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Friday News Bits: Measure HLA, Metro Grants, and CicLAvia
Next week Measure HLA implementation documents face a city council committee meeting - plus new Metro MAT bike/walk grant cycle announced, and a new April CicLAvia map
February 7, 2025
In LA, it’s one crisis after another — and she can’t catch a break.
From the pandemic to the housing crisis to the wildfires, Wendy Lopez is among those caught in a cycle making it impossible to recover
February 7, 2025
Planning Department Releases Measure HLA Implementation “Standard Elements” Draft
The city is working to clarify exactly what minimum bus/bike/walk improvements are triggered by Measure HLA
February 4, 2025
CicLAvia Announces Eight Events in 2025
Plus ActiveSGV announces a new open streets format debuting in June 2025 with Mission at Twilight
January 31, 2025
South El Monte Tables Vote on Tyler/Santa Anita Bike Lanes
Councilmembers were hesitant to approve a protected bike lane design that would result in the loss of 99 on-street parking spaces
January 30, 2025
Forest Lawn Cemetery Urged Against Safety Upgrades Because “No Substantial Bicycle Use”
Don't make safety improvements on Forest Lawn Drive - because "we have not observed substantial bicycle use" there.
January 28, 2025
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
