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It’s Official: Western Europeans Have More Cars Per Person Than Americans

October 13, 2012 By Bill Adams

Turns out that the U.S. not only has less public transit than Europe, but less cars too?

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/08/its-official-western-europeans-have-more-cars-per-person-than-americans/261108/#

Discard your stereotypes: people in the U.S. own fewer passenger on average than in almost all other developed nations.

Anaheim considers Disney-area streetcars

October 12, 2012 By Bill Adams

In So Cal, when it comes to direct rail connections, Mickey to come before Airports.

http://www.ocregister.com/news/anaheim-374115-city-streetcars.html

Irvine Co. to add 19-story high-rise to Newport Beach complex

October 9, 2012 By Bill Adams

LA – The rendering of this planned new Pei Cobb Freed designed Newport Beach office tower certainly doesn’t reveal anything of the level of the firm’s more renowned works.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/10/new-19-story-newport-high-rise-designed-by-famed-architect-.html

Irvine Co. will add a 19-story tower to its Newport Beach headquarters, a structure that is being designed by the architecture firm responsible for the glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre in Paris. Construction on the building at…

Critics Say Universal City Ped Bridge is Not Pedestrian-Friendly

October 9, 2012 By Bill Adams

I’m not sold on these above grade pedestrian bridges though I’m sometimes seduced by the more architecturally appealing versions.

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/10/critics_say_universal_city_ped_bridge_is_not_pedestrianfriendly.php

Grumblings out of Universal City, where pedestrian and transit advocates are not super-thrilled about those plans to build an elevated pedestrian bridge connecting the Universal City Red Line station…

Between the Lines

October 7, 2012 By Bill Adams

The incredible cost of parking seems lost on all but a few cities. This is a fantastic article featuring anti-parking guru Donald Shoup and the Shakespearean tragedy of Disney Hall parking.

http://www.lamag.com/features/story.aspx?id=1568281

Anyone scanning Disney Hall’s debut calendar in the fall of 2003 would have noticed the size of that first season’s schedule, 128

Grand Park Is Not L.A.’s Central Park, But It Could Become Downtown’s Backyard: Our Review

October 5, 2012 By Bill Adams

Another favorable review of LA’s new (renewed) Grand Park

http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2012/10/grand_park_downtown_fountain_review.php

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A….

25 LA Housing and Hotel Developments to Watch Right Now

October 2, 2012 By Bill Adams

LA – Cool update from Curbed.

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/10/25_la_housing_and_hotel_developments_to_watch_right_now_1.php

It’s starting to look like we might be out of this development downturn thing–there are tons of new residential, mixed-use, and hotel projects going up all over town lately….

Farmers Field stadium unanimously approved by LA City Council — could an NFL team be coming to LA? (updated)

September 28, 2012 By Bill Adams

LA- one step closer to bringing back pro football to LA.

http://www.scpr.org/blogs/news/2012/09/28/10221/farmers-field-stadium-unanimously-approved-la-city/

Following two years of work, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously agreed Friday to move forward with plans for a football stadium in downtown L.A.