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This week Metro celebrated a groundbreaking for future Southeast Gateway Line light rail. The 15-mile initial phase will extend from Artesia to Florence, connecting to numerous southeast L.A. County cities, plus the Metro A and C Lines.

Also this week:
– With a new state grant, Foothill Transit is buying new buses and adding a new line to connect colleges to San Dimas Station
– Metro and Caltrans are widening the 105 Freeway – adding toll lanes, no-toll auxiliary lanes, and widening connectors, ramps, and local streets
– those relentless daily headlines

Looking for election advice? SBLA endorses Yes on Measure A, and has some election information in the weekly calendar post.

Celebrating the Dodgers victory?!?! Bike, walk, and/or take transit to today’s 11 a.m. parade downtown – but hurry up – fans started gathering early.

  • Friday’s Headlines
    by Joe Linton
    July 24, 2026
    Open streets, transit rider for Metro board, Santa Monica, Mayor Karen Bass, D Line, homeless count, parking, LAPD, ICE, Pasadena, car-nage, and more
  • Metro Board July 2026 Recap: Open Streets Funding, Governance, Freeway Expansion, and More
    by Joe Linton
    July 23, 2026
    It took more than half a year for Metro to approve an additional $1 million for CicLAvia-type events. Other board actions on freeway widening, governance, Pacoima Metrolink, workforce housing, Olympics, and more.
  • Thursday’s Headlines
    by Joe Linton
    July 23, 2026
    Metro Bass priorities, WeHo, CicLAvia, ICE, Omnitrans assault, oil drilling, car-nage and more
  • Mayor Karen Bass Outlines Her Metro Agenda including Fare Free Transit, Bus Lanes
    by Joe Linton
    July 23, 2026
    Bass faintly echoes Mamdani’s “free fast buses” but after three and a half years of mostly Bass inaction at Metro, her election year conversion sounds tepid and unconvincing
  • Wednesday’s Headlines
    by Joe Linton
    July 22, 2026
    Heat wave, Santa Monica, Metro board, Larchmont parking, East L.A., TOD, Culver CityBus, car-nage and more
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