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3:21 PM PDT on May 25, 2023
- May 25 2023 Headlines
- Metro Adopts $9B FY23-24 Budget (LB Post, Pasadena Now, Daily News)
includes 6-7 percent more freeway expansion, 5 percent less transit expansion - Police Arrest Suspect In Metro Bus Operator Stabbing (LAT, Daily News)
- How Safe Is Metro? (LAist)
- Vice Criticizes Metro CIO Reynolds For Equating Bus/Bike Projects To Freeway Neighborhood Teardowns
…Reynolds said Metro “predecessors” demo-ed homes for freeways, while Metro still doing this today - Varied Takes On La Sombrita (LAT, LAT TikTok, NYT, KCAL, Transiting L.A. podcast, Fast Company, Daily Mail, Independent, Jalopnik, Bloomberg)
- Proposal To Relax Excessive Parking Requirements Heads To LB Planning Commission (LB Post)
- Citing TikTok Video, SM Mirror Asserts Metro Bus/Rail Exacerbate Homelessness
- Westwood’s Broxton To Become Pedestrian Plaza (Daily Bruin)
- Pasadena Project Adding Bike Lanes and Curb Extensions To Cordova Street (Pasadena Now)
- Carnage: Wrong-Way Driver On 110 In South L.A. Crashes, Killing One, Injuring Three (KTLA)
…DUI Suspect Arrested After Crash At Oak Springs In Santa Clarita (SC Signal)
…DUI Suspect Arrested After Backing Crash In Santa Clarita (SC Signal) - Gender Expansive Rides Welcome L.A. Cyclists (Public Press)
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