Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Judge Restricts LAPD Use Of Less-Lethal Launchers (Daily News)
- Mayor’s Budget Has Nearly $1B To Address Homelessness (LAT)
- L.A. County Proposes $100M For Measure J Programs (LAist)
- 98-Unit Supportive Housing Complex Opens In Skid Row (CBS2)
- Barger Yanks Dr. Drew LAHSA Nomination (Daily News, LAT)
- L.A. Gas Price Over $4 Per Gallon (ABC7)
- L.A. Lags In Inspecting Urban Oil Wells (LAT)
- Long Beach Plans L.A. River Adjacent Park (Urbanize)
- Biden Infrastructure Plan Spurs Interest in L.A.-Vegas High-Speed Rail (KTLA)
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Legislative Update: Long-awaited Speed Limit Flexibility Bill Moves Forward
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A.B. 43 passed the Assembly Transportation Committee on a 15-0 vote.
Regulators Could Have Prevented Fatal Tesla Crash
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Two Tesla passengers are dead, partly because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ignored calls from the National Transportation Safety Board to require automakers to implement safe driver monitoring technology in "driverless" vehicles.
Legislative Update: Bill to Remove Parking Minimums Near Transit Passes First Committee
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Asm. Friedman's A.B. 1401 would allow developers to "right-size" the number of parking spaces
This Week In Livable Streets
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Metro board meeting, L.A. Walks Spring Forward, Oscars at Union Station, Beverly Hills Complete Streets, Irwindale walk/bike plan, Neighborhood Council deadlines, and more
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Metro Is Hiring 800 New Drivers (SGV Tribune)
- Metro Launches Enviro Review For Crenshaw North Extension (Urbanize)
- CA Might Prioritize Safety Over Speed (LAT)
- Electeds Call For Investing Rescue Plan Funding In South L.A. (Sentinel)
- Report Makes Case For Expanding Adaptive Reuse Citywide (Urbanize)
- Florence Freeway Bridge Opening Delayed (Whittier Daily News)
- Carnage: Two Cyclists Killed On PCH In Malibu (Biking in L.A.)
…One Killed When Driver Crashes Off Big Tujunga Canyon Cliff (Daily News)
…One Killed In Apparent Deliberate Hit-and-Run In Pico Rivera (SGV Tribune) - Conservative Dr. Drew Appointment To Homelessness Authority Draws Criticism (LAT, L.A. Podcast)
- Taxpayer Editorial: The Great Gas Tax Ripoff Continues (Daily Breeze)
- Lucas Museum Delays Opening To 2023 (Urbanize)
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Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- LADOT Report Shows Bicycling Up (Urbanize)
- My Bike Activist Friend Was Killed By A Driver (LAT)
- LAPD Shot and Killed Unarmed Samuel Ponce In Westlake (LAT)
- Protesters Gather By LAPD Headquarters In Wake Of Daunte Wright Shooting In Minnesota (LAT)
- Street Vendors Struggle To Get Vaccinated (LAist)
- Florence On-Ramps Open On Metro 5 Freeway Widening in Santa Fe Springs (Whittier Daily News)
- Artist On Echo Park Two Week Closure (Is Echo Park Closed Right Now?)
- Ground Broken On Pico-Union Affordable Housing (Urbanize)
- L.A. Traffic Is Back (KCRW)
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Op-Ed: Sure, Blame the Drivers — But the City is At Fault
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A viral video out of California is sparking conversation about dangerous driving. But the real villain here is barely mentioned at all: a multi-lane street designed to encourage speeding,
Talking Headways Podcast: Call it the Manual Undermining Terrific Community Design (MUTCD)
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We have met the enemy and it is the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
USDOT Grant Program Will Prioritize ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Equity’
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The U.S. Department of Transportation is re-branding one of its largest discretionary grant programs to explicitly reward regional and local governments who put equity and sustainability first in their transportation projects. But some advocates are holding their applause until they see how the department will actually define those critical terms.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Metro Budget Process Sidelines Riders (Investing in Place)
- LADOT Counts Folks Walking And Bicycling (MyNewsLA)
- Carnage: Driver Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash In Agua Dulce (Santa Clarita Signal)
…Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian In South L.A. (LAPD online) - UCLA Study Links COVID Deaths To Bad Air Quality (Antelope Valley News)
- 232-Apartment Complex Planned Next To Pasadena’s Sierra Madre L Line Station (Urbanize)
- Commission OKs First Phase Of Pershing Square Revamp (Urbanize)
- Friedman Affordability-Parking Bill Passes Committee Hurdle (@laurafriedman43 Twitter)
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