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Joe Linton

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This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Jan 19, 2021 | No Comments
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 and Caltrans 5 Freeway widening through Burbank is years late and tens of millions of dollars over-budget.  Photo by Joe Linton

Metro Proposes $73.2M Loan to Caltrans for Overruns on 5 Freeway Widening through Burbank

By Joe Linton | Jan 16, 2021 | No Comments
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
New walk/bike crossing along the 5 Freeway in Burbank - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: New Bike/Ped Crossing over Railroad Tracks in Burbank

By Joe Linton | Jan 15, 2021 | No Comments
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.
Rendering of rainwater capture creekbed feature proposed along the L.A. River at Griffith Park Ferraro Soccer Fields - via L.A. County

L.A. County Seeks Public Input on New L.A. River Plan

By Joe Linton | Jan 13, 2021 | No Comments
The new L.A. County river plan includes bike/walk trails, big projects, strategies to address affordability and housing, and more.
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This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Jan 12, 2021 | No Comments
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
This vacant land, viewed from Norwalk's Silverbow Avenue pedestrian overpass, was more than a dozen homes. Metro and Caltrans have demolished hundreds of homes for their South 5 Freeway widening project. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro/Caltrans Neighborhood Erasure along the Lower 5 Freeway

By Joe Linton | Jan 7, 2021 | No Comments
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 - via Dutra website

Whittier City Councilmember Fernando Dutra Elected To Metro Board

By Joe Linton | Jan 6, 2021 | No Comments
Whittier City Councilmember Fernando Dutra has prioritized fiscal responsibility, fighting crime, community input, capital improvements, and smart economic growth.
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This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Jan 4, 2021 | No Comments
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
NO MORE LANES banners over the 5 Freeway in Downey. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Downey Freeway Fighters Hang NO MORE LANES Banner over 5 Freeway

By Joe Linton | Jan 1, 2021 | No Comments
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."
Bell Mayor Ali Saleh - via @teamsaleh Instagram

Interview with Ali Saleh, Mayor of the City of Bell

By Joe Linton | Dec 23, 2020 | No Comments
"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."
DefiningOurselves

Documentary by Gardena High Alum Centers Stories of L.A.’s Unhoused Black Women

By Joe Linton and Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 22, 2020 | No Comments
Watch Zorrie Petrus' film 'Defining Ourselves For Ourselves: Unhoused, Black, and Female in L.A.'
Burbank City Councilmember Konstantine Anthony - photo via Anthony

Interview with Newly Elected Burbank City Councilmember Konstantine Anthony

By Joe Linton | Dec 21, 2020 | No Comments
"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."
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