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Metro and Caltrans 605 Freeway Valley Boulevard Project is All Too Typical of Harmful Incremental Highway Widening
The 605 Freeway/Valley Blvd project isn't among the most destructive widening projects that Metro and Caltrans do, but it's bad.
October 20, 2021
Metro Plans to Close Loophole that Charges Five-Year-Olds Full Fare
The proposed revised fare language would simply read: “Children under age 6 may travel free with a fare-paying adult on bus or rail.”
October 18, 2021
New Bike Lanes Installed on Channel Road in Pacific Palisades
New Channel Road bike lanes extend about about 0.2-mile from Mesa Road to Short Street. The facility connects to the beach bike path via one block of new sharrows and an existing pedestrian undercrossing.
October 15, 2021
Metro and Other So Cal Freeway Builders Express Frustration About Addressing Equity
Metro leadership complain that "inclusion of equity and race impact assessment[s]" and "expanded public participation in project development" are hampering the agency's plans to widen freeways.
October 14, 2021
Metro Celebrates G Line Conversion to All Electric Buses
The G (Orange) Line Bus Rapid Transit has been running all-electric since June/July 2021
October 13, 2021
After July Fire, Metro Removed 180 New Buses from Service
Metro grounded 180 new El Dorado National California buses at a time when the agency is struggling to restore service to pre-COVID levels
October 7, 2021
Southern California Doesn’t Have to Choose Between Housing and the Environment
Scheduled for a vote tomorrow, SCAG's SoCal Greenprint mapping tool is a free, optional-to-use tool compiling data on natural resources. SoCal Greenprint was to launch this fall, before it received criticism.
October 6, 2021
Missed Runs and Crowded Buses: Metro Falls Short of Restoring Full Pre-COVID Transit Service
"This is the new norm for a lot of the buses. They say they're coming at a certain time but don't come."
October 1, 2021
Metro Student Fareless Started Today, But Not for LAUSD Students
It's October 1 - the first day of Metro's student "fareless" pilot program. Except it kind of isn't.
October 1, 2021
Metro Presents Refined Bus Rapid Transit Designs for Eagle Rock
Project seen as an equity and climate litmus test for now-mayoral-candidate Kevin de León
September 28, 2021
