Controller Galperin Finds L.A. City Sidewalk Repair Program in Need of Reforms
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There are 50,000 reported sidewalk problems that haven’t been addressed
Op-Ed: Why Sharrows Are Bullshit
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Basically, the shared-lane markings are worse than nothing.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- County Moves To Decriminalize Sidewalk Bicycling (LAT)
- ACT-LA Urges Metro Not To Extend Problematic Transit Policing
- County Moves To Expand Street Vending (Daily News)
- Inglewood Peoplemover Construction Pushed Back To 2024 (Urbanize)
- San Diego To Pay $24 Million In Driver vs. Cyclist Crash (LAT)
- Metro Contractor Ordered To Pay $32 Million In Deadly Bus vs. Cyclist Redondo Beach Crash (MyNewsLA)
- Carnage: Santa Monica Hit-and-Run Driver Crashes Into and Kills Man (SMDP)
- Final Environmental Report Available For Metrolink Antelope Valley Line Service Upgrades (The Source)
- Metro Hosting Pop-Up Events To Enroll Low-Income Riders In LIFE Discount Program (The Source)
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Metro CEO Wiggins Moves Highway Program Under Planning – To Encourage Multimodal Projects
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In order to encourage multi-modal projects, Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins recently moved highway projects under the agency's department of Countywide Planning & Development.
Four Ways ‘Automobility’ Shapes Our Lives — Besides Crashes and Climate
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The violence of car culture extends far beyond the obvious outrages of car crashes, pollution, destroyed communities and structural racism, a fascinating new paper argues.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- LAT Gimme Shelter Podcast On How Today’s Freeway Expansion Harms Housing
- Do You Want A Bus Lane On La Brea? (WeHoVille)
- Nearly Completed Elysian Valley L.A. River Bridge Opening Delayed (Eastsider)
- Carnage: Head-On Crash Kills Two In Moorpark Area (LAT)
…Man Killed In Single Vehicle Rollover Crash In Antelope Valley (AV Times) - Person Hit, Killed By Freight Train In Lancaster (AV Times)
- Infrastructure Funds Could Supercharge San Diego Rail Expansion (LAT)
- Labor Issue Puts Federal Transit Money In Question (LAist)
- Record High CA Gas Prices (LAT, LAist)
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Recall Bonin? Critics Submit Signatures That Could Force Recall Weeks Before Regular Election
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The City Clerk estimates the recall election, if the signatures are verified, would occur in May. The date of the city's primary election, which includes Mike Bonin's re-election campaign, is June 7, 2022.
This Week In Livable Streets
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Council District 13 mobility debate, World Day of Remembrance, Metro board, Santa Ana community development, CoMotion L.A., River path, Eastside Gold Line, Metro Gender Action Plan, and more
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- What Biden Infrastructure Bill Means For California (LAT)
…Metro Celebrates Passage Of Infrastructure Bill (The Source)
…Garcetti To Attend Today’s Infra Bill Signing (LAT) - Upcoming Meetings On Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension (Whittier Daily News, The Source)
- In Move Toward Multi-Modal Projects, Metro Highway Dept Now Under Planning (@numble Twitter)
- Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson talks Homelessness, LAPD, and More (KNOCK-LA)
- Critique Of Times Column Vigilante Response To Bike Theft (The Column)
- Sheriffs Compton Station Gang Whistleblower Lawsuit Dismissed (L.A. Podcast blog)
- Carnage: Two People Killed In 405 Freeway Crash In Seal Beach (LB Post)
…Pedestrian Killed In Monrovia Car Crash (SGV Tribune) - Valley Group Calls For Councilmember Lee To Be Removed From Planning Committee (Daily News)
- Gas Prices Are Up – Can Biden Do Anything? (LAist)
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SANDAG’s Draft 2021 Transpo Plan Has a Lot to Like – and Some Questionable Plans for Funding
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The Draft Regional Transportation Plan proposes no expansions of highway right-of-way at all, and includes robust transit upgrades and some active transportation projects
Report: Climate Goals Impossible Unless Sustainable Transport Claims 40 Percent of Mode Share
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City residents must massively increase the percentage of journeys they take on public transportation and using active modes within 10 years if the world is going to meet its climate targets, a new report argues — but federal governments aren't stepping up to make it happen.
COP26 ‘Transport Day’ Ignores Everything But EVs
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The agenda for "transport day" at COP26 Glasgow is dominated almost entirely by electric cars. So, in other words, the planet is screwed.