SGV Connect 18 – Welcome Kris Fortin
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I am very excited to introduce the new co-host of SGV Connect, Kris Fortin! If Kris’ name seems familiar to you and you’re not sure why, it’s because he has a long history with Streetsblog as the former reporter for Boyle Heights on Streetsblog Los Angeles and the current reporter for Orange County for Streetsblog […]
Lansing Is Your 2018 Parking Madness Champion!
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Only one city (per year) can emerge victorious from the Parking Madness bracket and win the Golden Crater™. Our readers have spoken, and this year that city is Lansing, Michigan.
Talking Headways Podcast: The Evolution of Federal Livability Policy
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Welcome back Mariia Zimmerman of MZ Strategies for her second appearance on the podcast and discussion of how livability initiatives have changed over time at the federal level.
Today’s Headlines
| | 1 Comment- KCRW Talks With Streetsblog L.A. About Recent Hit-and-Run Deaths
- Garcetti Budget Proposes To Repair Streets, Make Them Safer (LAT)
- FAQ: What Is Vision Zero? (KPCC)
- Carnage: Driver Kills Homeless Man In Venice Hit-and-Run (Daily News)
- Pico Rivera To Launch ofo Dockless Bike-Share Next Week (SGV Tribune)
- Mixed-Use Tower Planned On Spring In Chinatown (Curbed, Urbanize)
- Man Struck, Injured By Metrolink Train In Burbank (Daily News)
- Don Shoup Puts Out Another Book About Parking (UCLA)
- Tomorrow-Saturday Is Councilmember Bob Blumenfield’s Community Bike Ride (CiclaValley)
- Sunday is CicLAvia – Heart of the Foothills through San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona, Claremont
…The Militant Angeleno‘s Always Excellent Guide To Key Sites On the Route
…Five Things To Know About Sunday’s CicLAvia (SGV Tribune)
…Ride Metro Bus/Rail Free All Day On Earth Day (The Source)
…Getting There: A ~7-Mile Ride Slightly Uphill From Gold Line APU/Citrus Station (Google Maps)
…Feeder Ride From Stan’s Bike Shop In Azusa (Facebook event)
…CicLAvia Will Operate Shuttle – For People and Bikes – To/From Gold Line APU/Citrus (Twitter)
…Metrolink San Bernardino Line Regular Trains Depart Union Station 9 a.m., 10:10 a.m., 12:10 p.m.
…Metrolink’s Extra CicLAvia Train, Depart Union Station 9:30 a.m. (The Source, 4/22 timetable)
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“I Can’t Be Quiet About This.” How a Grieving Mother Found Her Voice.
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Since losing her son Dustin to a drunk driver, Kristi Finney has become one of the Portland region's most energetic and compelling advocates for traffic safety reforms.
Today’s Headlines
|- Supervisor Wants To Decriminalize Express Lanes – Pay As You Go (Daily News)
- SUV Crashes Into Expo Train In Santa Monica (Santa Monica Next)
- More On Frazier Hit-and-Run, More Cyclist Carnage Since (Curbed)
- CiclaValley Places A Ghost Bike For Burbank Cyclist Lenny Trinh
- Carnage: Driver Kills Driver In Woodland Hills Crash (Daily News)
- More On Committee Approving Boring Co Tunnel (Curbed, LAT)
- Electric Car-Share Coming To Echo Park, East Hollywood (Eastsider)
- Exposition Park Soccer Stadium Completed (Urbanize)
- What Should SB827 Version 2 Look Like? (Lisa Schweitzer)
…Support Buses and Housing If SB827 Comes Back (LAT) - Trump EPA Questions Safety Of Car Efficiency (LAT)
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Florida’s Complete Streets Law Saved Thousands of Lives, and That Wasn’t Enough
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A new study highlights the successes and shortcomings of the state's 1984 law that mandated consideration of walking and biking routes in transportation projects.
Today’s Headlines
|- Carnage: Cyclist Lenny Trinh Killed, Doored By Driver In Burbank (Biking in L.A.)
…Ghost Bike Commemoration Taking Place Tonight (Facebook event) - LAPD Releases Photo Of Vigil Hit-and-Run Suspect (KTLA)
…and Footage From Just Before Frazier Hit-and-Run (Instagram) - South L.A. Hit-and-Runs Prompt Call For Vision Zero (LAT)
…Garcetti Proposes $91M Budget For Vision Zero (Daily News) - Metro CEO: Elon Musk Boring Company Must Get Metro Permit (L.A. City Clerk)
…More On Boring Co’s Push For Exemption From CEQA (Curbed) - Planning Dept Reports On Freeway Adjacent Development (Urbanize)
- Councilmember Ryu Blames Waze App For Causing Car Crashes (KPCC)
- L.A. City Approves Plan For Legal Street Vending (KTLA)
- West Hollywood To Raise Metered Parking Rates (WeHoVille)
- Traffic Congestion Isn’t As Bad As You Think (Medium)
- LAT Endorses Prop 69, Transportation Tax Lockbox
- CA High-Speed Rail Underestimated Utility Relocation Costs (LAT)
- Housing Density Bill S.B. 827 Dies In Committee (Curbed)
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High-Speed Rail Authority Meets In L.A., Hears From Critics and Supporters
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The CAHSRA board received input on its draft Business Plan and Southern California alignments, but took no action on these
Parking Madness 2018 Championship: Hicksville vs. Lansing
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The winner will be bestowed with the Golden Crater, eternal shame, and, hopefully, a kick in the pants to fix its sad, sad parking crater.
Can Phoenix Be Shamed Into Protecting Pedestrians?
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For years, the city's streets department delayed action on safer street design as hundreds of people lost their lives. Now advocates hope to force the agency's hand.