Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- LAT Editorial: Metro Is Shortchanging Bus Drivers And Bus Riders
- Sheriff Villanueva Calls For Get Tough Policy On Transit (LAT)
- Sheriff Department Deputy Gang Hearing Adds Testimony (LAT)
- Culver City Considering Parking Reforms (@BikeCulverCity Twitter)
- Denver and Portland Halt Planned Highway Expansions (SBUSA)
- Electric Car Mandate Would Hit Mechanics Hard (CalMatters via LAist)
- Streetsblog L.A. Among Finalists For Six Press Club Awards (SBLA Twitter)
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More States — and the Feds — Are Getting into Zoning Reform for Sustainable Transport
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New efforts by federal and state authorities to encourage the construction of housing in walkable and transit-rich communities suggests that many cities' best chance at progressive zoning reform will come from the top down, rather than the grass roots.
How ‘Community Mobility Rituals’ Can Transform Neighborhoods
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On this episode, host Kea Wilson sits down with Olatunji Oboi Reed of Equiticity to talk about "community mobility rituals," or regular, free, hyper-local events that dismantle barriers to sustainable transportation and build the social infrastructure that neighborhoods need.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Streets For All Alert: Tell Metro To Cancel 710 Widening, Stop Increasing Widening Budget
- LAT Reviews Mayoral Candidates Positions On Transportation
…see also SBLA coverage of transportation questionnaire and debate - Pasdena Opens Pedestrian Scramble At Colorado/Fair Oaks (Pasadena Now)
- New Pico Rivera Durfee Avenue Underpass Opens Tomorrow (Los Cerritos News )
…Durfee Underpass Features New Bike Lanes (@ayruem2 Twitter) - Housing Authority Secures $10M CA Beautification Grants For South L.A. (2UrbanGirls)
- Funding Approved For New South L.A. Senior Supportive Housing (Urbanize)
- Site Cleared For 40-Apartment Project By Palms Station (Urbanize)
- Santa Clarita Bike-To-Work Week A Success (SC Signal)
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Eyes on the Street: New East L.A. Rainwater Infiltration Medians
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The East Los Angeles Sustainable Median Stormwater Capture Project construction is done, and the native landscape is in full bloom
This Week in Livable Streets
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Metro looking to approve budget increasing freeway funding and decreasing transit funding, 405 Freeway widening, Metrolink board meeting, and more
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- COVID Spreading Rapidly In California (LAT)
…County Extends Mask Requirement On Transit And At Airports (LAist, AV Times) - Metro Spins FY23 Budget – Buries $634M Freeway Expansion Saying Just To “Ease Chokepoints” (The Source)
FY23 Metro budget proposes 33.5% increase in annual freeway widening
Metro leaders keep lying about highway budget: “not focused at all on just road widening” - LAPD SWAT Officer Said “Happy Hunting” On Body Cam Before Shooting (LAT)
- LAPD Overreaction To Climate Protest Reveals City’s Misplaced Priorities (KNOCK-LA)
- KRCW L.A. Mayoral Candidates Debate Focuses On Homelessness
- L.A. Scrapes DIY Crosswalks (@RyFons Twitter)
- Metro Bus Crashes With, Drags Moped In DTLA – Mopedist Injured (columnist.city)
- Carnage: Driver Hits, Kills Cyclist On Anaheim Street in LB (LB Post, Biking in L.A.)
…Person Killed Walking On 210 Ramp In Arcadia (Pasadena Now) - L.A. Plans 900 Homes At West L.A. Civic Center Site (Urbanize)
- East L.A.’s New Rainwater Medians Looking Great (@SBLA Twitter, Eastsider)
- What To Know About How Newsom Wants To Spend $100B CA Surplus (LAist)
- L.A. County Gas Prices Still Inching Upward (LB Post)
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Metro Leadership Making It an Annual Tradition to Lie about Freeway Expansion Budget
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Metro Planning Chief de la Loza: "[Metro Highway Program FY23 budget] predominant projects are focused on... completing gaps between the HOV system, safety improvements... they're not focused at all on just providing road widening."
Bill to Prohibit Building Freeways through Sensitive Communities Moves to Assembly Floor
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The bill would prohibit Caltrans from using state resources on any project, or on permitting any project, that does not meet certain criteria measured by the California Healthy Places Index.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- L.A. COVID Cases Rising, Risk Level Goes From Low To Medium (LAist, AV Times, ABC7)
- The L.A. Podcast Guide To Voter Guides
- Carnage: Father Accidentally Drives Over, Kills Toddler In Riverside (LAT)
…Driver To Face Trial In Fatal Gardena Crash On Tesla Autopilot (Daily News)
…Three Injured In Pasadena Car Crash (Pasadena Now) - Tips To Up Your Walking (LB Post)
- Six-Story Residential Development Planned By Anaheim Station In LB (Urbanize)
- Average Gas Price About $2 Higher Than A Year Ago (LB Post)
…High Gas Price Anecdotes: Including E-Bikes and Buses (Eastsider) - CA Lawmakers Again Fail To Ban Oil Drilling In State Waters (LAT)
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Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- L.A. County COVID Cases and Hospitalizations Rising (AV Times)
- Metro Committee Nixes Paused 710 Freeway Widening Project (SGV Tribune)
- L.A. City Budget Approved, Adds $87M To Police (Daily News)
- Burbank Approves Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan, Includes Bikeways (Leader)
- L.A. County Gas Price Leads U.S. At $6.08/Gallon (LAT)
- Carnage: Feds Investing If Tesla Autopilot Part Of Fatal Newport Beach Crash (LAT)
- Investing in Place Urges Metro To Fund Bus Service, Operator Pay
…Metro Touts Meager Bus Budget As “Significant” (The Source) - LAT Profiles 7 L.A. Cyclists
…LB Post Profiles Another - Today Is Bike To Work Day (Biking in L.A.)
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