Friday’s Headlines
By
Joe Linton
8:37 AM PDT on May 3, 2024
- Some Metro Bus Operators Doing Sick-Out Over Assaults (Fox11, @numble Twitter)
- Metro Responds (Pasadena Now, Spectrum1), Alerts Riders To Expect Delays On Numerous Lines (@metroalerts Twitter)
- Commission Approves $200M For LAX People Mover, Now Total $2.9B (LAT)
- New 405 Freeway Toll Lanes Saw 4.8M Trips Taken In First 4 Months (OCTA)
- LAT and Urbanize Look Into Vegas High-Speed Rail Trainsets
- Metro Art Journeys Bike Ride Tomorrow Starting Hollywood/Western (The Source)
- In Santa Clarita, Nearby Businesses Oppose Apartments Over Parking (SC Signal)
- No Metrolink County Fair Service (Twitter), Take Foothill Transit
- Person Killed Crossing Metrolink Tracks In Glendale (2Urbangirls)
- Orange/G Line Bike Path To Be Closed For 3 Years (SBLA Twitter)
- Carnage: Driver Killed Crashing Tesla Into Pole In West Covina (2Urbangirls)
- 5 Freeway Crash In Newhall Ranch Sends Two People To Hospital (SC Signal)
- Lawsuit Proceeding Over Burbank Racing Crash Death (Pasadena Now)
- First Quarter 2024 Stats Show 77 People Killed In L.A. Traffic (Crosstown)
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