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Category Archives: Transportation
Wargaming the Newhall Pass
Further to SCVTalk reader Todd’s comment this morning (in which he basically threw up his hands in reaction to the latest citrus truck disaster in the Newhall Pass), SCVTalk has developed this friendly and helpful infographic to assist the City … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Traffic, Transportation
18 Comments
The SCV’s Parking Entitlement Problem
Vis a vis Tim’s link to an SCVNews story about the impending outrage over inconvenient parking at local high schools due to new solar panels, I can’t resist a link to an excellent LA Mag article about parking. Dr. Donald … Continue reading
Posted in Traffic, Transportation
12 Comments
Crack down on, then embrace, the need for speed
Speed kills. As SCVTalk has documented far too many times in the past several years, speeding on our local highway-like streets and canyon roads inevitably leads to more deaths of adults and more stumps in the Youth Memorial Grove at … Continue reading
Posted in Traffic, Transportation
41 Comments
Passive voice and the Free Agency of SCV Cars
In car-friendly and ped-hostile SCV, driving people never collide with walking people, instead, walking people are simply hit by cars, which have their own agency and free will. To wit: Two women hit by a car outside Mimi’s Cafe in … Continue reading
Posted in Complaint Dept., Transportation
51 Comments
Bus Tales : Sudden Terror at 55mph
I used to ride a bike to work. Now I take a bus. These are my stories. Riding the bus from work to home in the afternoon is always a treat. I’m tired, have a lot on my mind, and … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Transportation
11 Comments
Santa Clarita drivers suck – Allstate Insurance
All those 55mph roads plus the lack of patience and distractions can take their toll in the suburbs: The Allstate Insurance Company (NYSE: ALL) today released its seventh annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report™.” The report ranks America’s 200 largest cities in … Continue reading
Posted in Traffic, Transportation
12 Comments
Bus Tales : The Savage in every Santa Claritan
On my way into work a few weeks ago, our Transit bus was stopped in traffic on a San Fernando Valley street for about 1 hour. Turns out the railroad arms on the nearby train tracks refused to raise, so there … Continue reading
Posted in Traffic, Transportation
15 Comments
Marsha McLean wants to singlehandedly stop California High Speed Rail
She can’t be this dippy, can she? Santa Clarita Mayor Marsha McLean wants to fix the state’s existing trains and railways with money already allocated for high-speed rail. This week, she asked Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, whom she … Continue reading
Posted in Traffic, Transportation
9 Comments
The Future of Lyons Avenue
The City posted an interesting video in which two Lyons Avenue business owners reflected on what they liked and disliked about the SCV’s only straight-as-an-arrow street: I was struck by two things the business owners said that related specifically to … Continue reading
Posted in Traffic, Transportation
50 Comments
Waiting on Green
An article appeared in a San Francisco paper last week about bicyclists (and even motorcyclists) having a tough time triggering a traffic light to change from red to green: People who ride two-wheelers do some pretty strange things trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Traffic, Transportation
4 Comments