Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/15/todays-headlines-753/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cap'n Transit http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/15/todays-headlines-753/comment-page-1/#comment-135271 Cap'n Transit Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:32:01 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=69611#comment-135271 From the <i>Post</i> article: <blockquote>For example, Staten Island mother of four Maria Alvarenga died after being struck by a speeding driver outside the crosswalk two years ago.</blockquote> If the driver was speeding, then Alvarenga wasn't the only one at fault. I'm looking forward to the <i>Post</i>'s upcoming anti-speeding editorial. From the Post article:

For example, Staten Island mother of four Maria Alvarenga died after being struck by a speeding driver outside the crosswalk two years ago.

If the driver was speeding, then Alvarenga wasn’t the only one at fault. I’m looking forward to the Post‘s upcoming anti-speeding editorial.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/15/todays-headlines-753/comment-page-1/#comment-135211 Larry Littlefield Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:41:16 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=69611#comment-135211 Here's something California wouldn't do for bike lanes. http://la.curbed.com/archives/2009/10/senate_oks_environmental_exemption_for_nfl_stadium.php "By a 22-14 margin, a bill to exempt a proposed NFL stadium in Industry from state environmental law earned approval Wednesday in the California state Senate....If signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the bill that was approved Wednesday on a 21-14 vote, would nullify a lawsuit by residents [Citizens for Community Preservation] in the neighboring city of Walnut, who claimed that Industry approved the project without sufficiently reviewing its environmental impact." Those lawsuits can be dragged out forever, with the goal of killing a project even if you lose, as at Atlantic Yards. Or San Francisco's bicycle infrastructure. Here’s something California wouldn’t do for bike lanes.

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2009/10/senate_oks_environmental_exemption_for_nfl_stadium.php

“By a 22-14 margin, a bill to exempt a proposed NFL stadium in Industry from state environmental law earned approval Wednesday in the California state Senate….If signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the bill that was approved Wednesday on a 21-14 vote, would nullify a lawsuit by residents [Citizens for Community Preservation] in the neighboring city of Walnut, who claimed that Industry approved the project without sufficiently reviewing its environmental impact.”

Those lawsuits can be dragged out forever, with the goal of killing a project even if you lose, as at Atlantic Yards. Or San Francisco’s bicycle infrastructure.

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