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Eyes on the Street: San Fernando Road Bike Path Nearly Complete
When this phase is completed - expected in late 2022 - the San Fernando Road bike path will extend a total of ten miles
March 1, 2022
Highway Widening Chief Abdollah Ansari Has Left Metro
Ansari was one of the agency's most rigidly pro-freeway and pro-car-capacity leaders
February 28, 2022
February 2022 Metro Board Meeting Recap: Railyard Overrun, Unarmed Security, and More
Transit policing, B/D Line turnback yard, N. 710 Freeway funding for multi-modal projects, Eastside L Line extension, bike parking, J Line electric buses, and Local Small Business Enterprise Program
February 25, 2022
Solis Motion Would Re-Re-Affirm that Metro North 710 Money Really Does Go to Multi-Modal Projects
Hilda Solis motion reiterates that, for the N. 710 MIP (Mobility Improvement Projects), "new mobility improvement[s] are eligible as both standalone projects and as components of larger projects," specifically including "bus priority infrastructure... bikeway projects... Sidewalk improvements, [and] Pedestrian safety improvements."
February 22, 2022
Friday Round-Up: River Bridge Opening [Canceled], Metro Rail, and Ktown Rocks
Metro's Crenshaw/LAX and Regional Connector rail lines could open this year. Metro's DTLA heavy rail yard re-do overshot its budget by $75 million. A new river bridge opens next month. Koreatown anti-camping rocks haven't budged.
February 18, 2022
Committee Approves Metro Station Bike Parking Contract
Metro is upgrading keyed lockers to digital ones, expanding 850 existing station lockers to 1,000 new e-lockers
February 16, 2022
L.A. City Council Transportation Committee Approves Unprecedented Speed Limit Reductions
LADOT General Manager Reynolds stated that though "this is a great day" speed limit reform advocacy is not done, because "the 85th percentile rule needs to go away entirely."
February 15, 2022
New Bike Lanes Installed on North Figueroa in Cypress Park
The new North Figueroa bike lanes extend 0.8 miles from Avenue 26 to Marmion Way/Pasadena Avenue.
February 14, 2022
Editorial: Monterey Park City Council Considers Making Garvey Avenue More Dangerous
Monterey Park is looking to add more car lanes to Garvey Avenue - saying it will reduce congestion - but studies show more lanes means more traffic, plus more pollution and more dangerous streets
February 14, 2022
L.A. Planning to Reduce Speed Limits on 177 Miles of City Streets
Under a new state law, A.B. 43, LADOT determined that speed limit reductions were warranted on 77 street segments totaling 177.2 miles.
February 11, 2022