Talking Headways Podcast: Call it the Manual Undermining Terrific Community Design (MUTCD)
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We have met the enemy and it is the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
USDOT Grant Program Will Prioritize ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Equity’
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The U.S. Department of Transportation is re-branding one of its largest discretionary grant programs to explicitly reward regional and local governments who put equity and sustainability first in their transportation projects. But some advocates are holding their applause until they see how the department will actually define those critical terms.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Metro Budget Process Sidelines Riders (Investing in Place)
- LADOT Counts Folks Walking And Bicycling (MyNewsLA)
- Carnage: Driver Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash In Agua Dulce (Santa Clarita Signal)
…Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian In South L.A. (LAPD online) - UCLA Study Links COVID Deaths To Bad Air Quality (Antelope Valley News)
- 232-Apartment Complex Planned Next To Pasadena’s Sierra Madre L Line Station (Urbanize)
- Commission OKs First Phase Of Pershing Square Revamp (Urbanize)
- Friedman Affordability-Parking Bill Passes Committee Hurdle (@laurafriedman43 Twitter)
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SORRIEST BUS STOPS 2021 — The Finals: Québec City vs. Staten Island
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After hundreds of nominations and 14 hard-fought battles, we're finally down to the last two sorry stops standing. And we need your help to determine which one deserves the title of the worst waiting area in North America — or should we say Amérique du Nord?
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- 25 Percent Of L.A. Residents Are Vaccinated (LAist)
- Woman Badly Beaten On Metro Bus In Eagle Rock (Eastsider)
- State Senator Introduces Bill To Transfer Bruce’s Beach Property (Daily Breeze)
- Protected Bike Lanes On North Lake Will Preserve 98 Percent of Parking (Pasadena Complete Streets)
- Carnage: Three Killed When Car Crashed Into Parked Cars, Bank, In South L.A. (FOX11)
…Two-Car Crash Leaves One Dead In Azusa (SGV Tribune) - Affordable Housing Covenants Are Expiring (KCRW)
- Florence Affordable Housing Building Fully Framed (Urbanize)
- Councilmember Raman Seeks To Strengthen Tenant Harassment Ordinance (Daily Breeze)
- CA Fracking Ban Falls Short In State Legislature (LAT)
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Why Biden Is Right to Think Beyond the DOT in His Infrastructure Package
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Opponents of President Biden's infrastructure plan ignore that "transportation infrastructure" must include tackling our frayed social safety nets and our broken street designs.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- RIP Martin Wachs (UCLA ITS)
- Investing in Place On Restoring Metro Service (TransitCenter Podcast)
- L.A. Nears Settlement In Homelessness Lawsuit (LAT)
- LAUSD Begins Reopening Some Campuses Today (LAist)
- Carnage: Man Killed In Solo Crash Near Palmdale (Antelope Valley News)
…Driver Killed In 2-Car Crash In Azusa (SGV Tribune) - L.A. Plans To Update Cornfield Arroyo Seco Plan (Urbanize)
- Site Prep Begins For 40-Home Supportive Housing In South L.A. (Urbanize)
- Flixbus Extends To Palmdale (Antelope Valley News)
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This Week In Livable Streets
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Metro committee meetings, Culver Mayor Alex Fisch, Neighborhood Council deadlines, and more
Delayed Bike Lanes Coming Soon to Widened North Spring Street Bridge
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The delayed Spring and Wilhardt bike lanes are expected to soon connect to L.A. State Historic Park, Chinatown Station, and the L.A. River bike/walk path
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- L.A. County COVID Cases And Deaths Continue To Decline (LAT)
- LAT Editorial: Keep Slow Streets And Outdoor Dining After Pandemic
- Metro Slowly Adding Back Some Cut Bus Service Starting Today (The Source)
- Las Vegas PD Cuff Deaf Black Woman To Stop Her From Signing ASL (@sahra Twitter)
- LAPD Rejecting Protestor Complaints (LAist, LAT)
- More On L.A. County Plan To Return Bruce’s Beach (LAT, Daily Breeze, Urbanize)
- Could Gold Line To Montclair Be In Biden Infrastructure Plan? (SGV Tribune)
- Carnage: Three Killed As Street Racing Car Crashes Into Building In South L.A. (CBS)
- City Council Exempts Pico-Union Affordable Housing Project From CEQA (Urbanize)
- Plans For Reinventing Crenshaw Mall (Fast Company)
- L.A. County Accepting Mortgage Relief Applications Today (Urbanize)
- Getty and L.A. City Launch Initiative To Preserve Black Community Sites (Urbanize)
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L.A. County to Return Bruce’s Beach Property to Rightful Owners
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"The county isn't gifting anyone anything. The county is returning property that was inappropriately taken. We are returning to the Bruce family... property that they rightfully owned."
Metro NextGen Bus Reorganization: Changes and Challenges
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Riders have expressed concerns - but NextGen bus service changes are proceeding and could help reverse declining transit ridership trends