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Streetsblog Comes To L.A.

Contributed by Fred Camino on February 28th, 2008 at 11:19 am

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In a stunning attempt to steal MetroRiderLA’s thunder as the coolest transit blog in town, East Coast transplant and Street Heat blogger Damien Newton has brought Streetsblog to Los Angeles.  Yes, Streetsblog LA is open and accepting comments.  Streetsblog has done an amazing job covering what they call the “streets renaissance” in New York City with daily coverage that is unmatched.  Here’s what Damien has to say about Streetsblog LA:

“Streetsblog seeks to cover the news about life on L.A.’s streets in a way that emphasizes that our roads are a public good, not a means to moving as many cars through a community as quickly as possible.  L.A.’s transportation planning has revolved around its car culture for decades, but now that a streets revolution is coming, Streetsblog will be here to chronicle it all.”

Sounds excellent. I say the more transit oriented blogs in L.A., the better.

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There are 7 Responses to “Streetsblog Comes To L.A.”:

  1. If you want more then here is more. Check out mine: http://blogintraffic.blogspot.com/

    Comment by manu on February 28th, 2008 at 12:32 pm »Reply« Fucking TROLL!

  2. Awesome. The more the merrier.

    Comment by Dan W. on February 28th, 2008 at 12:59 pm »Reply« resta suma

  3. Hey Manu, I’ve added your site to the new Links Index.

    Comment by FredCamino on February 28th, 2008 at 1:32 pm »Reply« resta suma

  4. Cool thanks.

    Comment by manu on February 28th, 2008 at 1:47 pm »Reply« resta suma

  5. Thanks Fred! Happy to be here!

    Comment by Damien Newton on February 28th, 2008 at 5:59 pm »Reply« resta suma

  6. I couldn’t help but notice that the little “Streetsblog LA” tab up top is nowhere to be found on any of the east coast streetsblog stuff. Did they forget to put it there, or are they afraid that covering the “car-centric” city wouldn’t play well to the New York crowd?

    (edit) Sorry to nitpick, I think that Streetsblog LA is awesome. Congrats Damien!

    Comment by johnny on March 3rd, 2008 at 1:07 pm »Reply« resta suma

  7. Thanks Johny…

    It’s all there now. They waited a couple of days to do an official launch on their main page but it’s there now along with an article announcing our presence. My guess is they wanted to see what kind of readership I had developed over here before adding in their usual group of readers. You’ll be seeing more signs of their commitement to the LA page in the coming weeks…

    Comment by Damien Newton on March 3rd, 2008 at 3:52 pm »Reply« resta suma