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Six SGV Projects Awarded $20 million in State Parks Grants, to Bring New and Expanded Parks to the Area
Alhambra, Baldwin Park, Covina and unincorporated West Puente Valley will receive money to create new parks, or expand/renovate currently existing ones
December 16, 2021
Much of Metro’s Latest 710 Freeway Messaging Sounds All Too Familiar
Stay tuned - probably for another decade - to find out if Metro's latest community messaging is sincere, or just another iteration of the past couple decades of lip service to a community-driven process.
December 9, 2021
Reimagining a Healthy and Sustainable Streets in Monterey Park/Alhambra Hands-on Place It Workshop
Monterey Park and Alhambra’s commercial streets are a physical and mental assault to the human body. People don’t enjoy walking or using public transit on them. The solution to this problem has traditionally been for people to buy bigger cars and these cities widen the roads exacerbating the problem.
December 8, 2021
Seven-City East SGV Project Recommended for $15 million for Bike/Ped, Bus, and First-Last Mile Measure M Funding
The East San Gabriel Valley Sustainable Multimodal Improvement Project would span Azusa, Claremont, Covina, Glendora, La Verne, Pomona, San Dimas
December 2, 2021
More Progress on the New Sixth Street Viaduct
Nearly all of the 20 iconic arches now appear complete
November 30, 2021
Eyes on the Street: New Bus Lane on Grand Avenue in Downtown L.A.
The new southbound Grand Avenue bus lane extends just over one mile - from Hope Place to Pico Boulevard. It forms a couplet with a northbound bus lane on Olive Street.
November 29, 2021
Update: Outreach Activities Expected in 2022 for South SGV Mass Transit Study
The San Gabriel Valley Transit Feasibility Study is the first step to tapping into the $635 million for mass transit solutions in the South San Gabriel Valley. The study is expected to be completed by May 2022.
November 24, 2021
New Raised Protected Bike Lanes on Hollywood Way in Burbank
Burbank recently upgraded bike lanes on Hollywood Way, installing the city's first raised protected bike lane - extending 0.8-mile from San Fernando Road to Empire Avenue
November 9, 2021
Eyes on the Street: New Bus Lane On Olive Street
Nearly completed new bus lanes are on Olive between Pico and 2nd - half of a couplet that will soon include a southbound bus lane on Grand Avenue
November 8, 2021
