Metrolink Names Darren Kettle New CEO
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"Darren’s transformative vision and passion for public transportation will well serve Metrolink as the agency continues to meet the needs of and provide more opportunities to Southern Californians," writes Metrolink Board Chair and Glendale City Councilmember Ara Najarian.
Study: Bike Share Saves the U.S. $36 Million Public Health Dollars Every Year
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More than 40 percent of the savings accounted for by the study ($15 million) were thanks to the Big Apple alone.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Yes, You Can Get COVID Even if You’re Vaxed (LAT)
- City Hands Out $2,000 Checks in Community LAPD Blew Up Last Month (Daily News)
- More on Those Bus Stops (Spec News/Instagram)
- Feud Between Anti-HSR Legislators and Governor/Senators Goes Public (SFExaminer, LAT)
- Berkeley Study : SB9 Won’t Supercharge Home Building (LAT)
- Will Americans Walk a Mile to the Bank, Install Bike Infrastructure or Pour Money into Transit? (Governing)
- Bird Will Unveil Next Gen of E-Scooter in Long Beach (LBPost)
- Uber and Lyft Drivers Went on Strike Wednesday (CBS News)
- Attention Car Drivers, It’s Illegal to Disfigure Your License Plate (Daily News)
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Four Myths About Car-Light Cities, Busted
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Authors Melissa and Chris Bruntlett clear up some of the most common misconceptions about the Dutch cycling model that some say should be exported to America.
Talking Headways Podcast: This Food Pyramid Would be All Cars
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This week we’re joined by Zabe Bent, director of design for the National Association of City Transportation Officials. We chat about how we think too much about the future and growth, the MUTCD process, and how she would start the design an infrastructure bill.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- LA County Posts Highest One-Day COVID Total Since February (Daily News)
- Here Are Some Ways to Cut Auto Congestion: Don’t Drive, Charge Drivers, Take Transit (LAT)
- Metro Previews Today’s Board Meeting (The Source)
- Did Anaheim Violate Affordable Housing Laws? Answer Will Impact Future of Stadium (Register)
- LAHSA Says Options for Homeless Seeking Housing Increased in Last Year (Daily News)
- R’s Scuttle Vote on “Compromise” Infrastructure Bill for Next Week(CNN)
- D’s Readying to Go It Alone (Route Fifty)
- Biden’s Six Month Report Card, Mostly Good Grades and Many Incompletes (T4A)
- Ted Will Be Back Monday (Biking in LA)
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Why U.S. Car Crash Reporting Is Broken
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Almost a third of car crashes involving a vulnerable road user go unreported in the nation’s capital, skewing District crash totals — but underreporting is far from the only thing wrong with reporting standards across the U.S., advocates say. Last week, Citylab broke an explosive Washington, D.C., study that showed police had failed to record […]
Feinstein, Padilla Call on State Legislator to Fund High Speed Rail
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Assemblymembers Rendon, Friedman get a talking to from Senators Feinstein, Padilla over budget delays to high-speed rail
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- LA’s Green Car Revolution Not As Green As Advertised (LAT)
- California’s COVID Cases, Spiking or Steadily Growing? (LAT)
- Learn About the Past and Future of the 710 Battle in Long Beach, Tomorrow at 6! (Instagram)
- One in Five LAPD Officers Don’t Turn on Body Cams When Required (Daily News)
- Editorial : South LA ResidEnts Shouldn’t Suffer Because of LAUSD’s Fireworks Screwup (LAT)
- Long Beach Moving to Crack Down on Dangerous Car “Street Takeovers (LBPost)
- Reservoir Levels So Low Hydropower Plants Could Go Offline (LAT)
- Check Out LA’s Proposed Bus Shelters (Urbanize)
- Uber and Lyft Drivers Strike (LAT)
Infrastructure Week Update:
- Reps. “Force” Dems to Drop Crackdowns on Tax Cheats (Reuters)
- Progressives Jumping Off Ship. (Politico)
- South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham Won’t Support Bi-Partisan Plan, SC Has Worst Roads in Country (Raw Story)
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Preview of This Week’s Metro Board of Directors Meeting
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More on the Fareless System Initiative, COVID Stimulus funding, payments to PSAC Members, a future memorial to the Anti-Chinese MasSacre of 1871 and more...
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- County’s COVID-19 Numbers Continue to Rise… (Daily News)
- …As Incoherent Sheriff Does Media Tour Blaming Parents as He Refuses to Enforce Law (Boing Boing)
- Pasadena Will Follow Rest of LA County and Mandate Masks Indoors (Star-News)
- LAPD Confesses to Small Role in Explosion They Caused in South LA (Daily News)
- BSS Exec Greg Spotts Shows Off New Bus Shelter Designs (Twitter)
- Podcast: What Is the Smart City Initiative (LB Post)
- SoCal Home Prices Set Record in June (OC Register)
- Newsom Signs $12 Billion Homelessness Relief Package (Bloomberg)
- Gov. Likely to Prevail in Recall (CNBC)
- Uber and Lyft Polling Mass. Voters on a Prop 22- Style Labor Law. (Boston Globe)
- Kenny Made a Video to Go with His Poem (Twitter)
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