transportation Archives – Jewish Journal

How to get L.A. to update its community plans—finally

Jewish Journal January 7, 2016

The city lacks clear guidelines on local land use at a time when it wants to create more \’livable\’ neighborhoods.

Stop waiting for the bus

Jewish Journal April 2, 2015

So much of the discussion about mass transit in Los Angeles is about the future.

Military airfield lands as alternative to banned Ben Gurion

Jewish Journal July 23, 2014

Foreign airlines banned from using Ben Gurion Airport will be able to use a military airfield in southern Israel as an alternative, Israel’s transportation minister said.

Russian lawmaker wants to strip Holocaust survivors of privileges

Jewish Journal November 5, 2012

A Russian lawmaker from President Vladimir Putin\’s ruling United Russia party reportedly opposed making public transportation free for Holocaust survivors.

Measure J: Why you should vote ‘no’

Jewish Journal November 1, 2012

Clearly Measure J is, in reality, a magician’s slight of hand trick. If I remember correctly Measure R, the predessor to Measure J, was a detailed proposition consisting of 34 pages describing the implementation, oversight and accountability procedures of the bill and what it was for?

Thou shall not have images … on buses … neither men nor women

Jewish Journal August 28, 2012

Fearing costly vandalism aimed at buses carrying advertisements that include images of women; to avoid legal issues of discrimination if only images of men appear; and to side-step head-on collisions with Jerusalem\’s ultra-Orthodox community; Egged, Israel\’s public bus cooperative has ordered the company handling its on-bus advertising to stop running ads with pictures or representations of either men or women. As of August 1, a \”faceless\” policy was put into effect.