Recent Streetsblog LA posts about El Monte

Active SGV is collecting feedback from El Monte and South El Monte residents about how they travel and how they see themselves traveling in the future through a survey and planned community meetings. Image: Active SGV

Active SGV wants to know how El Monte, South El Monte Residents Travel

By Kristopher Fortin | Feb 11, 2021 | No Comments

Active SGV's Clean Mobility Assessment is looking to get feedback from El Monte and South El Monte residents. An online survey is available in English, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese, and a virtual input meeting will take place next month.

Protesters marching at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Pomona on June 7, 2020. More than 200 people came out for the afternoon march. Kristopher Fortin/Streetsblog LA

San Gabriel Valley Residents Show Support for Black Lives Matter in Multi-city Demonstrations

By Kristopher Fortin | Jun 10, 2020 | No Comments

Protests have taken place in West Covina, Whittier, Alhambra, Pasadena, Monrovia, Montebello, Pomona, El Monte, Walnut, and Sierra Madre.

#DamienTalksSGV 23 – David Diaz and the Mulhall Bike Park in El Monte

By Damien Newton | Dec 8, 2016 | No Comments

This week, #DamienTalks with David Diaz with Day One and BikeSGV about the Mulhall Bike Park that is under construction in El Monte. The Bike Park is literally designed to do exactly what it says: be a space for people to practice their bicycling skills in a closed, safe setting.

Metro Celebrates New El Monte Bike Hub, First of Several

By Joe Linton | Sep 14, 2015 | 1 Comment

Metro celebrated the opening of the agency’s first bike hub this morning in El Monte. The hub is located at the El Monte Transit Center, a very quick 15-minute, 12-mile Metro Silver Line Bus Rapid Transit trip from downtown Los Angeles. The hub combines secure bike parking with a small bike shop staffed weekdays, from […]

Healthy El Monte, Not Just About Transportation But About Healthy Eating

By Damien Newton | Oct 20, 2011 | No Comments

El Monte faces some real health challenges including high rates of diabetes and asthma for its citizens combined with low rates of physical activity. One of the reasons for El Monte’s public health crisis is that the physical face of the city needs a major upgrade. For example, El Monte is a city with 125,000 […]

Arceo Walk, Small Investment, Big Changes in El Monte

By Damien Newton | Oct 13, 2011 | 3 Comments

As Streetsblog has learned about and written about the 5 PLACE Grant Communities, one thing has become clear. When you’re talking about smaller areas, and not sprawling metropolis’ such as Los Angeles, it’s the little things that make a big difference. In El Monte, they created a Health and Wellness Plan that centers around providing […]

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