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Joe Linton

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San Fernando leader break ground on a new bike/walk path along the Pacoima Wash. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

San Fernando Breaks Ground on New Pacoima Wash Walk/Bike Path

By Joe Linton | Mar 24, 2023 | No Comments
The initial 1.4-mile Pacoima Wash project will extends along the east side of the wash, and includes a new bike/walk bridge, native landscaping, fencing, lighting, and watershed features.
2014 Metro photo of County Sheriff deputies policing - via Metro's The Source

Board Extends Metro’s Problematic Transit Policing Contract for Three More Years

By Joe Linton | Mar 23, 2023 | No Comments
Metro currently pays about $150 million per year for its multi-agency policing contract with LAPD, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, and Long Beach Police Department
Metro Micro is micro-effective microtransit. Graphic via Metro

Metro Poised to Waste $8 Million More on Costly ‘Metro Micro’ MicroTransit Pilot

By Joe Linton | Mar 21, 2023 | No Comments
Metro board: please just pull the plug on micro-effective Metro Micro this month. Don't keep throwing bad money after bad money.

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Mar 20, 2023 | No Comments
Metro Board Meeting, Metro construction: Purple Line - Gold Line - Airport Connector, and more
New westbound bike lane on Fountain Avenue. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Friday Newsbits: Bike Lanes and Metro Rail Service/Ridership

By Joe Linton | Mar 17, 2023 | No Comments
Metro rail service and ridership graphs, new bike lanes on Fountain Avenue, newly protected bike lanes on White Oak Avenue, and more
Metro's proposed budget would expand funds freeway widening, while trimming funding for transit construction. Metro 405 Freeway widening photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Preliminary FY23-24 Metro Budget Would (Again) Increase Freeway Funding, While Cutting Transit

By Joe Linton | Mar 15, 2023 | No Comments
Metro staff recommendation for next year's budget: a 5 percent increase in freeway construction and a 5 percent decrease in transit construction
LAPD patrolling Metro - capture from 2017 Metro video

Metro’s “Reimagining Public Safety” Proposal, First Step: Just Keep Paying Police and Sheriff

By Joe Linton | Mar 14, 2023 | No Comments
The current proposal is a three-year extension of the ~$130 million/year multi-agency contract negotiated back in 2017, not a fully-fleshed-out reimagined approach to public safety advocates and many transit users had hoped to see

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Mar 13, 2023 | No Comments
Echo Park Lake town halls, Metro's reimagined approach to policing transit (and other Metro committee business), South Pasadena bike shuttle, Golden Streets route ride, Caltrans Amestoy Bridge, and more
University Park Slow Jams placed band-aid sticker to highlight the need for sidewalk repairs. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Advocates Band-Aid Sidewalk Ouchies, Call For Speeding Up Repair

By Joe Linton | Mar 10, 2023 | No Comments
University Park needs unas banquetas con buen accesso para poder caminar
Last weekend's workshop sharing proposals for Angelino Heights Roadway Redesign. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Angelino Heights Plans to Curb Illegal Racing Don’t Go Far Enough

By Joe Linton | Mar 8, 2023 | No Comments
LADOT planning to replace "underwhelming" plastic bollards and paint treatment... with more plastic bollards, more paint, and added parking and added turn lanes.

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Mar 7, 2023 | No Comments
East Side Riders and People for Mobility Justice rides, T-Committee, Public Works Committee, Neighborhood Councils 101, and more
Metro Transit Ambassador Tak Yu Cheung assisting an L (Gold) Line rider. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Metro Officially Launches 300-Strong Transit Ambassadors Program

By Joe Linton | Mar 6, 2023 | No Comments
Boardmember Holly Mitchell; "unarmed and well-trained... ambassadors riding the system every day" are "already making a significant difference [and have] already saved lives,"
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