Recent Streetsblog LA posts about BRT

Valley Gadfly Rages Against Planned Metro Bus Speed Improvements

By Joe Linton | Jun 19, 2019 | 2 Comments

A Valley gadfly is opposing Metro Valley BRT, alleging improved transit would cause "massive traffic jams" and "giant apartment buildings"-- but his images actually sell bus lanes

Open streets at Mexico City's Ángel de la Independencia monument. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Some Urban Observations From My Mexico Vacation

By Joe Linton | May 21, 2019 | 8 Comments

Lots of great examples that can inspire livability improvements all over - from open streets to BRT to bike-share to highly walkable streets

Metro's FY2020 budget includes modest cut to transit service. Photo via Wikimedia

What Projects Should Be Accelerated for the 2028 Olympics? How Can These Advance Equity?

By Joe Linton | Feb 8, 2019 | 14 Comments

For 2028 Olympics project acceleration to foster equity, don't speed up highway projects. Instead focus on improving the bus system.

Will this new Metro BRT study be different?

Metro Embarks on (Another) Bus Rapid Transit Study

By Joe Linton | Oct 29, 2018 | 2 Comments

Why do bus riders get studies - while drivers and rail riders get plans and projects?

The vacant lots encompassing the 8400 and 8500 blocks on Vermont have held the community hostage to blight for over 26 years. The 8300 block (from which this photo was taken) had also remained vacant for a number of years and was originally going to be incorporated into the Vermont Entertainment Village project. In the mid-2000s, Eli Sasson sold off his 8300 block parcels (helping to doom the mall project) and the County services building rose on it instead in 2007. Source: County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas

As Vermont/Manchester Transportation School Moves Forward, Community Reckons with Past, Wrestles with Form Change Should Take

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 16, 2018 | 1 Comment

For black stakeholders eager to shed the despised "Death Alley" label and address the damage rooted in segregationist policies, the stakes feel especially high

Capture from the latest StreetFilm - view below

New from StreetFilms: Los Angeles: The Great American Transit Experiment

By Joe Linton | Oct 9, 2018 | 10 Comments

StreetFilms and TransitCenter explore L.A. transit successes and issues, and question what is needed to make transit better serve the county's future

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