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L.A. Looks to Upgrade Forest Lawn Bike Lanes to Protected
LADOT and Councilmember Raman plan to add a mile and a half of plastic bollard protection to existing Forest Lawn Drive bike lanes; the project would reduce the number of car lanes from four to two.
August 10, 2023
Missing Metro Regional Connector First/Last Mile Facilities Worse Than Reported Earlier
Metro and LADOT quietly omitted and downgraded extensive bike and walk improvements approved and funded for Little Tokyo - in addition to omissions at Grand and Broadway stations
July 21, 2023
Metro Announces 605 Freeway Widening Project Will Not Demolish Homes
Metro Senior Director Isidro Pánuco announced that the 605 Corridor Improvement Project will have no residential displacements as it will be kept within existing Caltrans right-of-way
July 19, 2023
Glendale Officials Rally for Speed Camera Bill
"These [traffic fatalities] are real people," Glendale Mayor Dan Brotman emphasized, "husbands, wives, parents, friends, children, coworkers."
July 10, 2023
Metro Board June 2023 Recap: Policing, 405 Widening, C and K Lines, and More
Karen Bass takes the helm, while Metro tees up bringing policing in-house and widening the 405 Freeway. The K Line will soon operate from Expo to Redondo Beach, while the C Line will shrink a bit - running from Norwalk to LAX.
June 23, 2023
Juneteenth CicLAvia South L.A. – Open Thread
This past Sunday, tens of thousands of Angelenos celebrated a new CicLAvia route through South Los Angeles. The six-mile long route was mostly on Vermont Avenue and also included a short stretch of Century Boulevard. CicLAvia and L.A. County Supervisor Holly Mitchell partnered to celebrate Mitchell's annual Juneteenth festival at and throughout CicLAvia. More co-locating multiple synergistic events like this in the future, please!
June 20, 2023
What L.A.’s Pilot “La Sombrita” Shade/Light Structure Does and Doesn’t Do
Is La Sombrita a new design for bus stop shading and lighting to be installed quickly and cheaply? Or a sad joke at the expense of L.A. transit riders? Probably somewhere in the middle of those.
May 19, 2023
SGV Connect 110 : Life as a Reclaimer
The state and the whole world was in chaos,” recounts Marta of the day she moved in to her reclaimed home. “So they didn't take us out. Governor Newsom told the CHP to stand down and not do anything when we reclaimed."
May 4, 2023
Bike Lanes Recently Added on San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard
Modest bike safety upgrades in Cypress Park and Sylmar
April 26, 2023
City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez on MacArthur Park Station, the Surrounding Community, and Metro’s Pilot Interventions
"We can’t and shouldn’t resort to hostile infrastructure. It lowers the quality of life for everyone who has to use that space, those who are housed and unhoused, who are riding the subway."
April 25, 2023
