>> Metro Chief Operating Officer Carolyn Flowers wants to chat with you about bus operations on Fri., April 3 from noon – 1 pm. Log on then — or send in your questions in advance.
>> Public meetings for making Pico and Olympic mostly one-way streets are happening — again — not that an environmental impact report’s been conducted. Damien Newton at Streetsblog LA has the whole history on this never-dying proposal. Earlier: Olympic and Pico one-way proposal: What it means for Santa Monica.
>> Big Blue Bus gets fined for not being green. The Cali Air Resources Board fined BBB $21,000 for failing “to conduct required diesel emissions testing and maintaining appropriate records, among other violations,” and failing “to keep emission levels at no more than 60% of 2005 levels as required.” Hopefully the $12.8 million BBB will be getting from the stimulus package will help the bus line green up its act.
>> Hybrid taxis save money and have longetivity, San Francisco finds. Earlier: Taxis and rentals to supplement the de-car’d lifestyle
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friday april 1?
Comment by M — March 31, 2009 @ 12:23 pm
Ha! Early April Fool’s Day joke — not. Thanks for catching that — It’s now corrected :)
Comment by Siel — March 31, 2009 @ 12:47 pm