Metro Evaluating Phasing Eastside Gold Line Extension to Whittier
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The 9-mile Eastside Gold Line light rail extension is expected to cost $6.1-6.5 billion, so construction could be phased, with a shorter initial segment
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about East Los Angeles
Two Dozen Upcoming L.A. County Walk/Bike Projects Funded
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Metro Measure M Active Transportation grants, and CA Transportation Commission Active Transportation Program grants
Eyes on the Street: Parklets Arrive In East L.A.
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Many cities are finding that sometimes, places where people park are just a little more desirable than places where cars park. Parklets began in San Francisco. The first Southern California parklets are in Long Beach. They’ve since spread to the city of Los Angeles, the city of Huntington Park, and now unincorporated East Los Angeles. The […]
Metro’s North 710 Freeway Tunnel Study Meetings in High Gear, Pasadena Working Group Offers Brainy Alternatives
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Smart people live in Pasadena. Some of them work for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and send probes to Mars. Others spend their days figuring out quantum mechanics at Caltech. And still others dabble in transportation. A study group formed by Pasadena’s Mayor Bill Bogaard and its City Manager has a smart idea in response to L.A. Metro’s study to link […]
The Ultimate First Street Guide to CicLAvia: Where to Eat and Who to Meet
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CicLAvia! Bicycles! Hipster Invaders! Gentrification! Made you look! Probably provoked some strong emotions, too, given the way recent headlines (see here, here, here) in asking whether activities assumed to be the purview of “hipsters” could be compatible with lower-income communities, have inadvertently re-ified the “us vs. them” framing that guides too much of the conversation […]
Hit-and-Run on Cesar Chavez Sidewalk Kills 66-Year-Old Woman
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Normally, you think of a sidewalk as a relatively safe place to be. They have their problems, and are often in pretty lousy shape, but they usually manage to provide a sufficient buffer between pedestrians and the cars whizzing by in the adjacent roadway. Not so in East L.A. last Wednesday, when the driver of […]