Metro Bike Share Piloting Electric Assist Bikes in DTLA
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Metro electric assist bike are available now - as part of a three-month pilot in downtown L.A.
This Week In Livable Streets
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World Day of Remembrance for traffic violence victims, L.A. CoMotion, Metro committees, L.A. River bike path, Reseda Boulevard, Temple Street, Coloring Book Plaza
Toronto Cleared Cars Off a Major Transit Corridor — And it Worked!
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Once the street was closed to cars, about 20,000 additional streetcar riders materialized practically overnight.
Today’s Headlines
|- Construction Authority Plans Phased Build Of Foothill Gold Line To Montclair (SGV Tribune)
- Metro Refines West Santa Ana Branch Rail Plans (Urbanize)
- Metro Proposes Crappy Road-Widening To Replace N. 710 (@CarterRubin Twitter)
- Reseda Blvd Improvements Meeting This Thursday (CiclaValley)
- L.A. Is A Micro-Mobility Sleeping Giant (Have A Go)
- County Considers Converting General Hospital To Housing (Urbanize, Curbed)
- So. Cal High-Speed Rail Cost Estimate Up $11B (LAT)
- Pedestrian Observations Looks Into L.A. Population Density
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People Who Overcame Homelessness Share Their Stories at Boyle Heights Event
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"I'm no different than you. I want to eat. I want to dance, and I want to home to a bed and sleep."
Bay Area Caltrain Bike Thefts Relevant to Future Metrolink Designs?
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Is Caltrain's bike car policy ringing the proverbial dinner bell for crooks?
Cities are Making Left Turns Safer with ‘Wedges’
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Strategically placed bollards and curbs slow drivers and prevent them from "cutting corners," keeping pedestrians safer.
Today’s Headlines
|- Deconstructing An Incomplete Vision Zero: Four D’s (People for Mobility Justice)
- How I Learned To Love Homeless Housing In My Neighborhood (LAT)
- Carnage: Big Rig Driver Kills Cyclist In West L.A. (Biking in L.A.)
- Metro Bike Share Starts Electric-Assist E-Bike DTLA Pilot (The Source, Biking in L.A.)
- Metro Adding Bus Arrival Time Info At Mid-City Stops (Beverly Press)
- Mixed-Use Complex Under Construction At El Monte Bus Station (Urbanize)
- Tips For Men To Make Transit/Biking/Walking Less Crummy For Women (SB Chicago)
Streetsblog L.A. will not publish on Monday, Veterans Day – back on Tuesday!
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Uber and Lyft Carrying More Trips Than Light Rail in Seattle
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They are primarily moving folks living in the densest — and best-connected — parts of the county.
Santa Monica Installs In-Street E-Scooter Parking Corrals
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The city is looking for solutions to clutter from dockless shared scooters and bikes.
Today’s Headlines
|- More Election Results:
…Looks Like Clean Water Parcel Tax Measure W Passed (LAT, Curbed)
…Homeless Advocate Katie Hill Unseats Steve Knight (LAT)
…Prop 10 Rent Control Aftermath (Let’s Go L.A.)
…CityLab On Mobility Initiatives Nationwide, Including Prop 6 Defeat - Norwalk UP Freight Train Derailment Blocks Metrolink Riders (The Source)
- Councilmember Huizar’s Home, Offices Raided By FBI (LAT, Eastsider)
- Grand Avenue Development To Finally Break Ground (Downtown News)
- CSUN Dean Hit By Skateboarder, Looks To Ban Bikes, Scooters (Biking in L.A.)
- Police ID Suspect In Van Nuys Hit-and-Run Cyclist Death (Daily News)
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Election 2018 – California’s Mostly Good News
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Prop 6 defeated! Democratic super-majority! Plus various transportation tax measures throughout the state.