Joe Linton
Recent Posts
L.A. County to Return Bruce’s Beach Property to Rightful Owners
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"The county isn't gifting anyone anything. The county is returning property that was inappropriately taken. We are returning to the Bruce family... property that they rightfully owned."
Metro Hosts First Public Safety Advisory Committee Meeting
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Last night's introductory PSAC meeting included remarks by Phil Washington, Judy Gerhardt, KeAndra Cylear Dodds, and Aaron Weinstein - and introduced PSAC members, and facilitators David France and Tamika Butler
Stephanie Wiggins To Become CEO of Metro
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Stephanie Wiggins is expected to be CEO for a four-year term, with a start date between May 30, 2021 and June 14, 2021, plus two, one-year options
Post-COVID Metro Transit Ridership Recovering, While Service Lags
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The state and county's relatively rapid steps toward re-opening are proceeding more quickly than Metro's slow crawl to restore transit service. The result is likely to be overcrowded buses.
L.A. Times Opinion Piece Amplifies Call to Nix Metro’s Harmful Freeway Widening
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"...why on earth is Metro prioritizing a problematic freeway expansion? ...at some point we need our transit agencies to draw a line in the sand. If they can’t end car-centric urban planning, they can certainly stop enabling it with freeway expansions."
This Week In Livable Streets
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Metro joint development and public safety meetings, Woon ride, T-Committee, Climate Plan webinar, and more
Eagle Rock’s Colorado Boulevard Could Get “Dining, Parking, Walking, Bikes, and a Big Fat Bus”
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Metro is finalizing plans for its 18-mile long North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit project
Metro Announces It Will Triple Bus Service Immediately Soon
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"Metro can only spend so much money on freeway-widening, park-and-ride, micro-transit, monorails, and police - at some point the conversation has to turn to funding bus service."
Advocates Urging Support for a Better Bus Rapid Transit for Eagle Rock at Hearing this Thursday
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Eagle Rock livability advocates’ Beautiful Boulevard proposal has been getting some traction at Metro… but not quite enough. Metro is nearing completion of public input on project environmental studies with one remaining community meeting this Thursday. Meeting details at the bottom this post. The Beautiful Boulevard proposal applies to a central stretch in Metro’s ~18-mile-long […]
How Metro Successfully Tunneled Through Challenging Conditions For First Wilshire Subway Extension
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Purple Line Extension Section 1 saw heroic efforts to probe conditions, avoid obstacles, and clear heavy steel beams in the way. Sections 2 and 3 follow.
This Week In Livable Streets
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Eagle Rock Bus Rapid Transit, Fareless transit, neighborhood councils, and more
Metro Board Approves $36M for Transit Policing Overruns, Plus Safety Alternatives Next Year
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Today's approval brings Metro transit policing price up to $150 million per year, well above the $130 million per year approved in 2017