Communities

Metro's new downtown subway connector opens in one week: Friday, June 16

The city plans to replace its very large shelters with streamlined designs that still cast shade

This week’s SGV Connect is the second in our “Reclaimers” series, focusing on the efforts of a group of formerly homeless activists housed in formerly unoccupied El Sereno homes owned by Caltrans.

Up in the West San Fernando Valley is what appears to be the city’s of Los Angeles’ most substandard bike facility, and the city has all too many inadequate bike facilities to choose from. A stretch of De Soto Avenue has a three-foot wide bike lane, two feet of which are the concrete gutter. It’s at the intersection of De Soto and El Rancho Road, located in the community of Woodland Hills. It’s just one long block south of the Metro J Line (Orange) Bus Rapid Transit and bike path, and right across the street from Pierce College.

The wait will soon be over.

Much of the equestrian community’s agricultural zoning has been proposed for change to residential zoning. Planners say it’s not meant to push out horse use.

The spectacular path would not have happened without the vociferous, aggressive advocacy of its namesake Mark Bixby

Beach Streets Downtown opened more than five miles of Long Beach streets - primarily Broadway and Pine Avenue - tens of thousands of participants biked/skated/ambled/ran/scootered in car-free streets

The city of Alhambra's true solution is to optimize other modes of transit, making vehicle travel less enticing for commuters