Joe Linton
Joe Linton is an editor at Streetsblog Los Angeles
City Council Motion on Ending Automatic Road Widening at Public Works Committee Tomorrow
In 2023, L.A. City Council directed city departments to determine how to "eliminate spot road widenings." Public Works Department responded: keep widening roads.
This Week In Livable Streets
Metro board meeting, Metro Youth Council, County bike/walk safety implementation, Sepulveda rail, Metro sustainability, and more
Friday Bikeway Briefs: Reseda, Mason, Avenue 51, and MANGo
Santa Monica's MANGo bikeway extension is now open, plus bike lanes being installed on Reseda Boulevard, Mason Avenue, Avenue 51 and Townsend Avenue
Metro Ridership Keeps Growing; August Boardings Set Pandemic-Era Weekend Records
August and July weekday ridership saw the twentieth and twenty-first months of year-over-year Metro ridership increases: nearly a million daily riders
Metro and Caltrans Planning to Widen 405 Freeway through Carson, Meetings this Week
Between Wilmington Avenue and Avalon Boulevard, Metro and Caltrans are looking to add four new freeway lane sections at a construction cost totaling at least $90-120 million