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All-Door Boarding Coming Soon to Metro Buses Systemwide
Metro is installing TAP card readers by this December, with all-door boarding coming soon after. Faster boarding means faster buses.
June 3, 2024
L.A. City Shares Update on Hollywood Blvd. Improvements
Protected bike lanes are coming to Hollywood Boulevard this summer
May 30, 2024
Four Things I’m Thinking About Transportation in L.A.
Streetsblog's favorite UCLA expert weighs in on Waymo, Cubic, 2028, active transportation funding - and invites you to UCLA Transportation Camp unconference on June 8
May 22, 2024
Metro Committee Approves $225M Cost Overrun for Westside Subway Section 1 Construction
Wilshire subway 4-mile extension section 1 (Western to La Cienega) budget swells from from $3.14B to $3.35B. Section construction is 91 percent done, now anticipated to open fall 2025
May 16, 2024
Metro Debuts New Smart Bike Lockers at Nine Stations
New Metro on-demand electronic bike lockers cost just 75 cents for the first 12 hours. Download the BikeLink app for easy access
May 9, 2024
San Fernando Valley Bus/Bike Updates: G Line, Roscoe Bus Lanes, Laurel Canyon Bike Lanes
Short newly protected bike lane on Laurel Canyon Blvd, extensive NSFV bus improvements under construction this month, and scaled-back G Line plans should get that project under construction this summer
May 6, 2024
No, L.A. City Does Not Always Add Required ADA Ramps During Resurfacing, But They Should
StreetsLA GM Keith Mozee "Any time we do street resurfacing, it is considered an alteration, which requires ADA ramps to be installed."
May 3, 2024
LAPD Was Crossing Against Red Light in Crash that Killed Pedestrian and Injured Six in Hollywood
The department says the officers had turned on their lights and sirens just before crossing, but won't say why they did so.
May 1, 2024
Metro Board Funds Free Student Transit Pass Program through July 2025
Metro student free passes funded another year - plus other updates from today's Metro board meeting
April 25, 2024
Eyes on the Street: New Lincoln Park Avenue Bike Lanes
The recently installed 1.25-mile long bikeway spans Lincoln Park Avenue, Flora Avenue, and Sierra Street - it's arguably the first new bike facility of the Measure HLA era
April 24, 2024
