February 2009 Archives
Milken's Traffic Take: California Congestion Could Cost $42 Billion
By Jeremy Rosenberg
February 27, 2009
TTLA has previously cited this traffic congestion study produced by RAND (plus this and this related follow-ups).
Today we point toward another such report, likewise issued last autumn, by the Milken Institute, another of the region's most prominent tanks.
"California's HIghway Infrastructure: Traffic's Looming Costs" is available here for online reading and print version purchase.
Permalink DiscussRAND's Traffic Expert Replies to TTLA Reader
By Jeremy Rosenberg
February 23, 2009
RAND's Paul Sorensen was the lead author on, "Moving Los Angeles: Short Term Policy Options for Improving Transportation," a report released last year.
TTLA noted the report in the post titled, "Want Less Traffic? RAND Offers Help."
Reader JK left a comment that concluded with a question (see blockquote below). Sorensen was kind enough to write in addressing JK's question. See the second blockquote for his reply.
Permalink DiscussThe Architecture of Ideas -- RAND and Ayn Rand
By Jeremy Rosenberg
February 18, 2009
You can't judge an enterprise by its building.
Or, can you?
Or, again, can you?
Today, TTLA takes a look at the interiors and exteriors of two Southland think tanks -- but don't call at least one of them by that term, please -- RAND Corporation and the Ayn Rand Institute.
Permalink DiscussName Game
By Jeremy Rosenberg
February 14, 2009
In Case You Missed It: D.J. Waldie at LMU
By Jeremy Rosenberg
February 13, 2009
In case any TTLA readers missed D.J. Waldie's post last week about his appearance at Loyola Marymount University*, you might want to visit here.
Permalink Discuss
How The CFI Celebrates Darwin's Bicentennial
By Jeremy Rosenberg
February 10, 2009
When we last left off with Jim Underdown, executive director of the Center For Inquiry -- Los Angeles he was sitting in his east Hollywood office, posing for a snapshot next to a poster with text reading, "I want you to support science and reason."
Permalink DiscussMore KCET Local Blogs
404 City- Read Ophelia Chong's latest post, Investing In Yourself
Blur + Sharpen- Read Holly Willis's latest post, Soundscapes in Flux
Cakewalk- Read Erin Aubry Kaplan's latest post, No Fade Into Black
Movie Miento- Read Adolfo Guzman-Lopez's latest post, Layers
Pixeltown- Read Gary Dauphin's latest post, VOD: South Main
The Other Room- Read Kevin Ferguson's latest post, The Watermelon Patch
Where We Are- Read D.J. Waldie's latest post, 27. Gang aft agley*
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