This Week In Livable Streets
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Homeless count, Metro board, River bike path, NextGen bus study and more
Today’s Headlines
|- Metro Weighs Freeway Lane Tolls (LAT)
…LAT Editorial Board: Time For Congestion Pricing - Vision Zero Is Not Making Streets Deadly (Biking in L.A.)
- What To Know About Blue Line Shutdown – Starts Jan 26 (Curbed)
- SGV Tribune On How Metro Can Fund Foothill Gold Line
- Downey Launching Zagster Bike-Share System This Thursday (Downey Patriot)
- Mobile Showers For Homeless Helping Cypress Park and Lincoln Hts (Eastsider)
- Stuck and Stressed – The Health Costs Of Car Traffic (NYT)
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Today’s Headlines
|- Most L.A. County Voters Supported Measure M, But Don’t Ride Transit (CityLab)
- Tamika Butler Now With Toole Design Group (Biking in L.A.)
- Verdict Is Still Out On Battery-Powered Buses (CityLab)
- 177-Unit Complex Planned Near Santa Monica/Vermont Red Line (Curbed, Urbanize)
- Suspect Silver Lake Hit-and-Run Driver Caught (KTLA5, Eastsider)
- Take Metro’s MicroTransit Survey
- Take Metro To Saturday Womens March and Monday Martin Luther King Parade
- California Should Do Its Own Green New Deal (LAT)
Streetsblog L.A. will be off Monday for Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, returning Tuesday
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Biking Way up in Seattle During Highway Closure
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One thing the early experience of Viadoom shows is how malleable people's commuting behavior can be.
Today’s Headlines
|- More On Metro’s Congestion Pricing Plans (Curbed)
…A Cute Congestion Pricing Primer Film (SBNYC) - DTLA Groups Unhappy About West Santa Ana Branch (Downtown News)
- Carnage: Silver Lake Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Woman On Sidewalk (KTLA, NBC4)
…warning: extreme windshield bias coverage - Metro Tresspasser Involved In Subway Power Outage (LAT)
- 1200-Unit Cumulus TOD Complex Rising At Expo La Cienega (Urbanize)
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Transit Systems Must Address Women’s Safety Concerns
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A new study shows women are about half as likely to use new rail service as men — especially if they express strong concerns about safety.
Can New Mobility Tech Disrupt Car Dependence?
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A new organization want to help cities use mobility tech to break cars' stranglehold on cities.
Today’s Headlines
|- Expo Line Kills Pedestrian Who Fell Between Cars (SM Mirror)
- County Drops Proposed E-Scooter Ban (Daily News)
- City Council Appoints Grieg Smith To Replace Departing Englander (LAT)
- City Council Revives Proposal To Limit Developer Contributions (LAT)
- Register Now To Run For Neighborhood Council (Eastsider)
- PATH West Adams Supportive Housing Project Moving Forward (Urbanize)
- Study: Telecommuting Up, But Not In South Bay (Daily Breeze)
- Expo/Sepulveda TOD Apartment Complex Taking Shape (Urbanize)
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Six Ways the Media is Still Blaming the Victim
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When a driver hits a pedestrian or cyclist, a handful of media tropes shift blame to the victims and leave readers with the impression that nothing can be done about it.
Today’s Headlines
|- Metro Has New Stick-Figure Train Safety Videos (The Source)
- Public Transit Is Greener Than It Seems (Pedestrian Observations)
- 41-Story Tower Planned At Fig+3rd In DTLA (Urbanize)
- But Distracted Walking! Supersize Dashboard Screens (Price Tags)
- Group Sues To Block Venice Homeless Housing (LAT)
- The Delicate Balance Of El Pueblo Bridge Housing (Downtown News)
- As Tech Invades Cycling, Have Advocates Sold Out (Wired)
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Bill Would Make State Highways–Which Are Often City Streets–Accommodate All Users
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Senator Wiener's S.B. 127 would shift Caltrans' focus to safety for everyone, not just for car drivers