Biden’s First ‘Mega Grants’ Contain Some Mega Wins — And Mega Fails
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A new federal "megagrant" program will fund major safety and transit projects that have been at the top of sustainable transportation advocates' wishlists for years ... along with business-as-usual highway expansion projects that could negate those mega-gains.
This Week in Livable Streets
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L.A. City redistricting reform, Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, United to House L.A., Ride 4 Love, ESFV rail construction, and more
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Council District 6 Candidates Debate Mobility (LAist, Streets for All YouTube)
- Metro Plans To Re-Do DTLA 7th Street Station (Urbanize)
- Rick Cole: Pasadena Should Be 15-Minute City (Pasadena Now)
- Metro Completes Subway Tunnels Under Beverly Hills (Beverly Press)
- BrightLine High-Speed Rail Revives Controversial Desert Solar Project (LAT)
- How L.A. County Soaks Rainwater Into Neighborhood Parks (LAist)
- UPS Debuts Electric Truck (KTLA)
- Santa Clarita $400K Check To Metrolink Cashed By Fraudster (SC Signal)
- One Person Critically Injured In Metro L Line Crash In Highland Park (KTLA)
- Carnage: Three People Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash In Lynwood (LAT, Daily News, Downey Patriot)
…Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Pedestrian In Van Nuys (LAT, KTLA)
…One Person Killed In Multi-Vehicle Freeway Crash In Studio City (2UrbanGirls)
…Driver Crashes Into Tree In LB, Killing One Person (Daily News)
…LB Driver Dies Crashing Into Four Parked Cars And Two Pedestrians (LB Post)
…Motorcyclist Killed In Palmdale Crash (2UrbanGirls)
…One Person Killed In Bixby Knolls Crash (LB Post)
…Driver Injured Plunging Off Mulholland (2UrbanGirls)
…Former Governor Schwarzenegger Crashes Into Brentwood Cyclist, Causing Minor Injuries (LAT, KTLA) - Newsom Pledged To Take On Big Oil Profits, But No Results Yet (LAT)
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Half of Americans Will Get Vision Zero Plans in New Federal Grant
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More than half of the U.S. population will soon live in cities or counties with a Safe Streets action plan in place, thanks to a wave of new funding from. Washington.
New Bill Would Improve Sight Distances at Intersections
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Assemblymember Alex Lee's A.B. 413 would prohibit vehicles from parking or stopping at the curb within twenty feet of a marked crosswalk or intersection
USDOT Announces First Grants from its Safe Streets and Roads for All Program
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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law program will give California communities $133 million for road safety projects and plans
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Free Rides Tomorrow For Transit Equity Day: Metro, Metrolink, OCTA, etc. (KTLA, Pasadena Today)
- Metro Receives $600M State Funding For San Fernando Valley Rail (The Source)
…Disappointment That State Did Not Fund Foothill Gold Line (Claremont Courier, Pasadena Today) - Metro B (Red) Line Turns 30 (The Source)
- Metrolink Improving Antelope Valley Line, Including Frequency (SC Signal)
- Santa Clarita Transit Ridership Rebounding From Pandemic Dip (SC Signal)
- Councilmember Soto-Martinez Announces Echo Park Fence Removal (LAist, Eastsider)
- Amtrak Surfliner Resumes Service On Repaired San Clemente Tracks (LAist)
- Carnage: Two Injured, One Critically In Sunland Crash (Daily News)
…Montclair Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Two Pedestrians (KTLA)
…More On Dana Point Crash and Murder Of Cyclist (LAT, LAist, Biking in L.A.) - Driver Abandons Car After Rollover Crash In Santa Clarita (SC Signal)
- 5 Freeway Widening Project Means Santa Fe Springs Lane Closures (LAT)
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Talking Headways Podcast: Get on the Fast Bus!
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This week, Colin Parent, executive director of Circulate San Diego, comes on the program to talk about his new report, "Fast Bus! How San Diego Can Make Progress by Speeding Up the Bus." That title should say it all!
Metro Plans to Start Construction This Year on 605 Freeway Widening in Cerritos
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Metro says the 605/South Street project is multimodal, but fails to add any multimodal features
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Long Beach Breaks Ground On Artesia Great Boulevard Project (LB Post)
- Levels Of Police Killings Of Black Men Trending Toward Tragic Record High (Sentinel)
- Long Beach Should Slow Down Dangerous Streets (LongBeachIze)
- Burbank Council Approves San Fernando Road Ped-Friendly Reconfiguration (Burbank Leader)
- Destination Crenshaw To Unveil Sankofa Park This Fall (LAT)
- Man Stabbed To Death At MacArthur Park B Line Station (2UrbanGirls)
- Carnage: Driver Kills Person Standing Next To Broken Down Car In Lancaster (AV Times)
…Police Seek Driver In Deadly Westlake Hit-and-Run (KTLA)
…Irwindale Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Person (SGVTribune)
…San Marino Hit-and-Run Driver Injures Pedestrian (SGVTribune)
…Driver Hits, Then Stabs Dana Point Cyclist To Death (KTLA, ABC7, Biking in L.A.) - SFV 5 Freeway Night Closures For Pavement Repair (Daily News)
- Black Lives Matter Critical Of Bass Reappointing LAPD Chief Moore (LAT, Daily News)
…LAT Editorial Critical Of Bass Reappointing LAPD Chief Moore
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California Grants Billions for Transit Projects
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Cuts proposed to the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program by Governor Newsom would affect future funding cycles, if they happen. Meanwhile, $3.68 billion will be awarded in 2023.