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Chinatown, Metro speed run, mid-city, Supervisor Barger, Pasadena, Long Beach, car-nage, and more

By Joe Linton

10:23 AM PDT on July 30, 2026

LADOT began reconfiguring Spring Street (next to Chinatown Station) for bike/ped improvements. Photo taken yesterday by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

LADOT Work Underway Installing Bike/Walk Upgrades On Spring/Alameda (Urbanize)
- Give Input Via LADOT Spring/Alameda Survey
All Metro Lines/Stations Speed Run In 7 Hours 50 Minutes (David Jiang YouTube)
46-Story Tower Planned Near La Brea/Wilshire Station (Urbanize)
Barger Pledges Metro Transit Policing (SCV News)
Bike Shop Owner’s Journey From From El Salvador To Pasadena (Colorado Blvd)
LB Evaluates How To Memorialize People Killed By Traffic Violence (Watchdog)
Carnage: Driver Kills Koreatown Pedestrian (L.A. Local, KCAL)
- Deadly Crash On 60 Freeway In Riverside (KCAL)
- LAPD Seek Hit-and-Run Driver Who Injured Silver Lake Pedestrian (Eastsider)
- WeHo Driver Crashes Into Melrose Place Median, Again (WeHo Online)
Relentless Extreme Heat In So Cal Forecast (KHTS, KTLA, SCV News)

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