MetroRiderLA

• Wheelchair-bound Orange County man fights to make bus stops accessible.
• Donald Shoup, the “Parking Rockstar”
• San Bernardino train depot reopens and welcomes passengers inside its historic halls
• Feds say that train accidents continue to decline
• The Valley braces for bus service cuts

Via a comment on Streetsblog LA’s recent post about bike parking at Dodger Stadium I found this awesome Streetsfilm about free valet bike parking at the AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants:

I was shocked to find out that over half the people who attend Giants games get there without a car. I bet under 1% of Dodgers fans get to games without a car. The AT&T Park’s website lists public transit directions before car directions in the Getting To The Park section. The Dodgers website, on the other hand, has its own special mini-site dedicated to parking with FAQ’s, safety tips, traffic info, and other such crap that would be irrelevant if they made it easier to get to the stadium without a car. Pathetic.I wonder what kind of overall cost savings (internal and external) the ballpark and stadium sees by having more that half the people attend games without a car.

Parking… it’s what cars crave!

• U.S. Secretary of Transportation praises Orange County public-private transit center
• Los Angeles wants home-owners to pay $3,500 to fix broken sidewalks
• New city regulations force Claremont College to provide 220 more parking spaces for students
• City Watch on L.A.’s future: Gotta have Heart er… Parking

Do you have what it takes to be the next Miss Traffic?

• LAist reminds us that if your company pays for parking and you don’t drive, they owe you the cash for that space
• USC Master Plan has some decent ideas about pedestrian safety and some whacky ideas about mass transit (eg. Personal Rapid Transit over light rail)
• Metro introduces “Miss Traffic” contest, aka Public Transit American Idol
• Mayor V. tries to cut some car out of his diet… can he break the addiction?