Kristopher Fortin

Streetsblog California contributor, covering news in Orange County.

SGV Connect 84 – El Monte Mutual Aid and Pop Up Lanes in Alhambra

By Kristopher Fortin and Damien Newton | Sep 16, 2021 | No Comments

Welcome back to the SGV Connect podcast, this week Damien talks with Active SGV about a pop-up bike lane in Alhambra, but first Kris checks in with some of the leaders of a mutual aid organization in El Monte.

Pop-up bike lane on Poplar Boulevard in Northwest Alhambra. The temporary infrastructure was installed on August 22 and will be removed on September 8. Image: Kristopher Fortin/Streetsblog LA

Eyes On The Street: Pop Up Bike Lane and Curb Extensions in Alhambra

By Kristopher Fortin | Aug 31, 2021 | No Comments

The temporary bike lane demonstration ran on Popular Boulevard between South Meridian and Westmont. The project included curb extensions and high visibility crosswalks.

Foothill Transit is offering a free rides to Cal Poly Pomona students for the upcoming school year. Image: Foothill Transit

Cal Poly Pomona Students Ride For Free on Foothill Transit

By Kristopher Fortin | Aug 18, 2021 | No Comments

The Foothill Transit Class Pass is a 2-year pilot that gives current students unlimited rides on Foothill Transit. The Class Pass TAP card is accepted on the Local and Silver Streak buses, not Commuter Express Lines.

A screen shot of the San Gabriel Valley and the state highways that cross through its region. Caltrans District 7, which encompasses LA and Ventura County, is drafting a district active transportation plan and needs local input on how to improve the corridors of its state highway system. Image: Caltrans District 7 survey

Caltrans SGV District Collecting Public Comments for Active Transportation Plan

By Kristopher Fortin | Jul 30, 2021 | No Comments

Caltrans is seeking public input in developing its local Active Transportation Plans. The L.A.-Ventura plan will identify locations for bicycle and pedestrian improvements on, across, or parallel to the state highway system.

Active SGV assisted the City of Glendora in installing a temporary protected bike lane and striped crosswalk. Active SGV will be installing a pop up demonstration on Poplar Boulevard in Alhambra. Image: Active SGV

Southern California Association of Governments Awards 31 Mini-Grants to 31 Projects, Six for the SGV

By Kristopher Fortin | Jul 13, 2021 | No Comments

SCAG Community Streets Mini-Grants Program funded projects that will take place in Pasadena, El Monte, Pomona, Alhambra and Altadena

Protected bike lane on Kellogg Drive at Cal Poly Pomona. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: Pomona Bikeways on Valley Boulevard and Kellogg Drive

By Kristopher Fortin | Jul 2, 2021 | No Comments

New protected bike lanes were recently installed on Kellogg Drive. Construction is underway on a protected bikeway on Valley Boulevard. Both serve Cal Poly Pomona.

SGV Connect 82 – With the 710 Tunnel Not Happening, Alhambra Prepares for the Future

By Kristopher Fortin and Damien Newton | Jun 15, 2021 | No Comments

Kris interviews Alhambra Vice Mayor Jeff Maloney - about Advancing Alhambra. Folks interested in the project can attend a virtual meeting tomorrow night.

The East Los Angeles Sustainable Median Stormwater Capture Project will have walking paths and vegetation at each median. Kristopher Fortin/Streetsblog LA

Eyes on the Street: East L.A. Median Stormwater Capture Project, Multiuse Path

By Kristopher Fortin | Jun 11, 2021 | No Comments

Opening later this year, the project will capture and infiltrate rainwater and urban runoff - turning dried out and unmaintained large medians into recreation areas with paths, landscaping, and more than 300 trees.

SGV Connect 81 – More on Caltrans Tenants and Changes Coming to ExpressLanes

By Damien Newton and Kristopher Fortin | Jun 1, 2021 | No Comments

Damien talks with members of United Caltrans Tenants while Kris talks to Metro staff about ExpressLanes.

The City of Montebello last month moved to send more than $240,000 of its 2018-19 Low Carbon Transit Operations Program funds to Foothill Transit. Since the funds were not spent within the required timeframe, MBL fell out of compliance and became ineligible to receive future funds. The move brought the City back into compliance. Image: Montebello Bus Lines

Montebello to Transfer Low Carbon Operations Funds to Foothill Transit

By Kristopher Fortin | May 26, 2021 | No Comments

Montebello Bus Lines is sending $240,000 of its 2018-19 LCTOP funds to Foothill Transit, since the funds were not spent within the required timeframe. The transfer makes MBL eligible to receive future LCTOP funds.

Foothill Transit to cut fares for passes in half for three months starting July 2021

By Kristopher Fortin | May 6, 2021 | No Comments

The discount will lower the prices of day passes to $3 and 31-day passes for local travel, the Silver Streak, Express to $30, $55 and $90 respectively.

A map of Pasadena's 10 proposed bike corridors that would put a bikeway within a quarter mile of every residential neighborhood. The north-south routes of El Molina, Wilson, Sierra Bonita, and Craig Avenues are currently being studied with the findings expected to be released this summer. Image: Pasadena Department of Transportation

Pasadena Studying Four North-South Bike Boulevard Corridors

By Kristopher Fortin | Apr 30, 2021 | No Comments

Further findings will be shared this summer, with implementation to eventually be developed as capital projects

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