Transportation
Damien Newton is the editor of Los Angeles Streetsblog, a joint project of the Southern California Streets Initiative and OpenPlans. Over the last three years, he's written over 1,500 unique stories about the quest for a clean and green transportation system in Southern California
<p>For Culver City residents who cycle as their primary means of transportation, the new bike routes afforded by the 2008 PLACE grant marked a positive improvement in city planning.</p>
<p>Los Angeles County awarded five grants to Southern California cities in 2008 to encourage more effective transportation planning and healthier living.</p>
<p>In Los Angeles, five communities were awarded money to encourage healthier lifestyles that include bicycling and walking. Have these grants improved public health? Damien Newton will investigate.</p>
