The Debt Ceiling Deal Could Be Bad News For Freeway Fighters
By Kea Wilson | | No Comments
A poison pill buried within the new debt ceiling deal would "gut" key elements of the nation's bedrock environmental law in exchange for preventing a national default and could make it easier for highway-building agencies to expedite road projects that harm vulnerable communities for generations, advocates warn.
Today’s Headlines
By Joe Linton | | No Comments- Riders Need Shade, Not Sombritas (L.A. Public Press)
- State Bill Would Ban Police Pretextual Traffic Stops, Including for Cyclists (Biking in L.A.)
- Family Sues Metro Over 2018 Fall Injuries/Death At C Line Station (2UrbanGirls)
- LAist Compares CD6 Runoff Candidates: Padilla vs. Alcaraz
- Metro Hosting West Santa Ana Branch Meetings (2UrbanGirls)
- Carnage: Person Killed In Four-Car Crash On 5 Freeway In Santa Clarita (2UrbanGirls)
- Drivers Keep Crashing Off Arrow Highway 57 Freeway Onramp In San Dimas (KTLA)
- Burbank Police Contract For Parking Enforcement (Burbank Leader)
- Streets for All Alert Urges Support For River Path
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Today’s Headlines
By Joe Linton | | No Comments- Assemblymember Friedman Slams DMV (LAT)
- Santa Monica Weighs In On Robo-Car Testing (SM Next)
- Neighbors Complain About Chatsworth Metrolink Station Area Encampment (KTLA)
- Carnage: Person Killed On 710 Freeway Crash In South Gate (KTLA)
…Person Killed In Solo Crash On 57 Freeway In Rowland Heights (2UrbanGirls) - Drivers Win Millions By Holding Uber Accountable For Mileage Payments (LAT)
- Caltrans Extends Comment Period For Vincent Thomas Bridge Project (Daily Breeze)
- Gas Prices Will Be Somewhat High This Summer (LAT)
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Today’s Headlines
By Joe Linton | | No Comments- Metro A Line Planned Repair Closure Detour Strands Hundreds Of Riders Packed On Platform (Facebook)
…Metro Responds, Adding Temporary Bus Bridge (Metro Twitter)
…emergency repairs unavoidable, but wasn’t “New Blue” supposed to make A Line really reliable? - NYT Interviews The Entitled Cyclist
- Congestion Pricing Works (LAT)
…KTLA Questions, Raspberries “Fees On Freeways” - County Running Antelope Valley To Santa Monica Summer Beach Bus (AV Times)
- WeHoVille Letter Writer Angry He Wasn’t Consulted For 2 New Parking Meters
- Carnage: Driver Crashes Into Studio City Restaurant (Rafu Shimpo)
- Caltrans Resurfacing Rosemead Blvd (SGV Tribune)
- Pico Rivera Transit Wins Excellence In Marketing Award (Los Cerritos News)
- City Still Moving Forward With Crappy Single-Sidewalk Glendale-Hyperion Bridge (Eastsider)
- 8-Story 251-Unit Mixed Use Greenlit In Ktown (Urbanize)
- How To End Segregation’s Harms (Capital & Main)
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State Leaders Rally for Transit Funding in Budget
By Melanie Curry | | No Comments
With only a few weeks left to finalize a budget, transit agencies warning they may have to make deep service cuts as soon as this summer
This Week In Livable Streets
By Joe Linton | | No Comments
L.A. City Transportation Committee screens Biking While Black, Metro public safety, SCAG Connect SoCal survey deadline, and more
Today’s Headlines
By Joe Linton | | No Comments- Newly Curb-Protected Bike Lanes On Santa Monica’s Ocean Blvd (Biking in L.A.)
