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Metro Approves Rail-to-Rail Walk/Bike Facility, Groundbreaking Expected Next Month
South L.A. multi-use path project, mainly along Slauson, groundbreaking tentatively planned for February 28
January 28, 2022
Officers Who Killed Margarito López Didn’t Heed Standby Warning for “Less Lethal” Fire
Half a second after the projectile is fired at López – who is in the midst of turning away from officers – a burst of contagious fire erupts.
January 26, 2022
Metro Operations Update: Operator Pay Raise, Another Motion to Restore Service Later
Metro is currently canceling 10-15 of bus runs, so staff recommends temporarily cutting service by ten percent - starting Sunday February 20.
January 25, 2022
Councilmember Raman Making Good on Pledge to Expand Bike Infrastructure
Raman is currently working to install seven new CD4 bikeways, the first few of which - Riverside Dr. and Burbank Blvd. - are due in the next couple months.
January 24, 2022
Metro Transit Operations In Crisis, Staff Recommends 10+ Percent Temporary Service Cut
The Metro board faces a choose your poison dilemma: bus service cancellations (unreliable spontaneous cuts) vs. officially reducing bus service (somewhat reliable planned cuts.)
January 20, 2022
Venice and Hollywood Piloting Expanded Unarmed Response to Non-Emergency Incidents Involving Unhoused Angelenos
In pilot areas - Venice and Hollywood - CIRCLE response teams are responding to 911 calls regarding unhoused individuals - including wellbeing checks, loitering, indecent exposure, noise disturbances, and needle disposal
January 19, 2022
Remembering Dana Gabbard – 1962-2022
Los Angeles lost one of its most knowledgeable, passionate, and persistent transit advocates: Dana Gabbard
January 14, 2022
Change Order Shows Cedillo Yanked Approved Spring Street Bridge Bike Lanes
"The council office has safety concerns over the lack of continuity of bicycle lanes... Therefore final restoration signing and striping will be deleted from this contract and addressed... at a later time."
January 12, 2022
Freeway News Round-Up: 710 Widening and Aesthetics, 71 and 5 Widening Snags, and Bakersfield’s Centennial Corridor
Metro's 710 widening task force met, the 710 aesthetic plan is ridiculous, 71 and 5 Freeway widening hitting snags, and mass home demolition for a Bakersfield freeway
January 11, 2022
Looking Ahead: Some L.A. Transportation Predictions for 2022
SBLA editor Joe Linton predicts Metro ridership, freeway widening, a new DTLA subway, new bus lanes, and more
December 30, 2021
