Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Emergency Room Visits Up As COVID Transmission Remains High In L.A. County (LAist)
- Healthy Streets Submits Signatures To Qualify For November Ballot (LAist)
- Metro Releases Eastside Gold Line EIR For Comments (Whittier Daily News)
- CicLAvia Returns Sunday July 10 (LAist)
- Electeds Celebrate Caltran Relinquishment of 710 Freeway Stub (Pasadena Now)
…Some Leaders Urge Pasadena To Give Land Back To People It Was Taken From (Pasadena Now) - LB Unveils Fabulous New Rainbow Crosswalks (LB Post)
- L.A. County Joins High Desert Joint Powers Authority Focused On High-Speed Rail (AV Times)
- Newsom Approves CA Budget, With $17.5M For Relief From Gas Prices (LAT)
…Includes Rail and Active Transportation Funding
…Gas Tax Rises Slightly For Inflation Adjustment This Week (LAT) - State Approves L.A. City Housing Element (Urbanize)
- Metro A Line Train Strikes, Kills Person In Downtown LB (LB Post)
- Metro E Line Train Crashes Into Amazon Van In South L.A. (CBS, Reddit)
- Carnage: Seven People Hospitalized From 710 Freeway Crash (LB Post)
…Person Killed In Head-On Collision On Agoura Road (Daily News)
…Pedestrian Killed On 405 Freeway In Sherman Oaks (Daily News) - 6-Story, 29-Apartment, 35-Parking Space Mixed-Use Planned By Vermont/Sunset (Urbanize)
- 4-Story, 28-Unit, 27-Parking Space Apartments Planned In Hollywood (Urbanize)
Streetsblog will be off Monday July 4 to celebrate Independence Day – back Tuesday
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Streets For All Submits Over 100,000 Signatures for Healthy Streets L.A. Ballot Initiative
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But in the past 24 hours, two things have happened that may finally force the city to live up to its ideals and promises to clean up and modernize its transportation infrastructure.
Clear Victory for High-Speed Rail as State Budget is Approved
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Even opponents of the project have conceded
SGV Connect 96: Memories of El Monte Moves to New Space, Celebrates 626 Fest
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Memories of El Monte is planning to open a soup kitchen in January and possibly expand with a cafe and even a bar in the coming years. The interview covers their plans, the collective's goals, and what makes Memories' preferred coffee so special.
No-Freeway-Expansion Bill Dies in Senate Committee
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Assemblymember Garcia's bill to protect disadvantaged communities from freeway expansions and accompanying pollution burdens failed to meet the deadline
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- City Council Readies to Force Agencies to Implement 2015 Mobility Plan (Spec1, LAist)
- Pasadena Reclaims ‘710 Stub.’ Close the Gap Project Officially Dead (Pasadena Star-News)
- Supreme Court Rules EPA Has No Power to Fight Climate Change (LAT)
- Year After LAPD Blew Up Their Home, They Still Live in Hotels (LAT)
- More on Metro’s Land Banking Strategy (Daily News)
- CA’s Eviction Moratorium Ends at Midnight (LAT)
- Experts Predict Home Prices Will Fall in SoCal (LAT)
- Violence Against Transit Workers on the Rise, Contributing to Labor Shortages (The Guardian)
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Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Metro Explores Land-Banking To Prevent Displacement from Transit Projects (Planetizen)
- More on the Griffith Park Road Closures, Traffic Calming Plans (LAist)
- Grand Jury: Anaheim Leaders Betrayed Voters on Angel Stadium Deal (Voice of OC)
- Industry Pushes Newsom to Allow Autonomous Trucking in California (Tech Crunch)
- Biden’s Proposal to Suspend Federal Gas Tax Comes with High Risk, Little Upside (The Hill)
- EU Approves Plan for All New Cars to Be Carbon Neutral by 2035 (LAT)
- Santa Monica Considers Parklet Program (SMDP)
- County Hospitalizations Slowly Moving Up in LA County (Daily News)
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Note: Joe is out for a couple of weeks on a well deserved trip with his family. Streetsblog will continue to be updated daily.
THE BRAKE: Are Would-Be Planners and Engineers on Board With Transportation Reform?
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Planning and engineering students are poised to play a major role in shaping America's transportation system for decades. But do they agree with sustainable transportation advocates about what that future should look like?
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- LACBC Writes Garcetti Urging Veto of Ordinance Banning Repair of Bikes on City Streets (JonPeltz/Twitter)
- Details on Proposed “Gas (sic) Tax Relief” Plan (LAT, The Hill)
- CalMatters Breaks Down the Budget Bill
- Culver City Council Votes to End Parking Minimums, Explore Parking Maximums (Bike Culver City/Twitter)
- Pasadena Transit Adjusts to Driver Shortage, Changes in Travel Patterns (Pasadena Now)
- Downtown Developer Found Guilty in Huizar Bribery Case (LAT)
- Conservatives Notice Conflict Between Biden on Gas Prices and Biden on Climate Change (City Journal)
- It’s Getting Easier to Get COVID (LAT)
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State Budget Agreement Includes HSR Bonds and a $1.05 Billion ATP Bump
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This seemingly sudden agreement on high-speed rail is a little anti-climactic, if welcome.
Section of Griffith Park Drive Closed to Motorists As Part of Safety Pilot
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Today, the city is seeking feedback on the small closure in the northeast corner of the park.