Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Safe Streets Are Best Way To Stop Climate Change (Curbed)
- Greyhound To Stop Allowing ICE Raids On Buses (KTLA)
- Metro Considering Toll Lanes For 405 Freeway (ABC7)
- Why Are Cities Letting Lyft And Uber Make Traffic Worse? (LAT)
- Carnage: Two Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill Man In Westlake (LAT)
…Driver Kills Pedestrian On 170 Freeway In NoHo (Daily News)
…Big Rig Driver Crash Kills Person Near Montebello (SGV Tribune) - Driver Launches Car Off Santa Monica Parking Stucture (CBS2, LAT)
- Police Seek Driver Who Severed Woman’s Leg In DTLA (KTLA)
- Glendale Running Parking Meters Until Midnight (Glendale News Press)
- Warner Center Arena Development Adds Affordable Housing (Urbanize)
- Baby Steps Won’t Fix Global Warming (LAT)
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The Secret Villains Behind Traffic Violence: Auto Lenders
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Americans are taking on more debt than ever at the car dealership — and the rise in risky auto lending has everything to do with our national rise in pedestrian fatalities
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- CicLAvia Comes To South L.A. This Sunday (NBC4)
- Metro’s Under-Construction Regional Connector Is A Big Deal (The Source)
- Bike-Share Serves Car-Free Angelenos (Spectrum News 1)
- Metro Offering Free Rides On Election Day (The Source)
- Santa Monica Is Upgrading Popular Beach Bike-Walk Path (L.A. Magazine)
- LADOT Celebrates Purchasing Electric Buses (Daily News, Metro Mag, Road Show, Bonin Facebook)
…Those Buses Are From Problematic Unreliable Manufacturer BYD - Park-To-Playa Pedestrian Bridge Breaks Ground (Urbanize)
- Daily News On Secure Parking For Homeless
- Torrance Rejects High Density Condo Project (Daily Breeze)
- County Approves Funding For Affordable Vet Housing In East L.A. And El Monte (Urbanize)
- Oregon Is Also Working To Reform Absurd Speed Limit Laws (Bike Portland)
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Pedestrians Aren’t Even Safe From Car Crashes Inside Buildings
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500 people die every year in *non*-roadway car crashes — because so many cars crash through building walls.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Metro Board Committee Rejects MacArthur Park Station Joint Development Proposal (Curbed)
- LAX Considering Giving Priority To Transit Riders (NBC4)
- Carnage: Suspected DUI Baldwin Park Freeway Car Crash Kills One (SGV Tribune)
- Glendale College Spending $24-30M To Tear Down Homes To Build Parking (Glendale News Press)
…260 spaces for $30M means each space costs about $115K - Long Beach Moves Toward Inclusionary Affordable Housing Requirements (Urbanize)
- Trump On CA High-Speed Rail “Pretty Soon It Will Be Like A Mile Long” (LAT)
…of course, more than a hundred miles of CAHSR are already under construction - Governor Newsom: CA Homeless Crisis Is A Disgrace (LAT)
- Construction Underway For Bridge Housing In San Pedro, Wilmington (Daily News)
- Report: L.A. Economy Growing More Slowly (LAT)
- L.A. Chamber Crafting Measure To Add Some Density, Preserve Single Family Zones (LAT)
- Goodbye Polling Places, Hello Voting Centers (Eastsider)
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CA High-Speed Rail Update: Current Plan’s Air Benefits Better Than Proposed So Cal Funding Switch
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Spending $4.8 billion on electrifying 170 miles of Bakersfield-Merced HSR will do more to reduce pollution and take cars off the road than proposal to move funds to rail upgrades in L.A.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- LAT Editorial: Why Is CA Dragging Heels On Speed Law Reforms?
- Metro NextGen Study Will Pretty Much End Rapid Bus Lines (Curbed)
- L.A. Backlash Against ICE Sanctuary City Crackdown (LAT)
- Uber Shutters L.A. Office, Laying Off About 80 (LAT)
- Carnage: Pomona Solo Crash Leaves One Dead, Two Critical (SGV Tribune)
- LAHSA Adopts Distaster Model To Respond To Homelessness Crisis (LAist)
- Planning Commission Supports Fairfax Homeless Housing – Against Process Appeal (Curbed)
- Mixed-Income Housing Proposed At Metro MacArthur Park Station Site (Urbanize)
- Pomona Metrolink Station Adjacent Veteran Housing Breaks Ground (Urbanize)
- Expo Line Section Shut Down Due To Presidential Motorcade (Metro Twitter)
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Climate Directive Update: Jefferson Loses Bike Lanes, Connection to Expo Bike Path
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Eight days into a “Decade of Action” on climate change, the state of Los Angeles’ bike infrastructure is actually worse than it was last week
Another Benefit of Bus-Only Lanes and Car-Free Streets: Safety
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Manhattan's Busway has sped up buses, but also reduced total crashes and injuries--by 53 percent and 63 percent, respectively compared to the same four-month period a year earlier.
Why Good Transit Is the Key to a Disability-Friendly City
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...and not cars.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Should L.A. Ban Cars on Broadway? (LAT)
- Better Headline: Should LA Free Broadway for More Walking, Biking and Faster Transit?
- Support for SCAG’s Regional Transportation Plan, Connect SoCal (Victorville Daily Press)
- Streets for All Makes Its Second Endorsement in 2020 Council Races
- Wide Gap in How Dems for Pres Talk About Housing, Homelessness (LAT)
- # of Trips Made on Foot or Bike in the U.S. Didn’t Change Between 2001 and 2017. (Huffington Post)
- Buried in the SaMo State of the City: Bike Thefts Way Down (Lookout)
- Trump Will Get Olympic Update While He’s in Town to Raise $$$ (Daily News)
- RIP: Metro Planner Killed by Driver While Jogging in Santa Monica (LASmogGuy/Twitter)
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