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Metro ridership keeps growing, Santa Monica, Altadena, Metro rail construction, Koreatown, Westlake, high-speed rail, and daily car-nage.

By Joe Linton

7:53 AM PST on February 20, 2025

Metro Bus on Vermont Avenue. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Metro Transit Ridership Grew 26 Consecutive Months (SBLA Bluesky)
SaMo Council Calls for Response to Increase In Crashes (SM Next)
Wildfire Birthed Altadena Tenants Union (LAist)
L.A. County Backs Some Wildfire Renter Protections (Public Press)
Metro ESFV Rail Early Construction On Van Nuys Blvd. (The Source)
Metro Subway Construction To Close Lanes In Beverly Hills (Beverly Press)
Metro G Line Construction Detours At Van Nuys Station (KCAL)
69-Unit 0-Parking Affordable Apartments Planned in Ktown (Urbanize)
7-Story 218-Apartment Complex Fully Framed in Westlake (Urbanize)
Carnage: Person “Jumped In Front Of Car” Killed In LB Crash (Watchdog)
- Riverside County Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian (KTLA)
- Pacoima Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Person (KCAL)
- Family Mourns Mother Killed In Suspected DUI Anaheim Crash (KCAL)
- One Dead As Two Big Rigs Crash On 60 In Diamond Bar (KCAL)
- Driver Strikes, Injures Pedestrian In Canyon Country (KHTS)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes Motorcyclist In San Bernardino County (KTLA)
USDOT Secretary Duffy To Make CA High-Speed Rail Announcement Today in L.A. (@numble, KMPH)

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