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Metro has a brand new boardmember. Santa Clarita’s Patsy Ayala was ratified today at a meeting of a county committee that most people have never heard of. Ayala replaces Glendale Councilmember Ara Najarian who is retiring.
Here’s a recap of Metro board decisions last week – including open streets event funding, bike-share expansion, electric buses, and more.
As usual the Heart of L.A. route, an annual early October tradition since 2010, saw tens of thousands of Angelenos smiling their way along streets closed to car traffic
Metrolink vote on service cuts today. Hollywood Boulevard data shows success. Plans for new Telfair Avenue bike/walk bridge over the Pacoima Wash. Metro plans seven miles of new Olympic Blvd. bus lanes from DTLA to Beverly Hills.
The proposed 2.2-mile project would add new protected bike lanes connecting the Metro E Line station to UCLA and would add 1.1 mile of new bus-only lanes. Give your input via online survey.
Prop. 43 would make it harder for Californians to fund transit and transportation projects by giving just over 1/3 of voters the power to block locally backed tax measures.