Joe Linton
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Six Takeaways from the Metro Budget – You’ll Never Believe Number Four!
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Don't just stand there - dive right in to SBLA's Metro FY2023-24 budget listicle!
Metro Regional Connector Downtown Subway Opens Friday June 16
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The wait will soon be over. This week, Metro announced that its new downtown L.A. Regional Connector subway will open on Friday, June 16. Metro will offer free rides all of that Father’s Day weekend. The $1.8 billion 1.9-mile light rail subway ties together three Metro lines – the A (Blue) Line, E (Expo) Line […]
Long Beach Opens New Mark Bixby Walk/Bike Path along Harbor Bridge
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The spectacular path would not have happened without the vociferous, aggressive advocacy of its namesake Mark Bixby
Beach Streets Downtown 2023 – Open Thread
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Beach Streets Downtown opened more than five miles of Long Beach streets - primarily Broadway and Pine Avenue - tens of thousands of participants biked/skated/ambled/ran/scootered in car-free streets
CicLAmini Watts – Open Thread
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Watts' Central Avenue and 103rd Street hosted the first edition of CicLAvia's new CicLAmini format - shorter events, targeted more toward walking - but not markedly different than the CicLAvia festivals Angelenos have come to know and love
This Week In Livable Streets
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Metro board meeting, beach bike path, Regional Connector, SCAG survey, and more
What L.A.’s Pilot “La Sombrita” Shade/Light Structure Does and Doesn’t Do
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Is La Sombrita a new design for bus stop shading and lighting to be installed quickly and cheaply? Or a sad joke at the expense of L.A. transit riders? Probably somewhere in the middle of those.
Southern California Mobility Advocates Rally for State Speed Camera Bill
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Will Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon support safer streets or the continued worsening of the current deadly status quo?
This Week In Livable Streets
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Long Beach Beach Streets, CicLAvia mini in Watts, Rides of Silence, Bike Month/Week/Day, L.A. Walks happy hour, Metro committee meetings, and more
Eyes on the Street: Angelino Heights Anti-Racing Roadway Redesign Nearly Complete
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LADOT and CD1 improved the project's mostly just plastic bollards, added lots of 'wheel stops' - basically low plastic curb/bumps
New Report Makes Case for Universal Fareless Transit at Metro
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For every fare dollar Metro collects, the authors conservatively estimate Metro spends $0.75 on the expenses of collecting and enforcing fares
Metro and Caltrans 605/60 Freeway Widening Project Could Demolish San Gabriel Valley Homes
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Early designs for Metro and Caltrans 605 Freeway Corridor Improvement Project (605CIP) show more than a dozen home demolitions in South El Monte and Pellissier Village