When Citi Bike is introduced in New York on Monday, it will resemble a sort of cycling stew — bulky bikes to match the behemoths of London, a pricing model that resembles Washington’s and pliable station hardware borrowed from Montreal. . . . Critics in Washington have accused the program there of becoming a subsidy [...]

The organizers of Ciclavia have done a great job growing ciclovías in Los Angeles, inspired by their origin in Bogotá, Columbia, and spread throughout the world. Traffic jams and congestion at Ciclavia 2013 from downtown to the ocean demonstrate the pent up demand for biking in Los Angeles.  Ciclavia should be, if not a daily experience, [...]

Mayoral candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti are committed to goals and principles that help protect equal opportunity for all, and create a prosperous future in an increasingly diverse city. In response to a letter from diverse allies, each is committed to local green jobs, physical education and healthy foods in public schools, equal access [...]

General Anthony Jackson (right), Director of California Department of Parks and Recreation, discusses green access, community health, and equal justice with The City Project’s Robert García (left). Photo by City Project Board Member Tom Hayden. The City Project provided recommendations for working together on green space and equal justice with General Jackson on January 23, [...]

SoCal >; Departures >; Land of Sunshine >; Green Justice >; Just Transportation: Is Los Angeles Making Progress on Transit for All? Green Justice Just Transportation: Is Los Angeles Making Progress on Transit for All? by Robert Garcia on December 20, 2012 2:00 PM Measure J, which would have raised $90 billion through a half [...]

The National Park Service (NPS) acknowledges access to parks and recreational facilities for communities of color is a serious concern. “[C]ommunities of color and children have disproportionately low access to parks and open space in Los Angeles County,” according to a NPS draft study of the proposed national recreation area in the San Gabriels. Citing The [...]

The National Parks Service (NPS) draft study of the proposed national recreation area for the San Gabriel Mountains cites work of The City Project and its allies to diversify access to and support for mountains, beaches, and rivers through Transit to Trails. NPS prepared the Draft San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains Special Resource Study to determine [...]

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the undersigned organizations have urged Surface Transportation Reauthorization Conferees to oppose and remove measures in H.R. 4348 that would undermine the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the public participation process from any final transportation bill. These provisions would have the severe impact of shutting out [...]

The Bayshore Bikeway is a 26-mile bike path around San Diego Bay.  The Bikeway runs along city streets, past the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge and Kameyaay sites, and across the bay by ferry or water taxi. Planning for the Bikeway began in 1975 and they’re still working on it. Click here for a [...]