Deputy Mayor for Transportation Jaime de la Vega has his work cut out for him. Today Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa named de la Vega as his nominee for the Department of Transportation, according to CBS2. His first task: Help City Controller Wendy Greuel complete a full on audit of the seriously effed up department. more ›

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's office has always said that transportation deputy Jaime De La Vega's choice of personal car, Hummer's H3, is a private matter. Steve Lopez, who put De La Vega in the limelight on this issue a year and a half ago says it's a public one. Lopez was in the right. And he still is. Yesterday, he "happened to be wandering around the City Hall basement and came upon De la Vega's copper-colored H3 in Space 26, under a sign that says 'Mayor/Council Staff.'" more ›

Simon Pastucha is the kind of city government employee Los Angeles needs more of. Why? He walks the talk and the Daily News tagged along for a day of his car-free, public transportation life. The Pasadena resident is an urban designer and planner at the Urban Design Studio, a two-person office charged with making the city a more community oriented, walkable and people friendly one. With his salary, Pastucha used to lease a Mercedes... more ›

It is Bike to Work day and we hope you had the chance to take part. If not, every day is a bike to work day -- there's just no complimentary public transit. If anyone wants to include their bike to work photos, join and add them to the LAist Flickr Group. Photos after the jump...... more ›

Office of the Mayor: It's a Private Matter Los Angeles Times: It's now a public matter Back in May of last year, LAT's Steve Hymon rounded up who drives Hummers at City Hall and found that the city's Transportation Deputy for the Mayor drives a Hummer H3 (link expired). Now Columnist Steve Lopez is pressing the issue in today's paper. It's easy to jump on Lopez's bandwagon because Hummer's are, like, evil and stuff,... more ›