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Metro Ridership Snapshot Suggests Added Service, Bus Lanes, and Walk/Bike Projects Increase Riders
Overall Metro ridership grew 7.5 percent year-over-year, but some rail and bus lines grew 10-20+ percent. SBLA explores factors that influenced outsized system-leading ridership increases.
Eyes on the Street: 57/60 Freeway Confluence Construction in Progress
New off-ramps have begun to sprout out of the dirt, and widening surface streets are going through the growing pains of construction closures
Eyes on the Street: Culver City’s Farragut Walkway Revamp
The ~200 foot long walkway - also used by cyclists - connects two residential streets about a half-mile south of downtown Culver City
Metro Rider Updates: C/K Lines, Bus Lane Cameras, TAP-to-Exit, and Cell Service
Cameras on Metro buses are now enforcing bus lanes! Metro K Line Aviation/Century Station opens this Sunday, with changed C and K Line operations. TAP-to-exit and cell phone reception are expanding.
Metro Breaks Ground on Early Phase of Southeast Gateway Light Rail Construction
The initial $7 billion SE Gateway Line segment will extend 14.5 miles from Artesia to the South L.A. community of Florence, with connections to the Metro A and C Lines
Metro/Caltrans 105 Freeway ExpressLanes Project Would Expand Freeway, Add Pollution to Already Burdened Communities
Metro and Caltrans are planning to expand the current ten-lane 105 Freeway to twelve lanes, plus adding new auxiliary lanes, widening ramps, and widening streets.
Streetsblog L.A. Endorsement: Yes on Measure A
Help address L.A.'s homelessness crisis by voting yes on Measure A - the half-cent sales tax that will fund affordable housing, services for mental health, addiction and domestic violence, and homelessness prevention
Westwood’s Broxton Avenue Pedestrian Plaza is Open
Broxton Plaza is now open, with additional People St features coming in November
Eyes on the Street: New Curb-Protected Bike Lanes at 26th and Broadway in Santa Monica
Bergamot area first-last mile bike/walk/bus upgrades are designed to improve access and safety for people using the Metro E Line 28th Street/Bergamot Station