Excellent transportation systems often seem to exist far, far away, on other continents -- or at best, in Portland. Look at the LA-based GOOD magazine's latest issue, for example, with a feature titled "Decongestion: Five innovations in urban transportation that you won't find in America, yet." After reading about what's going on in Brazil, Denmark, England, and the Netherlands, LA seems more than way behind the times.
But while our own public transportation system in LA isn't exactly the prototype for other cities yet, activists such as Russell Sydney are planning and pushing for feasible solutions. Sydney, a main organizer for the Sustainable Transport Club in Santa Monica, will give a free presentation titled "Community Based Solutions: Building a Sustainable Transport System from the Grassroots" this Wednesday, as a part of the Spring Environmental and Urban Issues Lectures Series at Santa Monica College.
Sydney will explore "how we can transition from being the SUV capital of the world to enjoying a sustainable transport system." At the presentation, you'll find out more about the hows and whys of social and economic changes, as well as what groups in the LA area are doing to determine "the future of personal transportation in a post-carbon world." Sydney will also outline the seven steps for creating change in sustainable transport systems.
"Community Based Solutions: Building a Sustainable Transport System from the Grassroots" with Russell Sydney. April 4, 2007, 6:30 pm. Bundy 123, Bundy Campus of Santa Monica College, 3171 S Bundy Dr. (in the old Lear Jet building in the Santa Monica Airport). Enter on Bundy, just south of the traffic light at Airport Blvd between Ocean Park and Venice Blvd.
