Joe Linton
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Editorial: Metro Board Needs to Reject More Funding for Transit Police
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Don't settle for more punitive policing-as-usual. Don't waste any more time in making good on your promises to reform transit policing.
Metro Expects to Finish Purple Line Extension Section One Tunneling This Week
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Some new details emerged last week on Metro’s herculean task of tunneling below Wilshire to extend the Purple Line subway. Metro is extending its Purple Line (now renamed the D Line) subway westward in three sections. The $3 billion section one (WPLE1) will extend the line 3.9 miles under Wilshire Boulevard from Wilshire/Western Station to […]
Metro About to Green-Light Another Highway Mega-Project: North County 5 Freeway Widening
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The I-5 North County project would add roughly 32 new lane miles, generating ~275M new vehicle miles travelled (VMT) per year, resulting in ~25,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.
This Week In Livable Streets
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Metro board, Sustainable Claremont, ending urban oil drilling, e-bikes, Metro Public Safety Advisory Committee, neighborhood council elections, and more:
Metro Postpones Approving Transit Policing Cost Overruns – for the Third Time
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The proposed $36M increase to Metro's transit policing budget will be heard at next week's board meeting
Eyes on the Street: Regional Connector Bridge Construction on Bunker Hill
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Metro's Regional Connector subway is expected to open in mid-2022. Work is underway on the pedestrian bridge that will connect the Bunker Hill Station to Grand Avenue.
Alliance for Community Transit Publishes New Report on Metro Policing
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ACT-LA's report "Metro as a Sanctuary: Reimagining Safety on Public Transit" reviews past Metro transit policing issues and offers solutions to inform Metro's current process to reexamine and reform its transit policing practices.
Eyes on the Street: Newly-Protected Bike Lane on Figueroa Street
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The newly-protected northbound Figueroa protected bike lane extends 0.6-mile from Wilshire to 2nd
This Week In Livable Streets
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Metro board committee meetings, Monterey Park City Council, Neighborhood Council elections, and more
Ten Reasons to Ditch the Sepulveda Monorail Proposal Now
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This week, Metro's Executive Management Committee is considering approving a $63 million contract for further work on a monorail proposal that should have been already been deemed infeasible
I-5 Authority Pushes to Exempt Widening Project from Mandated Equity and Environment Evaluation, Asserts Widening Freeway Cleans Air
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I-5 JPA "Metro's recommendation for a holistic, equity based examination of the project regarding induced demand and greenhouse gas emissions... is an academic debate" not pertinent to this $5B highway project.
LADOT Planning Safety Improvements on San Vicente
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LADOT is proposing implementing approved protected bike lanes on a 1.2-mile long stretch of San Vicente from Olympic Boulevard to La Brea Avenue