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Some Urban Observations From My Italy Vacation

By Joe Linton | Jan 24, 2020 | No Comments

Rome, Pisa, Calci, Lucca, Venice and Florence are conducive to car-free travel. High-speed trains are great for travel between cities.

The Metro board is pushing to provide free transit for LAUSD and other students. Photo via Metro student pass webpage

Metro Board Votes to Study Free Transit for LAUSD Students

By Joe Linton | Jan 23, 2020 | No Comments

The Metro board approved a motion to study free student transit - initially for LAUSD students, then also countywide.

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Jan 21, 2020 | No Comments

Homeless count, Walk for Safe Streets, Metro board, city sweeps policy, Atwater pedestrian bridge, BUSted storytelling, and more.

Little Tokyo Regional Connector construction components - via Metro presentation

Metro Plans Nearly Two-Year-Long Little Tokyo Gold Line Bus Bridge For Regional Connector Construction

By Joe Linton | Jan 16, 2020 | No Comments

Metro will demolish the existing Little Tokyo Gold Line Station for a new underground station. Construction means closing 1.2 miles of the Gold Line, running a 22-month bus bridge, expected to start late 2020

LAX's new red bus-only lanes - as seen from the Metro Green Line shuttle bus in late December. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

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Eyes on the Street: Los Angeles’ First Red Bus-Only Lanes – at LAX

By Joe Linton | Jan 14, 2020 | No Comments

L.A. has its first red paint bus only lanes - implemented at LAX in late 2019

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Jan 13, 2020 | No Comments

Four corners walk, Silver Lake river-bike connections, Pasadena VMT vs. LOS, Metro committees, Sepulveda rail, and more.

Pasadena City slide explaining implications of VMT/LOS. Image via PCSC

Pasadena Re-Examining Key Environmental Metric – Vehicle Miles Traveled

By Joe Linton | Jan 13, 2020 | No Comments

Pasadena is looking at a key planning tool "Vehicle Miles Traveled," with big implications for walkability, bikeability, transit, and housing

Win ‘Policing the Open Road’ Book by Sarah Seo

By Joe Linton | Dec 27, 2019 | No Comments

Donate to Streetsblog L.A. this month and you could win one of four great urbanist books! Click here to donate. Click here for contest details. Today SBLA previews Policing the Open Road: How Cars Transformed American Freedom by Sarah Seo. The 340-page hardback is published by Harvard University Press, and has been autographed by the author. […]