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2020 plans for Union Station scale back key pedestrianization features - image via Metro EIR addendum 2

L.A. City Is Nixing Metro’s Pedestrian-Priority Plans for Union Station

By Joe Linton | Aug 13, 2020 | No Comments

If L.A. won't prioritize walkability at the front door of the region's most heavily-used transit hub and at its historic walkable core, is there anywhere where Angelenos can expect safe and convenient places to walk?

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Talking Headways Podcast: To Be Truly Sustainable, Cities Must Be Truly Equitable

By Jeff Wood | Aug 13, 2020 | No Comments

Want a sustainable city? It starts with equity, not nice parks.

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Aug 13, 2020 | No Comments

Metro Green Line Turns 25, The Source Tells Its Problematic History …nitpicks on a good article: Metro is still planning freeway rail stations and still widening freeways Sheriff Half-Explains Guardado Killing (LAist, LAT) …Sheriff Releases Pre-Killing Video Implying Guardado Link To Crime Hot Spot (LAT, @sahrasulaiman Twitter) LAPD Responds In Force To Hoax Call At […]

In 2012, Harris took the stage at the DNC Convention. She also sued SANDAG to force better regional planning in California.

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As California AG, Kamala Harris Took a Political Risk to Fight Climate Change

By Damien Newton | Aug 12, 2020 | No Comments

When much of the establishment was praising a flawed Long Range Plan for San Diego, Harris joined local enviros to take SANDAG to court

California Senator and Vice Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris. Source: Gage Skidmore via Creative Commons.

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Four Facts on Kamala Harris’s Transportation Record

By Kea Wilson | Aug 12, 2020 | No Comments

The California senator isn't a flawless street safety advocate, but some of her history is making transportation advocates hopeful.

Downtown Culver City is expanding outdoor dining and adding bus lanes. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: Downtown Culver City Expanded Outdoor Dining, New Bus Lane

By Joe Linton | Aug 12, 2020 | No Comments

Culver City converted former car space to outdoor dining and bus/bike lanes - to allow people to safely distance during COVID-19

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Aug 12, 2020 | No Comments

White People Used Police Brutality To Segregate L.A. (LAT) CA Voters Overwhelmingly Support Police Reforms (LAT) Carnage: Driver Kills Pregnant Woman Walking On Sidewalk In Anaheim (LAT) LAT Business Columnist Explores Lyft/Uber Driver Ruling More On New DTLA Bus Lanes (Urbanize) Details On Planned Inglewood People Mover (Urbanize) De Leon Expected To Be Appointed Early […]

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Aug 11, 2020 | No Comments

1,789 New COVID Cases In L.A. County, Increasing In Young People (LAT) COVID-19 Downtown Bringing Down Rent, Especially In Luxury Housing (LAT) Metro COVID Recovery Task Force Issues Third Report (The Source) Judge Says Drivers Are Lyft/Uber Employees (LAist) More On DTLA’s New 5th/6th Street Bus Lanes (The Source, Biking in L.A.) Prosecutor Says LAPD […]

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Aug 10, 2020 | No Comments

Reimagine Public Safety, Uplift Melrose, and COVID briefings

Mayor Garcetti opening the new bus and bike lanes on 5th and 6th Streets. Image via Facebook Live

Garcetti Opens New Bus-Only Lanes On 5th and 6th Streets Downtown

By Joe Linton | Aug 10, 2020 | No Comments

New bus-only lanes opened today on 5th and 6th Streets. More coming soon on Aliso Street, Grand Avenue and Olive Street - and according to Garcetti "in your neighborhood."