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Los Angeles, CA Streetcar Workshop, May 22nd, 2008 - COMPLETED
June 20, 2007
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Presentations made at the Los Angeles National Streetcar Workshop on May 22, 2008
- Toni Bates: Santa Ana & Garden Grove Go Local Project Concept (PDF, 67 MB)
- Charlie Hales: The Portland Streetcar and its offspring (PDF, 58 MB)
- Gloria Ohland: Why Streetcars and Why Now? (PDF, 6 MB)
- Bob Henry: Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line (PDF, 33 MB)
- Jolene Hayes: Irvine Guideway Demonstration Project (PDF, 108 MB)
- Fred Dock: Streetcar Questions for the Street Smarts Expert Panel (PDF, 45 MB)
- Steve Brye: Historic Overview of the Los Angeles Red & Yellow Car Lines (PDF, 23 MB)
- Steve Schiboula: Feasibility Study for Resurrection of the Red Car Trolley Services in Downtown LA (PDF, 25 MB)
- Jim Atkins: Portland Streetcar (PDF, 23 MB)
- Michael Powell: Streetcar Economics (PDF, 19 MB)
- Scott Bernstein: Paved Over or More Livable: Transport Choice, Cities & Economic Development (PDF, 45 MB)
- Ken Johnsen: Seattle Streecar 101 (PDF, 34 MB)
- David Taylor: Local Funding for Streetcar Projects (PDF, 56 MB)
- Gloria Ohland: Streetcars & Los Angeles in the 21st Century (PDF, 12 MB)
- Tom Hickey: Streetcar 202 (PDF, 11 MB)
- Jared Smith: Building Seattle's Streetcar (PDF, 95 MB)
- Jeff Boothe: Small Starts: Promised Deferred for Streetcars (PDF, 4.8 MB)
Look, Up in the Sky!
June 8, 2007|by Jeff Wood
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Aerial Trams, technically known as aerial ropeways, have been around for centuries. In ancient India and Japan, ropeways were used to cross rivers and were originally made of hemp or rawhide rope. Today’s ropeways are made from steel cables and towers, but their function is not much different from these original ancient transportation systems.
Smart Growth debate in LA Times
June 6, 2007
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Reconnecting America's Gloria Ohland faces off against author Robert Bruegmann in the LA Times editorial section all this week on the subject of smart growth in Los Angeles. Each day they tackle a different aspect of the topic, from urban sprawl to the environment.
