L.A. Mayoral Candidates on Transportation
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Candidates Bass, Buscaino, Caruso, de de León, Feuer, Greiwe, Viola, and Wilson in their own words
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Joe Buscaino
L.A. City Council Transportation Committee Approves Unprecedented Speed Limit Reductions
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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."
Garcetti Funds Extension of Roomkey for 1,200 Rooms, but Council Wants City to Think Bigger
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Bonin: "They say where there's a will there's a way; In this case, there has to be a way." Raman: "We need to be ambitious; I've heard the word 'hundreds' but we need be hearing 'thousands' [of new rooms to be added to Roomkey]."
L.A. City Public Works Committee Approves Proposed Regulations for E-Scooters, Bike-Share
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Rules for shared e-scooters, e-bikes, dockless bike-share next go to the full city council
LA City Council Gets Tough on Hit-and-Run Crimes: New Rewards and Alerts
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Today, the Los Angeles City Council voted to approve two new city programs that aim to stem the tide of hit-and-run crimes. According to Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch Englander, hit-and-run crashes killed 27 people in Los Angeles in 2014, and 80 percent of recent hit-and-run crimes remain unsolved. The city’s hit-and-run efforts were previewed […]
Garcetti, City Leaders, Promise Hundreds of Repaired Streets Every Year
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Flanked by elected and appointed city officials, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a handful of initiatives and reforms that would increase city revenue for road repaving by nearly $50 million a year at the “under reconstruction” corner of National and Barrington Boulevards in West Los Angeles. “All told, we are going to pay another 200 miles […]