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Win ‘Better Buses Better Cities’ Book by Steven Higashide
Featuring a Better Buses Better Cities excerpt on quick-build bus lanes in the Boston area
December 23, 2019
AQMD Chair William Burke Speaks Against Transit (Updated 12/15)
Should someone with Burke's negativity toward transit really be chairing a body charged with improving Southern California air quality?
December 13, 2019
Metro Plans to Seek State Funding for Bus Electrification
Metro is seeking $104M for a $210M project that would include 220 battery-electric buses operating out of El Monte and Gardena.
November 22, 2019
Interview with Michael Schneider, Founder of Streets for All
Streets for All will focus on elections, supporting local candidates with progressive values, especially around transportation
November 7, 2019
Editorial: Mayor Garcetti, Time to Get Serious About the Climate Crisis
Ten ways that Mayor Garcetti can show Angelenos that he is taking the climate crisis seriously
October 10, 2019
New Metro Report: Understanding How Women Travel
Metro's new report lays the groundwork for Metro efforts to improve women riders' experience via an upcoming Gender Action Plan.
September 27, 2019
Fact Check: Will BRT Automatically Trigger Corridor Up-Zoning? Not Anywhere Near as Much as Opponents Say It Will
BRT won't automatically up-zone entire corridors and bring giant new six-story canyons of towering apartment buildings. L.A.'s TOC incentives do help the city add affordable housing where it's most needed.
September 17, 2019
Youth Perspectives on Transportation: Free Public Transit for a More Just, Equitable, and Sustainable Urban L.A.
Building a broad-spectrum transit coalition will require removing the biggest barrier to use: transit fare
September 13, 2019
Bus-Only Lanes: Seattle Activism, L.A. City Motion
Seattle-ites take to the streets to get drivers out of bus lanes. A Krekorian/Bonin motion could expand bus lanes in L.A. City.
August 23, 2019
Vocal Anti-BRT Sentiment Dominated Metro Input Meeting in Northridge
Anti-BRT attendees were very vocal about their opposition to Nordhoff Street Bus Rapid Transit. One pro-BRT attendee called the setting "a semi-toxic meeting environment."
August 13, 2019
