 2014 USC Casden Multifamly Forecast finds that the median rent in LA County shot up to $1,716 in the second quarter of 2014, making for the biggest annual rent increase in four...
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Apartment Building Boom in LA Mostly Delivering High-End Rentals
Rents at Ava Little Tokyo start at $1,900. Curbed LA has been following LA’s rental crisis with stories about low vacancy rates and the booming demand for apartments driving up rentsto terrifying new...
View ArticleSUBWAY TO THE SEA GROUNDBREAKING FRIDAY
How awesome is that? Digging has begun on a 4-mile segment from the existing Wilshire/Western station to Wilshire and La Cienega boulevards in Beverly Hills — to be completed by 2023. The subway will...
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Sou Fujimoto’s Awesome Austrian Bus Stop Taken Down
Architect Sou Fujiloto’s bus stop in Austria was just taken down due to safety concerns . . .
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FINALLY, Groundbreaking on the Subway to the Sea (or Close to It)
Finally, groundbreaking on the subway to the sea.
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Urbanful: Millennials Demand Public Transportation, But Lose Out By Skipping...
On November 2, the online magazine Urbanful put out an article on how millennials’ transportation habits are changing the way cities plan for the future. On November 5, it became clear that...
View ArticleCaltrans Allocates $212M of $550M total to LA Metro
Caltrans doled out $550 million of what’s left of Prop 1B, the $20 billion transportation bond passed by voters in 2006, providing some of the largest allocations to LA Metro, including $106 million...
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LA Mayor Eric Garcetti was able to restart stalled talks between Kinkisharyo International LLC and labor and community groups last week with the result that the manufacturer of rail vehicles will...
View ArticleRail to LAX Plans Start Coming Into Focus
The latest from Los Angeles World Airports (which runs LAX), as presented to Metro’s board last week: There will be three stations constructed inside the central terminal area for the automated people...
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CicLAvia: A Good Day in South LA
CicLAvia took to the streets of South LA on Sunday from lovely Leimert Park to the historic Dunbar Hotel on Central Avenue, with many testifying on twitter that it was the best and friendliest CicLAvia...
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China Announces 32 New High-Speed Rail Lines and the U.S. Is Building 1?
China is announcing the roll-out of 32 new high-speed rail lines tomorrow. Check out the Chinese high-speed rail yard below, and below the map that shows the shortened travel times between Chinese...
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Just As A Point of Reference, SoCal . . .
When it comes to city pollution, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo is clearly ready for battle. Speaking to the French press Sunday, Paris’ first female mayor announced what could be the most drastic...
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