Category Archive: 'Transit to Trails'

Transportation Justice Public Comments on Environmental Justice and Title VI to FTA

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Public Advocates and diverse national, statewide, and local organizations and scholars including The City Project that work on transportation justice have submitted public comments to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on the proposed new Circulars on Title VI and Environmental Justice. Our organizations have a unique vantage point on the impacts of unjust transportation plans, [...]

Por qué Importan los Parques: Beneficios Ambientales

Friday, November 18th, 2011

See The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Orange County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Orange en Español. Click here to [...]

Why Parks Matter: Environmental Benefits

Friday, November 18th, 2011

See The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Orange County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Orange en Español. Click here to [...]

Diverse support for National Parks Service proposal for San Gabriel Mountains, River. City Project quoted

Monday, November 7th, 2011

EL MONTE – More than 150 people jammed the senior center here Saturday to support a proposal by the National Parks Service to draw a line around nearly 600,0000 acres of the San Gabriel Mountains, foothills, San Gabriel and Rio Hondo rivers and portions of the Puente Hills and call it a National Recreation Area. [...]

Why Parks Matter: Psychological Health and Development

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Click here to read the summary report Parks for Everyone report in English. Haga click aquí para ver el sumario Parques para Todos en Español. Click here to read the complete Policy Report Healthy Parks Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for the San Diego Region.

Por qué Importan los Parques: Identidad Cultural

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Los Ángeles County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Los Angeles [...]

Why Parks Matter: Cultural Heritage

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Los Ángeles County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Los Angeles [...]

KCET on the Web Park Poor The City Project SoCal Connected

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

KCET’s SoCal Connected award-winning news series presents “Park Poor” on the Web. The nine-minute segment “Park Poor” addresses park access and equal justice, including the work of The City Project and the Olmsted vision of park, playgrounds and beaches for all.    

Anahuak Free Family Festival, Health Expo and Sports Tournaments October 15-16, 2011

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Click on the images to see more pictures of organizing at Copa COFEM in 2010.  (L-R) Anahuak’s Raul Macias, Liliana Guerrero, Public Relations Director, Ciudad de Mexico, Lideres Binacionales, and City Project’s Kristina Harootun. Please join The City Project and Anahuak Youth Soccer Association for a weekend of fun and using sports as organizing tools to help [...]

Diversifying Access Green Jobs, Enviromental Stewards of Tomorrow Fernando Gomez New Chief Ranger MRCA

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Fernando Gomez began his 18-year career as a youth-in-training with the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority Los Angeles–At a swearing-in ceremony at the Los Angeles River Center and Gardens last week, Fernando Gomez was named Chief Ranger of the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA). Chief Gomez will oversee a corps of 23 park rangers, [...]