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Metro Board Restores $24.3 Million in Cut Transit Service
Funding will restore transit service with priority for high-ridership lines and an emphasis on disadvantaged communities - though service will remain below level it was at one year ago.
January 28, 2021
A Modest Proposal for a Better NextGen Route 51 DTLA DASH Connection
When Metro 51 service is shortened under NextGen, DASH Route A should be extended, not DASH Route E
January 27, 2021
Metro Shares Some Information About Revised 605/5 Freeway Widening Alternative
New Metro alternative plans would demolish around 156-182 homes in the city of Downey
January 26, 2021
The Westwood Neighborhood Greenway Is Now Complete
The two-acre site, straddling the Metro E Line, cleanses urban runoff before it flows into the Santa Monica Bay
January 25, 2021
New Phase of Burbank Wash Bike/Walk Path Opening Very Soon
The new 0.75-mile segment combines with an existing stretch to make a 1-mile long off-street bike/walk path
January 22, 2021
Metro Proposes $73.2M Loan to Caltrans for Overruns on 5 Freeway Widening through Burbank
Metro approving more money for this nightmare project would send a signal to Caltrans that wastefulness and irresponsibility will be not only tolerated, but rewarded
January 16, 2021
Eyes on the Street: New Bike/Ped Crossing over Railroad Tracks in Burbank
Though the facility has some utility - and preserves earlier walk/bike access, it's the kind of hellscape that only a freeway traffic engineer can love.
January 15, 2021
L.A. County Seeks Public Input on New L.A. River Plan
The new L.A. County river plan includes bike/walk trails, big projects, strategies to address affordability and housing, and more.
January 13, 2021
Metro/Caltrans Neighborhood Erasure along the Lower 5 Freeway
Metro and Caltrans have erased hundreds of houses, apartments, and businesses - in the cities of Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs - to widen the 5 Freeway
January 7, 2021
Downey Freeway Fighters Hang NO MORE LANES Banner over 5 Freeway
The Happy City Coalition tweeted that "From the view of the pedestrian overpass you can see dozens of homes that will be affected if the freeway expansion goes through."
January 1, 2021
