Joe Linton
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This Week In Livable Streets
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Don't miss Metro committee meetings, L.A. City T-Committee, Planning Commission Equity Framework, El Sereno Community Land Trust, Pedestrian Advisory Committee, and more
Metro Proposes $73.2M Loan to Caltrans for Overruns on 5 Freeway Widening through Burbank
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Metro approving more money for this nightmare project would send a signal to Caltrans that wastefulness and irresponsibility will be not only tolerated, but rewarded
Eyes on the Street: New Bike/Ped Crossing over Railroad Tracks in Burbank
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Though the facility has some utility - and preserves earlier walk/bike access, it's the kind of hellscape that only a freeway traffic engineer can love.
L.A. County Seeks Public Input on New L.A. River Plan
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The new L.A. County river plan includes bike/walk trails, big projects, strategies to address affordability and housing, and more.
This Week In Livable Streets
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Streetsblog's Sahra Sulaiman on Newsrooms' Racial Reckoning, Transformative Justice, SGV millennial mayors, Inglewood people-mover, Ethan Elkind, L.A. City bus shelter and street furniture contract, COVID-19 briefings
Metro/Caltrans Neighborhood Erasure along the Lower 5 Freeway
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Metro and Caltrans have erased hundreds of houses, apartments, and businesses - in the cities of Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs - to widen the 5 Freeway
Whittier City Councilmember Fernando Dutra Elected To Metro Board
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Whittier City Councilmember Fernando Dutra has prioritized fiscal responsibility, fighting crime, community input, capital improvements, and smart economic growth.
This Week In Livable Streets
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Gateway and San Gabriel Valley sub-regions meet to elect new Metro board representatives, L.A. City bus shelter and street furniture contract, COVID-19 briefings
Downey Freeway Fighters Hang NO MORE LANES Banner over 5 Freeway
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The Happy City Coalition tweeted that "From the view of the pedestrian overpass you can see dozens of homes that will be affected if the freeway expansion goes through."
Interview with Ali Saleh, Mayor of the City of Bell
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"We also need to elevate issues of equity around the users of public transportation and ensure that when we are planning for a system that gets us out of our cars, low income communities of color are front and center because they're the ones already using the system."
Documentary by Gardena High Alum Centers Stories of L.A.’s Unhoused Black Women
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Watch Zorrie Petrus' film 'Defining Ourselves For Ourselves: Unhoused, Black, and Female in L.A.'
Interview with Newly Elected Burbank City Councilmember Konstantine Anthony
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"L.A. County elected a surprising number of progressives in November. I absolutely count myself among their numbers, and we are all working to build a wide coalition of progressive voices across the county and up and down the ballot for 2022."