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Metro and Caltrans 5 Freeway widening through Burbank is years late and tens of millions of dollars over-budget. Photo by Joe Linton

Metro Proposes $73.2M Loan to Caltrans for Overruns on 5 Freeway Widening through Burbank

By Joe Linton | Jan 16, 2021 | No Comments

Metro approving more money for this nightmare project would send a signal to Caltrans that wastefulness and irresponsibility will be not only tolerated, but rewarded

New walk/bike crossing along the 5 Freeway in Burbank - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: New Bike/Ped Crossing over Railroad Tracks in Burbank

By Joe Linton | Jan 15, 2021 | No Comments

Though the facility has some utility - and preserves earlier walk/bike access, it's the kind of hellscape that only a freeway traffic engineer can love.

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Jan 15, 2021 | No Comments

COVID: L.A. Hospitals Teeter On Last Resort Guidelines For Care (LAT) L.A. Homeless Services Could Be Spreading COVID (KNOCK.LA) Carnage: Fatal Fiery End To Pursuit In Van Nuys (Daily News) …Inglewood Resident Killed In L.A. Car Crash (2 Urban Girls) 44-Home Florence Firestone Project To House Formerly Unhouses Vets (Urbanize) 41-Story Apartment Tower Approved For […]

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Drivers Are Still Top Polluters, Even During Quarantine

By Kea Wilson | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

Not even months of quarantine orders that confined millions of Americans to their homes were enough to unseat passenger vehicle trips as the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, a new study finds.

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

Overwhelming Situation As COVID Deaths Soar In L.A. County (LAT) …COVID Deaths Among L.A. Latinos Alarming (LAT) …Virus Rages Through LAPD (LAT) Report: Sheriff Department Has Multiple Deputy Gangs (CBS2) After Pleading Guilty, Former Councilmember Englander Could Face Light Sentence (LAT, Daily News) …John Lee – A Co-Conspirator On the City Council (L.A. Podcast Blog) […]

Rendering of rainwater capture creekbed feature proposed along the L.A. River at Griffith Park Ferraro Soccer Fields - via L.A. County

L.A. County Seeks Public Input on New L.A. River Plan

By Joe Linton | Jan 13, 2021 | No Comments

The new L.A. County river plan includes bike/walk trails, big projects, strategies to address affordability and housing, and more.

SGV Connect: Alhambra Mayor Sasha Renée Pérez, and a 2021 Preview

By Kristopher Fortin and Damien Newton | Jan 13, 2021 | No Comments

Welcome to the first SGV Connect Podcast of 2021. In this week's episode, Kris speaks with Alhambra Mayor Sasha Renée Pérez before Kris and Damien give a preview of what to look forward to in 2021.

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Jan 13, 2021 | No Comments

288 L.A. County COVID Deaths (Daily News) …National COVID Death Toll Worsening (Daily News) …Northern California COVID Situation Improving, L.A. Not So Much (LAT) …Children Apologize To Their Elders For Spreading Virus (LAT) L.A. City Employees Delay Pay Raises To Stave Off Layoffs (LAT, Daily News) Carnage: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Person Sleeping On Long Beach […]

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Jan 12, 2021 | No Comments

Streetsblog's Sahra Sulaiman on Newsrooms' Racial Reckoning, Transformative Justice, SGV millennial mayors, Inglewood people-mover, Ethan Elkind, L.A. City bus shelter and street furniture contract, COVID-19 briefings

End-of-Year Fundraising Drive Update: We Did It! Thanks!

By Damien Newton | Jan 12, 2021 | No Comments

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