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Friday News Briefs: Olympic Blvd Bus Lanes, Metrolink Cuts, Hollywood Blvd Results, and Pacoima Wash Bridge
Metrolink vote on service cuts today. Hollywood Boulevard data shows success. Plans for new Telfair Avenue bike/walk bridge over the Pacoima Wash. Metro plans seven miles of new Olympic Blvd. bus lanes from DTLA to Beverly Hills.
October 9, 2026
City Breaks Ground on Mid-City Greenways Bike/Walk Improvements
The 4+mile Mid-City Greenways project is focused on three streets: Rosewood Avenue, Formosa Avenue, and Orange Drive
July 15, 2025
L.A. City Currently Widening Balboa Boulevard
L.A. is widening Balboa Boulevard at Devonshire Street by narrowing the existing sidewalk - all to accommodate added left-turn lanes
June 3, 2025
Eyes on the Street: 6th Street PARC Construction
Sixth Street PARC - Park, Arts, River & Connectivity - construction got underway in 2022, and is expected to finish in 2026
January 27, 2025
L.A. City Council Committees Approve Road Widening Reforms
The city Bureau of Engineering proposal should minimize road widening at future private developments, but there are several widening situations it does not address, including BOE's own road widening projects
October 9, 2024
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.
September 24, 2024
Sunny Side Up: L.A. Al Fresco Dines In Success with a Whopping $12 Million Surge in Sales and a Side of Smiles for Angelenos
Research shows L.A.'s Al Fresco outdoor dining program is an unsung hero of the COVID-19 pandemic, throwing a lifeline to restaurants and bars
December 11, 2023
Too Many Disappointments in L.A. City Bikeway Mileage During Fiscal Year 2022-23
Too much of the city's FY23 bikeway work had big issues: truncated mileage, downgraded facilities, long delayed timelines, false claims, etc.
October 17, 2023
Eyes on the Street: Recently Widened Soto Street Bridge over Valley Blvd
The newly widened Soto Bridge is disappointing from a walking, transit and bicycling perspective - and the city plans more widening on Soto just north of the bridge project
September 5, 2023
It’s 2023 and L.A. City Is Still Widening Lots of Roads
L.A. City street widening is expensive, and adversely impacts safety, health, climate, air, water, noise, housing, historic preservation, and more.
August 25, 2023
