This Week In Livable Streets
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Beach Streets, Wilmington Safe Streets ride, Metro Committees, 710 Freeway, Assemblymember Richard Bloom, and more
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Pasadena Considers 19 Projects To Fund With Metro $230M From Canceled 710 (Pasadena Now)
- More Shade Needed At So Cal Bus Stops (LAT)
- Caltrans and Metro Widened Valley View Bridge By 2 Lanes (Whittier Daily News)
- Metro Celebrates Inglewood K Line Station (Daily News, 2UrbanGirls)
- Palmdale Updating Its General Plan, With Nod To Walkability (AV Press)
- Barger Asks CA To Expedite Repair Of 5 Freeway Fire Damage (SC Signal)
…5 Freeway Closures In Castaic Area Happening, More Coming Soon (LAT, AV Times) - West Hollywood Plans To Remove Willoughby Traffic Calming (Biking in L.A.)
- Carnage: Windsor Hills Driver Went 130mph Before Crash (LAT)
…Driver Killed Pedestrian In Lancaster (2UrbanGirls)
…Driver Killed Crashing Into Train In Pomona (SGV Tribune) - “California’s Absurd War On Cars” (Daily News)
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Metro and L.A. Keep Widening Streets At Transit Stations: Regional Connector Grand Avenue Edition
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Metro's Regional Connector subway project is
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- LAT Editorial: Governor Newsom Sign A.B. 2097 To Put People Ahead Of Parking
- Caruso Tours Metro Subway, Decries the Filth (@JonnyPeltz Twitter)
- Santa Monica Plans Safety Upgrades On Wilshire (Urbanize)
- LAT Podcast Talks Illegal Street Racing
- 5 Freeway To Be Closed To Repair Burn Damage In Castaic (Daily News, KTLA5)
- Paramount Increasing Electric Car Charging Stations (Downey Latino News)
- County Building 72-Unit Senior Housing Near Vermont/Wilshire Station (Urbanize)
- Carnage: Murder Charge Stands In Westlake Village Crash That Killed Two People (LAT, Daily News, Biking in L.A.)
- Two Workers Killed In Train Crash Near Salton Sea (LAT)
- South Bay Council of Governments Studies ADUs for Affordable Housing (Daily Breeze)
- LAHSA Releases 2022 Homeless Count: 69,000 Unhoused People (Guardian, LAist)
…Number of Unhoused Angelenos Continues To Grow (Daily Breeze, LB Post)
…Rate of Unhoused People Growth Slowed (LAT)
…Unhoused Latino Population Grew Sharply (LAist)
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Op-Ed: Parking Reform Is California’s Most Important Climate Bill
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Governor Newsom should sign A.B. 2097
Three Reasons So Many Drivers Leave Pedestrians and Bicyclists to Die
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A spate of pedestrian and cyclists deaths at the hands of hit-and-run drivers in St. Louis is sparking a national conversation about the unique reasons why so many drivers leave their victims to die — and what it will take to stop them.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- LADOT Shared Photo Of Under Construction 7th Street Curb-Protected Bikeway (Twitter)
- Time To Stand With Low-Income Street Vendors and Support S.B. 972 (L.A. Taco)
…LAist Explains S.B. 972 - Metro Planning Bus-Only Lanes On Sepulveda In San Fernando Valley (@numble Twitter)
- Street Racing Crashes, Deaths Are Rising (Daily News)
- Sierra Madre Removed Bike Lane To Add Parking (Biking in L.A.)
- Traffic Deaths Are At A 20-Year High. What Makes Roads Unsafe? (NPR)
- Carnage: Ex-CHP Officer, Who Killed Pedestrian While Speeding To Work, Faces Charges (LB Post)
- Thieves Steal Prius Catalytic Converters (LAT)
- LAT Editorial Gets Whiny About NYC Congestion Pricing
- KTLA5 Gets Whiny About NY State “Ending Speeding”
Calendar extra: Thursday 9/7 – L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman, the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Griffith Park Advisory Board, the Hollywood United Neighborhood Council, and the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council are hosting a Griffith Park Safety and Mobility Improvements Open House. The in-person event will be tonight from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Friendship Auditorium at 3201 Riverside Drive in Los Feliz. There will be a presentation on the latest work in the ongoing study, with a viewing of presentation boards, plus questions and answers. Details at Raman Twitter. Go to event webpage to RSVP.
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Opinion: The E-Bike Is Not a ‘Monstrosity’; Car Culture Is
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An Atlantic columnist really put himself out there with a column that mocked e-bikes yet somehow let cars almost entirely off the hook.
United to House L.A. Proponents Rally For Resources To End Homelessness
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If passed, "Measure ULA" would enact a new tax on the sale of high value property in L.A. City; tax revenues would be dedicated to projects and programs to end homelessness.
SGV Bus Agencies Struggle To Restore Pre-Pandemic Ridership
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Data from San Gabriel Valley transit providers suggests where service could be focused to get rider numbers back up
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- CA’s Broiling Heatwave Is Different Than Previous (LAT)
…CA Sets Record For Power Usage (LAist)
…When Will This Infernal Heatwave End? (Daily News) - Beverly Hills Is Doing A Transit Feasibility Study
- Caltrans Clearing Unhoused Residents, Trash, and Hardscaping L.A. Freeway Margins (NBC4)
- L.A. Mulls Creating Office Of Unarmed Response (Beverly Press)
- Apply To Serve On Metro’s Youth Council (SMDP)
- Carnage: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian In Northridge (Daily News)
…Newhall Area 14 Freeway Crash Sends Four To Hospital (SC Signal) - Westwood Vacant Tiny Homes Are Another VA Failure (Knock)
- Torrance Tiny Home Village A Success Two Months In (Daily Breeze)
- 68-Unit Mixed-Use Planned Near Santa Monica/Vermont Station (Urbanize)
- 77-Unit Mixed-Use Nearly Complete On Venice In Mar Vista (Urbanize)
- Why CA Parking Reform Matters For Climate and Housing (Governing)
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This Week In Livable Streets
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L.A. City T-Committee, Metro Measure M Oversight Committee, and more