Joe Linton

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Metro's FY23-24 budget expands for funds for freeway widening, while trimming funding for transit construction. Metro 405 Freeway widening photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Six Takeaways from the Metro Budget – You’ll Never Believe Number Four!

By Joe Linton | May 26, 2023 | No Comments

Don't just stand there - dive right in to SBLA's Metro FY2023-24 budget listicle!

Metro Historic Broadway Station under construction last month. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Metro Regional Connector Downtown Subway Opens Friday June 16

By Joe Linton | May 25, 2023 | No Comments

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's new Mark Bixby Memorial
Bicycle-Pedestrian Path - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Long Beach Opens New Mark Bixby Walk/Bike Path along Harbor Bridge

By Joe Linton | May 24, 2023 | No Comments

The spectacular path would not have happened without the vociferous, aggressive advocacy of its namesake Mark Bixby

Skaters at Long Beach's Beach Streets - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Beach Streets Downtown 2023 – Open Thread

By Joe Linton | May 23, 2023 | No Comments

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

CicLAvia's Watts CicLAmini - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

CicLAmini Watts – Open Thread

By Joe Linton | May 22, 2023 | No Comments

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

By Joe Linton | May 22, 2023 | No Comments

Metro board meeting, beach bike path, Regional Connector, SCAG survey, and more

L.A. City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez speaking at yesterday's La Sombrita press event. Left to right are Kiana Stepney, participant in pilot study, Chelina Odbert, Kounkuey Design Initiative, Connie Llanos, Interim General Manager, LADOT, and Councilmember Hernandez. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

What L.A.’s Pilot “La Sombrita” Shade/Light Structure Does and Doesn’t Do

By Joe Linton | May 19, 2023 | No Comments

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.