Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
LA Streetsblog today posted an article about Los Angeles’ Mayor Villaraigosa promoting more biking and walking. This is very smart thinking for the Mayor of the city that ranks highest on the list for ozone pollution, traffic congestion, and fuel...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy
The American Lung Association released its most recent installment of State of the Air today. If trophies were awarded for securing top spots for filthy air, California would have a truck load of trophies coming our way. California secured 8...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
My colleague, Damon Nagami, recently posted on the positive attributes of the 30/10 initiative that is being pursued by Mayor Villaraigosa in Los Angeles. This initiative seeks to jump start transit projects approved by Los Angeles voters through their approval...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Today, Ray LaHood, the Secretary of Transportation, posted an interesting blog entry related to providing more options for people to transport themselves. I particularly like the following statement he makes in the blog post-- That's why I told Green Inc,...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
In a feat of hyperbole unmatched in my recent memory, Bill Graves, President of the American Trucking Associations noted--“I’m in full agreement with the National Association of Manufacturers, who said on their Shopfloor blog last week that ‘treating bicycles and...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy
The Adopt-a-Highway program has had success in removing litter from our roadways. Even though our roadways may be prettier due to the lack of litter, a harm related to roads exists that in many ways is more frightening. The harm...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil
Hallelujah, the future is here! The Los Angeles Times covered the much anticipated event of the all-electric truck rolling off a Los Angeles assembly line yesterday. Asthma inhalers throughout the region probably trembled as 25 brand new trucks that release no...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy
I attended the Project Committee meeting for the I-710 project last week. This Committee directs how the future expansion project for the I-710 should proceed. For those of you not familiar with Southern California traffic, but have heard the horror...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy
I had the pleasure to attend a meeting in New York last week sponsored by the Regional Plan Association related to the upcoming federal transportation reauthorization bill. The meeting was designed to examine what America's transportation system should look like in...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil , The Media and the Environment
In a slick campaign-style advertisement, the operators at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles ran a Proposition 65 notice in the Los Angeles Times last week. Proposition 65 is a California law that protects residents from toxic substances, and the agreement...
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Ben Hewitt wrote a very interesting piece in Discover Magazine online about upcoming technologies to clean up the shipping industry. Of particular note, the article describes some of the externalities of global shipping, including greenhouse gas emissions, traditional air pollution...
