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Six Months in, Metro/Via Mobility on Demand Pilot is an Expensive Flop
With free rides and $1.75 million Metro subsidy the pilot is serves about a third of the ridership a low-performing bus route. Per ride cost is well over $20.
October 9, 2019
Caltrans Settles Environment Lawsuit, Cancels High Desert Freeway Project
Thanks to a Climate Resolve lawsuit, Caltrans has agreed to halt work on the Metro-funded High Desert Corridor freeway
October 2, 2019
New Metro Report: Understanding How Women Travel
Metro's new report lays the groundwork for Metro efforts to improve women riders' experience via an upcoming Gender Action Plan.
September 27, 2019
Paint Is Not Protection: 58-year-old Woman Killed in Horrific Hit-and-Run at Vermont and 98th
Paint and signage suggesting a pedestrian can expect a safe crossing where drivers regularly hit well above 40 miles an hour is not just negligence, it's criminal. Especially at night.
August 23, 2019
Nipsey Hussle Understood Cities Better than You. Why Didn’t You Know Who He Was?
"I swore to tell the world if I made it out/The truth about these L.A. streets and all what they about"
August 15, 2019
Big Wonky Good News: L.A. City Adopts People-Centered Transportation Metric: “VMT” In, “LOS” Out
VMT puts the E back into CEQA.
August 6, 2019
City Attorney Keeps up Pressure to Evict Nipsey Hussle’s Legacy from Crenshaw and Slauson
The effort to push Hussle off the corner of Crenshaw and Slauson is nothing new, but the timing couldn't be worse.
August 4, 2019
Annual LADOT Bikeway Implementation Continues Dismal Trend
Though LADOT has done several worthwhile new and upgraded bikeways, overall total mileage is a dismal failure: less than 5 miles of new on-street bikeway in the past year.
July 9, 2019
South Central Gives Nipsey Hussle the Send-Off of a Lifetime
Few communities love harder than South Central.
April 12, 2019
A Year after Losing Her Only Son in a Hit-and-Run, a Mother Wonders when Justice Will Be Served
“I’m about to go out here, I’m bout to ride my bike. I’m bout to have me a good day,” he said, smiling. “I feel good today, Momma. Man, I’m free.”
April 6, 2019
