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What It’s Like to Be a Woman Transit Operator

By Tonya Abernathy, Orquidia Flores, Thejoal Hope and Alicia Michelle Smith | Jan 27, 2023 | No Comments

Across the U.S., transit agencies are grappling with a shortfall of operators. These operators — frontline workers that keep buses and trains running are essential to a functioning transit network that actually gets riders where they need to go.

Yeah your kids will be totally safe biking to school here.

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Big Admission: ‘I Was Wrong About Sharrows’

By Dave Snyder | Jan 27, 2023 | No Comments

Dave Snyder, currently the senior director for infrastructure at PeopleForBikes, was a key player in the proliferation of shared lane markings back when he was executive director of the California Bicycle Coalition. Twenty years later, he’s disillusioned with them.

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Jan 27, 2023 | No Comments

Metro Renderings Of Future DTLA Arts District Subway Station (Urbanize) Metro Looking At End-Of-Line Policy, As Some Cities Blame Homelessness Issues On Transit (LB Post, Daily News) Metro Releases Torrance C (Green) Line Draft EIR (The Source) Metro Welcomes Mayor Bass (The Source) Old Road Temporarily Closed For Metro 5 Freeway Widening Construction (SC Signal) […]

Metro, Caltrans, and the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments are widening the 57/60 interchange. 2021 photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro Board Approves $294 Million to Widen 57/60 Freeways Confluence

By Joe Linton | Jan 26, 2023 | No Comments

The final phase of 57/60 Freeway construction is anticipated to get underway this Spring, with the widened freeway expected to open around 2026-2028

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Jan 26, 2023 | No Comments

Preview Of Today’s 10 a.m. Metro Board Meeting (The Source) …includes vote on nearly $300M for 57/60 Freeway widening Rider With Feet On Metro Seat Settles Lawsuit Against LAPD (2UrbanGirls) Carnage: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian In Lancaster (AV Times) …L.A. Sanitation Truck Driver Hits, Kills Pedestrian In Sherman Oaks (Daily News, 2UrbanGirls) …Driver Kills Three […]

L.A. spot widening via Google Street View

L.A. Public Works Committee Approves Motion to End Automatic Road Widening

By Joe Linton | Jan 25, 2023 | No Comments

The Raman-Bonin-Blumenfield motion would "eliminate spot road widenings" instead prioritizing the "pedestrian experience" and "pedestrian safety and visibility" by minimizing crossing distance at intersections

Driver zooming through space that LADOT had previously blocked off on Silver Lake Boulevard at Temple Street. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Drivers Dismantle Modest Plastic-Bollard Vision Zero Improvements at Silver Lake and Temple

By Joe Linton | Jan 25, 2023 | No Comments

If L.A. is to move toward Vision Zero, the least the city can do is maintain the safety improvements already installed

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Jan 25, 2023 | No Comments

County Approves 2-Month Extension Of COVID Eviction Rules (LAist, LB Post) Cerritos Mayor Behind City Lawsuit Against Metro Over West Santa Ana Branch (Los Cerritos News, @numble) Motion To End Spot Widening At Public Works Committee Today 3:30 p.m. (@LyricArch Twitter) County To Phase Out Oil Drilling In Unincorporated Areas (LAist) Culver City Anti-Camping Ordinance […]

Cal Poly Pomona mascot Billy Bronco poses with students at the grand opening of the university's Foothill Transit bus stop. Credit: Chris Greenspon/SBLA

Foothill Transit’s Silver Streak comes to Cal Poly Pomona

By Chris Greenspon | Jan 24, 2023 | No Comments

On Monday, the bus line added a stop at the epicenter of campus after two decades without direct service to the university

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Jan 24, 2023 | No Comments

UCLA Station Is Imperative For Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project (Daily Bruin) Annual Homeless Count Starts Today (LAist) Burbank Considers Adopting Vision Zero (Burbank Leader) Motion To End Spot Road Widening At L.A. Public Works Committee Today 3:30 p.m. Tomorrow (Streets for All) CicLAvia Releases 2023 Calendar: 8 Events (Biking in L.A.) Everything Renters Need To […]