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Friday L.A. Round-Up: Traffic Deaths Spike, COVID-19 Slow Streets, and 7th Street Lanes
New protected bike lanes on the way downtown, first COVID slow streets on the Westside, and LAPD reports a surge in speeding and traffic fatalities.
May 15, 2020
Protected Bike Lanes Coming To DTLA’s 7th Street
7th Street - from Figueroa to Main - will receive temporary protected bike lanes later this month
May 7, 2020
Metro Plans Nearly Two-Year-Long Little Tokyo Gold Line Bus Bridge For Regional Connector Construction
Metro will demolish the existing Little Tokyo Gold Line Station for a new underground station. Construction means closing 1.2 miles of the Gold Line, running a 22-month bus bridge, expected to start late 2020
January 16, 2020
Huizar Opens New Main Street Protected Bike Lanes
Downtown L.A.'s Main Street has a new bike lane designed to improve safety and prevent conflict between cyclists and transit
November 26, 2019
Greta Thunberg Headlines L.A. Youth Climate Strike Urging Newsom to Reject Fossil Fuels
Youth Climate Strike Leaders called on Newsom to enact a safety buffer to protect frontline communities from oil drilling, to stop issuing new fossil fuel permits, and oversee a just transition to clean energy.
November 1, 2019
L.A. Proposes Eliminating Parking Requirements Downtown
Downtown L.A. follows Lancaster, Santa Monica, San Diego, San Francisco, Houston, and Cincinnati in eliminating unneeded parking requirements.
October 31, 2019
CicLAvia Heart of L.A. 2019 – Open Thread
CicLAvia returned to downtown L.A.. Arts District, Boyle Heights, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, and MacArthur Park
October 7, 2019
Park(ing) Day L.A. 2019 Round-Up
Parking spaces were turned into mini-parks in Mid-City West, Westwood, and downtown L.A.
September 20, 2019
Metro Committee OKs Moving Forward with DTLA L.A. River Path Environmental Studies
The ~$400M 8-mile gap closure bike/walk path will result in a 30-mile bikeway from Long Beach to Griffith Park
September 18, 2019
Eyes on the Street: New Blue Construction – Wye Tracks and Wires
New wiring, new tracks under construction on the Blue Line
August 7, 2019
