![Last Tuesday's city council meeting was held in an empty chamber. Those hoping to make public comment were kept outside under a tent in the cold. They could see and hear the councilmembers, but the councilmembers could only hear them. [Screenshot of the live feed taken at some point during the eight hour marathon.]](https://i2.wp.com/la.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-10.51.24-AM.png?resize=900%2C799px&ssl=1)
Slow Down! Speed Demons Send Two People To Overwhelmed Hospitals In NYC
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Paramedics rushed two people to already over-capacity emergency rooms on Wednesday evening, thanks to speeding drivers who refused to slow down amid a worsening health crisis.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- U.S. Surpasses China For Most COVID-19 Cases (NYT, LAist)
- What Is In Federal Coronavirus Stimumus (LAT)
- California Faces Perilous Next Two Weeks As Cases Surge (LAT)
- COVID-19 Surges In L.A. (LAT)
- Homelessness Response Could Make Or Break Containment Efforts (LAT)
- Navy Hospital Ship Mercy Arrives (Daily News)
- L.A. Renters Urging Freeze and Forgiveness (Curbed, SGV Tribune)
- CA Banks Waive Mortgage Payments For 3 Months (Curbed)
- Advocating For Active Transportation In the Age of COVID-19 (Safe Routes)
- Thieves Stealing Healthcare Workers’ Bikes (Biking in L.A.)
- Metro In Uncharted Territory, Awaiting Federal Aid (LAist)
- DMV Closing Offices (LAT, LAist)
- LAX Flyaway Bus Trimming Service (LAT)
- Metro Announces Changes To Costly Mobility On Demand Pilot (Urbanize)
- L.A. Air Has Been Clean (Curbed)
- L.A. City Hall’s Legitimacy Crisis (L.A. Podcast blog)
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S.F. Muni to Shut Down all Trains March 30
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SF Muni to stop running trains on Monday, but bus service will continue
Talking Headways Podcast: How to Make a Bus Corridor Great
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Imagine a city that transforms a congested roadway into something that works for transit users and cyclists! It's Boston. Check out our podcast with a Beantown planner.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Coronavirus: Garcetti Warns Of Mass Deaths, False Hopes (Business Insider)
- LAist Interviews County Public Health Head Barbara Ferrer
- Listing Of L.A. Communities With COVID-19 Cases (LAT)
- Aerial Photos Of Southland’s New Normal (LAT)
- Limited Drive-Through Testing Beginning (Daily News)
- L.A. City Council To Meet This Friday (LAT)
- Emergency Order Temporarily Bans Ellis Act Evictions (Urbanize)
- Millions Of Americans Will Have Trouble Paying Rent This Month (Curbed)
- Metro Projecting Losses, Seeking Federal Aid (Curbed)
- Metrolink Temporarily Cuts Service 30% (SGV Tribune, Urbanize)
- Metro Maintenance Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19 (The Source)
- Uber Sues L.A. Over E-Scooter/E-Bike Data (LAT)
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One Angeleno’s Coronavirus Pandemic Diary: Day 15 – Mask Vendors and Gardening
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Day 14 of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of midday March 24, there are people infected/deaths: worldwide 416,248/18,652, U.S. 51,935/660, CA 2,385/46, L.A. County 536/7 Day 15 of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of midday March 25, there are people infected/deaths: worldwide 471,744/21,151, U.S. 64,522/933, CA 2,853/64 , L.A. County 799/13 Today is the fifth entry in a […]
High-Speed Rail Construction Continues Under COVID-19
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It's tricky practicing social distancing while working on a major construction project, but workers are doing it
Trump Says COVID-19 Deaths May Be the Price We Pay For A Strong Economy — Just Like Traffic Deaths
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Deadly car crashes are not the price we must pay to sustain our civilization. Neither are coronavirus deaths.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- COVID-19 Worst Is Still Ahead For California (LAT)
…L.A. Death Shows Virus Affects All Ages (LAT) - Santa Monica Announces Fines For Not Staying Home (SM Mirror)
- Metrolink Ridership Down 80%, Trimming Service Starting Thursday (The Source)
- Social Distancing For Bicycling (Biking in L.A.)
- Housing Construction Exempt From L.A. Shutdown (Urbanize)
- Westlake Supportive Housing Approved Under New Streamline Law (Urbanize)
- 5-Story Apartments Planned By Van Nuys Metrolink Station (Urbanize)
- Vegas High-Speed Rail Moving Forward (LAT)
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You Are Not Stuck in Traffic, You Are Traffic: This Is Up to All of Us, Says Newsom
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Controlling the pandemic is everyone's individual responsibility, and right now staying away from each other is the one strategy that can help avoid deepening the crisis.
Suburbanization is Not the Answer To COVID-19
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Yes, contraction rates are higher in denser cities. No, that doesn't mean that the burbs are any safer — and in some ways, they're worse.