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Little Tokyo Station Is Closed; New Bike-Share Helps Bridge Two-Year Gap
With a two-year closure of the Gold Line through Little Tokyo, riders can take Metro's shuttle bus, or utilize convenient new Metro Bike Share docks.
October 26, 2020
County Approves $95 Million For Safe, Clean Water Program Regional Projects
In the San Gabriel Valley, $25.1 million will go toward 9 infrastructure projects, 2 scientific studies, and 12 technical studies
October 23, 2020
Metro Board Unanimously Approves Motion to Delay 605/5 Freeway Widening and Instead Study Alternatives
Metro's Board sends a strong rebuke to Metro's Highway Program
October 22, 2020
Editorial: Metro Board Should Press Pause on Gutted Union Station Pedestrian Project
Please give newly seated L.A. City Coucilmember Kevin de León a chance to review and revive Union Station project
October 21, 2020
City of Alhambra Hosting Community Feedback Meetings for Park Grant Applications
Alhambra staff are looking to apply for grants to build one new pocket park, a community center, and other upgrades and renovations at five other parks
October 16, 2020
Metro Committee Approves Regional Connector Service Plan
Starting in late 2022, Metro will run one-seat light rail from Long Beach to Azusa - and Santa Monica to East L.A.
October 15, 2020
Metro CEO Phil Washington: Downey Freeway Widening Was Already Identified “About Three Decades Ago”
Metro keeps saying 605 and 5 Freeway widenings are in "early stages" but CEO letter says that project was decided decades ago
October 9, 2020
SGV Connect 72: Ballot Endorsements and a New Park Coming to the Playhouse Village
Featuring Brian Wallace of the Playhouse Village Association and Joe Linton, Editor of Streetsblog L.A.
October 6, 2020
Metro Converting Westside Bike-Share System to Smart-Dock
Bike theft and availability of e-bikes are forcing Metro to convert its Westside bikes from smart-bike to smart-dock
October 5, 2020
Metro Plans to Take Out 200+ Downey Homes to Widen 5 and 605 Freeways
Downey resident Alexandria Contreras says Metro's "I-605 Corridor Improvement Project" is "not an improvement, it's destruction, state sanctioned violence.... immoral and unjust."
October 2, 2020