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.
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