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Garcetti Opens New Bus-Only Lanes On 5th and 6th Streets Downtown
New bus-only lanes opened today on 5th and 6th Streets. More coming soon on Aliso Street, Grand Avenue and Olive Street - and according to Garcetti "in your neighborhood."
August 10, 2020
Advocates Urge Metro to Reimagine Public Safety Starting at Tomorrow’s Board Meeting
ACT-LA are "calling on Metro to divest from its police budget and reinvest funds into our communities through free fares, improved bus infrastructure and service, and neighborhood stability programs."
June 24, 2020
Beating of Unhoused Boyle Heights Man Exposes Woeful Inadequacy of LAPD Reform Proposals
Making the case for why, if L.A. is serious about reimagining public safety, it must embrace the conversation around defunding the police
June 23, 2020
Four New Motions Would Reimagine Metro Law Enforcement on Transit
Boardmember Mike Bonin says Metro "cannot rely on an armed police presence for every issue, and we need smarter, more effective solutions"
June 18, 2020
Editorial: Metro’s Black Lives Matter Statement – Fixed It for You
Despite some worthwhile Metro fails to take ownership of what the agency has done, situates current ongoing wrongs in the past, and fails to commit to actionable changes
June 16, 2020
Metro Sides with Police, Against Riders – Shuts Down System, Shuttles Arrestees
By suspending service and shuttling arrestees, Metro leadership sided with the police, against the needs of its largely Black and brown ridership
June 2, 2020
Garcetti’s LAPD Protest Statements Wildly Miss the Mark
Garcetti offers platitudes and magical thinking as protestors scream to defund the police
June 1, 2020
Friday L.A. Round-Up: Traffic Deaths Spike, COVID-19 Slow Streets, and 7th Street Lanes
New protected bike lanes on the way downtown, first COVID slow streets on the Westside, and LAPD reports a surge in speeding and traffic fatalities.
May 15, 2020
Competing with Challenger Raman, Incumbent Ryu Claims Record of Support for Healthy Sustainable Transportation
L.A. isn't buying Ryu's twitter assertion of his record on "healthy and sustainable" mobility. Ryu has been pro-parking, anti-bikeway, and anti-road-diet.
May 14, 2020
Advocates Call For Quick-Build Walk-Bike Streets During COVID-19
Though cities all over are stepping up to make safe walk-bike streets under COVID-19, L.A. City has clearly not made it a priority
April 24, 2020
