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Metro Evaluating Phasing Eastside Gold Line Extension to Whittier
The 9-mile Eastside Gold Line light rail extension is expected to cost $6.1-6.5 billion, so construction could be phased, with a shorter initial segment
February 17, 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
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
Councilmember Nithya Raman Appointed to So Cal Air Quality Board
Though Raman becomes just one of thirteen SCAQMD boardmembers, her presence should help to steer the agency toward a more just, more environmentally-friendly direction.
February 1, 2022
L.A.’s Foremost Transit/Livability Champion Mike Bonin Will Not Seek Re-Election
Bonin is not seeking re-election due to his personal mental health, the toll that being an elected official has on his family, and the coarsening and nastiness of politics at the local and national level
January 27, 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
