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Friday L.A. Round-Up: Traffic Deaths Spike, COVID-19 Slow Streets, and 7th Street Lanes
New protected bike lanes on the way downtown, first COVID slow streets on the Westside, and LAPD reports a surge in speeding and traffic fatalities.
May 15, 2020
Pasadena Nudges Drivers to Slow Down, Share Streets with Bicyclists and Pedestrians during COVID-19
Pasadena's "three-tiered campaign is a reminder that roads are multi-modal and are meant to be safely shared by all” per Transportation Director Laura Cornejo.
May 14, 2020
Pasadena’s Rose Bowl Loop Re-Opens to Walking and Bicycling
Mayor Tornek: "if the social distancing doesn’t work, then we’re going to be back to ground zero on this.”
May 13, 2020
Eyes on the Street: New Bike Lanes on York in Eagle Rock
York is receiving two-thirds of a mile of new bike lanes in Northeast L.A.'s Eagle Rock neighborhood.
May 12, 2020
SGV Connect 65: Water Plans and Beg Buttons
Kris spoke with Matt Frary, Acting Principal Engineer at Los Angeles County Public Works, about the County Water Plan. The board of supervisors decided at last week’s meeting to hire a consultant to develop the plan by 2021.
May 8, 2020
Protected Bike Lanes Coming To DTLA’s 7th Street
7th Street - from Figueroa to Main - will receive temporary protected bike lanes later this month
May 7, 2020
SGV Connect 64 – More BRT in the SGV and Announcements on an Expanded SGV Connect
San Bernardino is planning a new Bus Rapid Transit line extending from Pomona to Rancho Cucamonga - and SGV Connect is expanding
April 28, 2020
SGV Connect 63: SCAG Closes in on Final Passage of Connect SoCal and COVID19 Ravages Local Transit
This week's SGV Connect focuses on how the Coronavirus is impacting planning and transit throughout not just San Gabriel Valley, but all of Southern California.
April 17, 2020
Oakland to Open 74 Miles of Streets for Safe Biking and Recreation
The city of Oakland is planning to open 74 miles of streets for cyclist and pedestrians so people can get outside and get some exercise with ample space for social distancing.
April 10, 2020
SGV Connect 62.2: Being Better SGV Coyote Stewards and Fill Out Your Census!
For anyone who lives in the SGV, and frankly throughout Los Angeles County, coyotes are a regular reality. Whether hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains or walking down Valley Boulevard, hearing a coyote’s yelp or spotting its thin frame crossing a street is common. But how we should interact with these wildlife neighbors isn’t always clear.
April 6, 2020
