Caltrans Claims SHOPP Projects Include Complete Streets Elements. But Are They Speaking the Same Language?
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What does Caltrans mean by "Complete Streets" anyway? The answer is not easy to find
Beverly Hills and Metro Look to Speed Subway Construction During COVID-19 Traffic Lull
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A proposal to take advantage of decreased traffic could save 6 months on Purple Line subway construction
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- L.A. County Coronavirus Cases Top 2000, Five New Deaths (Daily News)
- DTLA Convention Center Prepped As COVID-19 Field Hospital (LAist, Daily News, Urbanize)
- Carson Suspends Bus Service (SGV Tribune)
- Photos Of Sparsely Populated Metro Trains, Stations, and Bus (LAT)
- Tips For Bicycling During the Pandemic (LACBC)
- L.A. City Council Fails To Ban Evictions (KTLA, LAT)
…SBLA’s Sulaiman Breaks Down City Council Failure (@sahra Twitter)
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One Angeleno’s Coronavirus Pandemic Diary: Day 17 – Shifting Perspectives
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Every minor symptom these days seems fraught
![Last Tuesday's city council meeting was held in an empty chamber. Those hoping to make public comment were kept outside under a tent in the cold. They could see and hear the councilmembers, but the councilmembers could only hear them. [Screenshot of the live feed taken at some point during the eight hour marathon.]](https://i2.wp.com/la.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-10.51.24-AM.png?resize=480%2C270px&ssl=1)
As Council Heads to Chambers Today, a Plea that It Abandon the Do-No-Harm-to-Landlords Doctrine
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While arguing to limit the grace period tenants would have to pay back any missed rent to six months during the marathon city council session last Tuesday, March 17, Second District councilmember Paul Krekorian beseeched his colleagues to consider the Hippocratic Oath – the pledge physicians make to do no harm – and not enact […]
Slow Down! Speed Demons Send Two People To Overwhelmed Hospitals In NYC
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Paramedics rushed two people to already over-capacity emergency rooms on Wednesday evening, thanks to speeding drivers who refused to slow down amid a worsening health crisis.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- U.S. Surpasses China For Most COVID-19 Cases (NYT, LAist)
- What Is In Federal Coronavirus Stimumus (LAT)
- California Faces Perilous Next Two Weeks As Cases Surge (LAT)
- COVID-19 Surges In L.A. (LAT)
- Homelessness Response Could Make Or Break Containment Efforts (LAT)
- Navy Hospital Ship Mercy Arrives (Daily News)
- L.A. Renters Urging Freeze and Forgiveness (Curbed, SGV Tribune)
- CA Banks Waive Mortgage Payments For 3 Months (Curbed)
- Advocating For Active Transportation In the Age of COVID-19 (Safe Routes)
- Thieves Stealing Healthcare Workers’ Bikes (Biking in L.A.)
- Metro In Uncharted Territory, Awaiting Federal Aid (LAist)
- DMV Closing Offices (LAT, LAist)
- LAX Flyaway Bus Trimming Service (LAT)
- Metro Announces Changes To Costly Mobility On Demand Pilot (Urbanize)
- L.A. Air Has Been Clean (Curbed)
- L.A. City Hall’s Legitimacy Crisis (L.A. Podcast blog)
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S.F. Muni to Shut Down all Trains March 30
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SF Muni to stop running trains on Monday, but bus service will continue
Talking Headways Podcast: How to Make a Bus Corridor Great
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Imagine a city that transforms a congested roadway into something that works for transit users and cyclists! It's Boston. Check out our podcast with a Beantown planner.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Coronavirus: Garcetti Warns Of Mass Deaths, False Hopes (Business Insider)
- LAist Interviews County Public Health Head Barbara Ferrer
- Listing Of L.A. Communities With COVID-19 Cases (LAT)
- Aerial Photos Of Southland’s New Normal (LAT)
- Limited Drive-Through Testing Beginning (Daily News)
- L.A. City Council To Meet This Friday (LAT)
- Emergency Order Temporarily Bans Ellis Act Evictions (Urbanize)
- Millions Of Americans Will Have Trouble Paying Rent This Month (Curbed)
- Metro Projecting Losses, Seeking Federal Aid (Curbed)
- Metrolink Temporarily Cuts Service 30% (SGV Tribune, Urbanize)
- Metro Maintenance Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19 (The Source)
- Uber Sues L.A. Over E-Scooter/E-Bike Data (LAT)
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One Angeleno’s Coronavirus Pandemic Diary: Day 15 – Mask Vendors and Gardening
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Day 14 of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of midday March 24, there are people infected/deaths: worldwide 416,248/18,652, U.S. 51,935/660, CA 2,385/46, L.A. County 536/7 Day 15 of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of midday March 25, there are people infected/deaths: worldwide 471,744/21,151, U.S. 64,522/933, CA 2,853/64 , L.A. County 799/13 Today is the fifth entry in a […]
High-Speed Rail Construction Continues Under COVID-19
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It's tricky practicing social distancing while working on a major construction project, but workers are doing it