Jessica Meaney
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Scratching the Surface of Metro’s Proposed FY21-22 Budget
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Flush with COVID money, Metro's $8B proposed budget restores cut transit service, and increases funding spent on transit and highway construction
Study: Cycling Rates Low Unless Women Are Riding
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Around the world, cities that do the best job of catering to the needs of women cyclists also have the highest level of cycling overall, a new study finds — and the U.S. has among the lowest share of female riders on the planet.
Today’s Headlines
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Submit Comments On Metro FY21-22 Budget (The Source) American Prospect Looks Into Metro Fareless Transit Initiative L.A. Making Foothill Blvd Safer for Equestrians and Cyclists (LADOT YouTube) …After 2019 Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Two Horses, Injured Riders (CBS2 YouTube) …Give input via LADOT Foothill Blvd Traffic Safety Project webpage Person On Tracks Killed By Metro Train […]
Head of Caltrans Says Time to Pause Current 710 Freeway Expansion
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Caltrans Director Toks Omishakin: "We're in a place right now where we want to put an absolute pause on this [710 Freeway] project in the format that it's currently in."
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The Eagle Rock Association (TERA) Endorses Beautiful Boulevard BRT Proposal Long Beach Updates Density Bonus, Tied To Transit Service (Urbanize) L.A. To Make Al Fresco Dining Permanent Program (LAist) Slim Crowds Dampen West Hollywood’s First Day of Robertson Street Closures (WeHoVille) Carnage: UPS Truck Driver Crash Kills One In Palos Verdes Estates (Daily Breeze) 3-Story […]
Metro Rail Shorts: Crenshaw and Connector Delays, Sepulveda Video, and More
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Crenshaw now anticipated to open on November 1, 2022, shortly after the Regional Connector on August 29, 2022
Today’s Headlines
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Sepulveda Transit Explainer Video (Nick Andert YouTube) Why Los Angeles Hasn’t Solved Its Transit Crisis (Capital & Main) Advocates Critical Of L.A. River Plan Update (KNOCK-LA) Judge Limits LAPD Use Of Projectile Launchers Against Crowds (LAT, Daily News) San Diego Looks To Shift Money Away From Policing (LAT) Advocates Look To Extend Ballona Creek Path […]
Another L.A. City Bridge Project Approved Bike Lanes but Omitted Them: Riverside/Zoo Bridge
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Honey, we forgot the bike lanes
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Video: Why Is L.A. Traffic So Bad? (City Beautiful YouTube) Sheriffs Dept Statement Regarding Gun To Head Of Black Person Arrested In Lancaster (LAT) Air District Approves New Rules For Warehouses (LAT) Lancaster Improving Six Bus Stops (AV Times) Carnage: Driver Kills Two In Sylmar Car Crash (Daily News) …Cyclist Dies Ten Days After Lincoln […]
Autistic Man Shot Within 83 Seconds of First Contact by LASD: Why Is this Still Happening?
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Eighty-three seconds. That’s how much time passed between the moment deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) first stood at the door of the Cudahy home of Isaias Cervantes, a 25-year-old autistic man who is hard of hearing and suffering from depression and anxiety, and the firing of the shot that may have […]