Joe Linton
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San Fernando Breaks Ground on New Pacoima Wash Walk/Bike Path
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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.
Board Extends Metro’s Problematic Transit Policing Contract for Three More Years
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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 Poised to Waste $8 Million More on Costly ‘Metro Micro’ MicroTransit Pilot
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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
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Metro Board Meeting, Metro construction: Purple Line - Gold Line - Airport Connector, and more
Friday Newsbits: Bike Lanes and Metro Rail Service/Ridership
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Metro rail service and ridership graphs, new bike lanes on Fountain Avenue, newly protected bike lanes on White Oak Avenue, and more
Preliminary FY23-24 Metro Budget Would (Again) Increase Freeway Funding, While Cutting Transit
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Metro staff recommendation for next year's budget: a 5 percent increase in freeway construction and a 5 percent decrease in transit construction
Metro’s “Reimagining Public Safety” Proposal, First Step: Just Keep Paying Police and Sheriff
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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
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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
Advocates Band-Aid Sidewalk Ouchies, Call For Speeding Up Repair
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University Park needs unas banquetas con buen accesso para poder caminar
Angelino Heights Plans to Curb Illegal Racing Don’t Go Far Enough
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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
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East Side Riders and People for Mobility Justice rides, T-Committee, Public Works Committee, Neighborhood Councils 101, and more
Metro Officially Launches 300-Strong Transit Ambassadors Program
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Boardmember Holly Mitchell; "unarmed and well-trained... ambassadors riding the system every day" are "already making a significant difference [and have] already saved lives,"