The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog L.A.
Elizabeth Chou reports on the struggles of overlooked fire victims: low-wage service workers who lost jobs at stores and restaurants destroyed by the fires, or worked in affluent homes that burned.
Joe Linton rounds up news briefs: glacial Measure HLA implementation to get a public hearing next week, CicLAvia announces April’s Ktown-Hollywood route, and Metro announces bike/walk grant funding availability.
$2000 e-bike vouchers mean “hundreds of households who have the option to load up their kids and groceries on a cargo bike… without sitting in traffic and burning gas.” Applicants must be at least 18 and live in the San Gabriel Valley.
Faced with a ~$30M budget shortfall, Metrolink has extended temporary service cuts indefinitely and is “evaluating more significant service reductions and a potential fare increase that could take effect as early as October”