- Caltrans Seeks Input On Port Vincent Thomas Bridge Re-Do (LAist)
- Sheriff Deputy Accused Of Being In Executioners Gang Reveals Tattoo, Names Names (LAT)
- Metro Congestion Pricing Study Due This Summer (LAT)
- Carnage: Hit-and-Run Suspect Caught In Pomona Crash That Killed Two People (SGV Trib)
…Victim Dies In Hospital Two Days After Echo Park Crash (Eastsider)
…PD Searching For Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Motorcyclist In Northridge (LAT, Daily News)
…Driver In Fatal Tarzana Hit-and-Run Surrenders (Daily News)
…One Person Killed In Single Vehicle Crash In Rowland Heights (2UrbanGirls)
…Police Arrest Injured Suspect In Pomona Hit-and-Run (LAT) - 9-Story Little Tokyo Mixed Use Nearing Completion (Urbanize)
- Metro ExpressLanes Max Toll Increases From $2.30 to $2.40/mile
- Long Beach Aquabus Ferry Resumes Service (LB Post)
- Metrolink/Amtrak Resume Service Through San Clemente (LAT)
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Six Takeaways from the Metro Budget – You’ll Never Believe Number Four!
By Joe Linton | | No Comments
Don't just stand there - dive right in to SBLA's Metro FY2023-24 budget listicle!
Today’s Headlines
By Joe Linton | | No Comments- Metro Adopts $9B FY23-24 Budget (LB Post, Pasadena Now, Daily News)
includes 6-7 percent more freeway expansion, 5 percent less transit expansion - Police Arrest Suspect In Metro Bus Operator Stabbing (LAT, Daily News)
- How Safe Is Metro? (LAist)
- Vice Criticizes Metro CIO Reynolds For Equating Bus/Bike Projects To Freeway Neighborhood Teardowns
…Reynolds said Metro “predecessors” demo-ed homes for freeways, while Metro still doing this today - Varied Takes On La Sombrita (LAT, LAT TikTok, NYT, KCAL, Transiting L.A. podcast, Fast Company, Daily Mail, Independent, Jalopnik, Bloomberg)
- Proposal To Relax Excessive Parking Requirements Heads To LB Planning Commission (LB Post)
- Citing TikTok Video, SM Mirror Asserts Metro Bus/Rail Exacerbate Homelessness
- Westwood’s Broxton To Become Pedestrian Plaza (Daily Bruin)
- Pasadena Project Adding Bike Lanes and Curb Extensions To Cordova Street (Pasadena Now)
- Carnage: Wrong-Way Driver On 110 In South L.A. Crashes, Killing One, Injuring Three (KTLA)
…DUI Suspect Arrested After Crash At Oak Springs In Santa Clarita (SC Signal)
…DUI Suspect Arrested After Backing Crash In Santa Clarita (SC Signal) - Gender Expansive Rides Welcome L.A. Cyclists (Public Press)
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Metro Regional Connector Downtown Subway Opens Friday June 16
By Joe Linton | | No Comments
The wait will soon be over. This week, Metro announced that its new downtown L.A. Regional Connector subway will open on Friday, June 16. Metro will offer free rides all of that Father’s Day weekend. The $1.8 billion 1.9-mile light rail subway ties together three Metro lines – the A (Blue) Line, E (Expo) Line […]
Today’s Headlines
By Joe Linton | | No Comments- Rider Stabs, Critically Injures Metro Bus Driver In Woodland Hills (LAT, Daily News)
…Police Seek Stabbing Suspect Shown In Video (KTLA) - LAT Editorial: CA Should Legalize Speed Cameras
- The Source Previews Today’s 10 a.m. Metro Board Meeting
- L.A. City Planning’s Proposed Citywide Adaptive Reuse Ordinance (Urbanize)
- Santa Monica Adding Curb-Protection To Ocean Blvd Bike Lanes (Patch)
- Hermosa Beach Bike Activist Honored With Bike Corral (Daily Breeze)
- Carnage: Reward Offered In Deadly South L.A. Hit-and-Run (KTLA, CBS)
…DUI Suspect Arrested In Multi-Car Crash In Canyon Country (SC Signal) - Opinion: Why Metro Transit Should Be Free (LAT)
- La Podcast Talks About Transit, Budgets, Strikes, and La Sombrita
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