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MyFigueroa Achieves Consensus, Auto Group Withdraws Appeal
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This week, stakeholders hammered out an agreement that allows the MyFigueroa project to finally move from design to on-the-ground implementation. MyFigueroa will arguably be Los Angeles’ premiere “complete street.” The three project streets will be inclusive: welcoming to pedestrians, transit riders, cyclists, and drivers. This is great news for Los Angeles livability. Figueroa Corridor Business […]
City and Residents Debate Fate of Lot at 1st and Boyle
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“Dots are not a very democratic way to do things.” If there was a message Boyle Heights residents wanted to send to the city regarding their community outreach process last night, that seemed to be it. They were referring to the colored stickers planners often ask residents to use to signal their planning priorities. In […]
New Plans for Hyperion-Glendale Crossing Don’t Include Bike Lanes, Wide Sidewalks
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The City of Los Angeles is moving plans to replace the Glendale Boulevard-Hyperion Avenue Complex of Bridges over the Los Angeles River near Hollywood and Atwater Village. You can read the full EIR, here. The Glendale-Hyperion Viaduct complex consists of the following structures: Hyperion Avenue Bridge over the Los Angeles River, Hyperion Avenue Bridge over Riverside Drive, […]
Final Sixth Street Viaduct Model Showcased at Public Briefing; Expected Completion Date, Early 2019
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“How was the meeting?” Juan asked me as I came out of the multipurpose room at the Puente Learning Center. He was just leaving his evening English class and had missed the public briefing on the design of the Sixth Street Viaduct replacement given by Councilmember José Huizar, Architect and Principal Designer Michael Maltzan, design-build firm […]
NIMBY’s in Westwood Threaten Wilshire BRT Project West of Beverly Hills (Quote from the BRU added, 12:31 P.M.)
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Westsiders like to complain that for years their part of the city has been left out when it comes to transit expansion. Now that Metro is proposing three high-profile transit projects, a rampant strain of NIMBYism is endangering all three in one form or another. The most recent example is the Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit […]
Cedillo Insults Bikes as L.A. Gears Up for Metro 2015 Call for Projects
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The Metro Call for Projects (the Call) competitively grants transportation funding to L.A. County cities to build various transportation projects. Metro’s next Call for Projects will take place in 2015, with cities applying in late January, and awardees announced by mid-2015. The Call takes place every other year. In the recent past, Metro’s Call was […]