Category Archive: 'Transportation Justice'

SCAG Regional Transportation Improvement Plan and Transit to Trails

Monday, July 7th, 2008

The City Project urges the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) to address and remedy the inequity of park access in the Regional Transportation Implementation Plan (RTIP).
We commend SCAG for directly addressing the need to improve access to park space for all, particularly low income communities, in the 2008 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Environmental Justice [...]

National Latino Congreso July 19! Special Session Added!

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Non-Partisan Voter Guide for the June 3, 2008 Election

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

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Save Panhe and San Onofre — Write to the Commerce Department!

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Please help save Panhe and San Onofre State Beach and find alternatives to the proposed toll road that would devastate both. Send a letter to the Commerce Department before May 28, 2008!
Three state agencies formally oppose the toll road: the California Coastal Commission, the California Parks and Recreation Commission, and the California Native American Heritage [...]

SCAG 2008 RTP Environmental Justice Improve Access to Parks

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) calls for public transportation to improve access for all to parks throughout Southern California in the 2008 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Environmental Justice Report.
In response to public comments by The City Project and others calling for healthy parks, schools, and communties, SCAG conducted additional and new analysis on access [...]

California State Parks Foundation: Budget Update

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

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The voices of state park supporters across the state [...]

Transit to Trails: Wishtoyo Foundation’s Chumash Village in Malibu

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Transit to Trails visited the Wishtoyo Foundation’s Chumash Demonstration Village Project in Malibu on April 26, 2008.

The Village will consist of the creation of an outdoor working Native American village on a four-acre site at Nicholas Canyon County Beach in Malibu, creating the only living Chumash cultural village of its kind in Southern California.
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Transit to Trails Kicks Off 2008 Season with Trip to Chumash Wishtoyo Foundation

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Transit to Trails takes inner city youth and their families and friends on fun mountain, beach, and Los Angeles River trips. The project enriches their education about water, land, wildlife, and cultural history, and the importance of physical activity and healthy eating for life-long health.
Transit to Trails will kick off the 2008 season with a [...]

Celebrate Earth Day at Rio de Los Angeles State Park with Anahuak!

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Celebrate Chicano Park and Earth Day

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Chicano Park reflects the struggles, hopes, and triumphs of communities coming together for equal justice, democracy, and livability for all by using parks as organizing tools to bring people together.
Chicano Park was founded on April 22, 1970 — the same as the first Earth Day — when the community of Barrio Logan joined activists to [...]