Enjoy the July 4 holiday, support Bike!Bike! 2019, and plan to attend BRT meetings next week.
Thursday 7/4 - Independence Day holiday. Streetsblog L.A. will be off Thursday and Friday.
Saturday 7/6 - Relámpago Wheelery and Tijuana Comida No Bombas will host a night of food, performances, and music in support of Tijuana Comida No Bombas hosting the 2019 Bike!Bike! convergence. The fun will take place from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Relámpago Wheelery at 140 Bimini Place in Koreatown. Details at Facebook event.
Next week: Starting Tuesday 7/9 Metro will host a series of five community meetings on planned North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit - BRT. Already, NIMBYs are vocally opposing the project. Plan to write emails in support of needed improvements and plan to attend meeting/s in your community. Meeting details at Metro project webpage - pick "meetings" tab.
Coming soon: Starting Friday 7/12 Metro will be closing the westernmost portion of the Green Line for final tie-in work to the new Crenshaw/LAX Line. Details at The Source.
Did we miss anything? Is there something we should list on future calendars? Email joe [at] streetsblog.org.
Board Chair Dutra: "[Metro is] not just a train and a bus company. We also manage projects on the freeways... Our projects along the 5, the 605, 91, and 105 Freeway are very very important... I'll be focusing on making sure we keep our freeways moving freely."
