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Metro Updates: 25 Months of Ridership Growth, and More
Metro ridership is growing steadily, plus Metro 605/5/10/60/105 Freeway expansion, Metro Micro, bus electrification, C Line, and Metro wildfire response
January 17, 2025
Outdoor Workers Vulnerable to Being Left Behind in Wildfire Recovery Process; A Few Ways to Assist in the Interim
As devastating fires blew up across Los Angeles last week, researchers from the Latino Policy and Politics Institute and the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge at UCLA released a data brief highlighting systemic inequities that, if not acknowledged and accounted for in the wildfire recovery efforts, could exacerbate long-standing inequalities in Latino and underserved communities across the county.
January 17, 2025
Where Metro and Caltrans Are Widening L.A. Freeways, Sabotaging the Climate, Fanning the Flames
Climate disruption is here. Right now. It's past time that Southern California transportation heavyweights - Metro and Caltrans - stop making the situation worse
January 15, 2025
West Covina Introduces Free, On-Demand MicroTransit Pilot
Go West Covina operates “corner to corner,” and offers connections to neighboring train stations.
January 8, 2025
Bike Lanes Extended on Reseda Boulevard Are First Clear Measure HLA Upgrade
Measure HLA requirements triggered 350 new feet of bike lanes on Reseda Boulevard, making Southern California's longest on-street bikeway even longer
January 2, 2025
Metro Postpones Bus Lane Automated Ticketing
Automated bus lane enforcement improves bus speeds and increases ridership. Metro had announced its automated ticketing program would start citations on January 1, then pushed the start date to February 17.
December 30, 2024
Metro Closes Out Last Round of Outreach on Underwhelming Vermont BRT Proposal
To truly improve conditions on Vermont, much more must be done
December 20, 2024
Cemeteries Push to Bury Forest Lawn Drive Safety Improvements
Forest Lawn and Mount Sinai reps call scaled-back city street improvements a "bad plan" and "permanent traffic disaster"
December 19, 2024
Eyes on the Path: Elysian Valley Gateway Park Improvements
A small L.A. River park in Frogtown got a major renovation, with greatly improved access to the river walk/bike path
December 17, 2024
Friday Bikeway Briefs: Pacoima Wash Path Open, Downtown Protection Extended
San Fernando's Pacoima Wash walk/bike path is open - and the city installed more modular curb-protection along downtown L.A.'s Main Street parking-protected bike lanes
December 13, 2024
