The forum begins at 11:15 a.m. and goes to 1 p.m. at 1200 Plaza del Sol E. Register here. The Metro E Line Pico Aliso Station is across the street from Mendez HS. We are 8 days away from our youth-led #CD14 Candidate Forum! 🗓️: Saturday, February 10th. 📍: 1200 Plaza del Sol E Los Angeles, CA 90033. ⏱️: …I initially tried to write this post in the relatively objective journalistic tone that Streetsblog generally favors - but I confess I just couldn't do it. Of all the wasteful spending at Metro ( lots of freeway widening , problematic policing ), the microtransit fad really gets to me.Redesigning Los Angeles around people, not cars, is the key to creating a more livable city that all Angelenos will benefit from. Shawn Dunn recently graduated from Occidental College in 2015 with a BA in Urban & Environmental Policy. Dunn completed his senior thesis analyzing the best strategies for …Throughout 2023: Eight CicLAvia Events. The schedule hasn't been announced, but Southern California's popular open streets festival will take place eight times in 2023. In the years prior to the pandemic, there were 4-5 events annually; in 2022, there were four. YOU made our last CicLAvia Sunday in 2022 truly memorable!Construction is now underway for another SGV Greenway project along the Big Dalton Wash in the unincorporated community of Vincent. Vincent is one of the “Covina Islands,” located between Covina and Irwindale. Greenway path completion is anticipated for Spring 2024. The zigzagging 3 mile Vincent Community Bikeway will span from Citrus ...There’s a reason that “Open Streets” events, planned and programmed road closures that range from smallish block parties to miles of car-free avenues through the heart of the city, are uncommon in San Diego, the Bay Area, and other diverse population centers: outside of Los Angeles County, there is little to no public financial support for …The project includes the city's first extended stretch of concrete curb-protected bike lanes and protected intersections. The 7th Street bikeway is open between Spring and San Pedro Streets. 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles. Curb work construction appears pretty much done from San Pedro Street to Spring …There’s a reason that “Open Streets” events, planned and programmed road closures that range from smallish block parties to miles of car-free avenues through the heart of the city, are uncommon in San Diego, the Bay Area, and other diverse population centers: outside of Los Angeles County, there is little to no public financial support for …Join Streetsblog L.A. at our 15th birthday celebration, this Thursday November 30, from 5-7 p.m. at First Draft at 1230 South Olive Street in Downtown Los Angeles.It's a FREE event - RSVP now! No donation required - but if you appreciate the work we've done for a decade and a half, and you want to keep it coming, please help …This week, Metro revealed new details about the under-construction widening of the 71 Freeway in the city of Pomona. Metro and Caltrans had promoted the project as a nearly 2-mile-long freeway widening, with an upgraded pedestrian overcrossing - but it has been quietly scaled back to a ~1.5-mile widening with no pedestrian component.This week, Metro revealed new details about the under-construction widening of the 71 Freeway in the city of Pomona. Metro and Caltrans had promoted the project as a nearly 2-mile-long freeway widening, with an upgraded pedestrian overcrossing - but it has been quietly scaled back to a ~1.5-mile widening with no pedestrian component.When it comes to traveling, one of the most important aspects is figuring out how you’re going to get to the airport. If you’re flying into or out of Los Angeles, specifically LAX,...American gypsies live all over the country, but are mainly found in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Boston, Atlanta, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Houston and Dallas.One post on Streetsblog, highlighting a few excerpts, cannot do justice to "A Century of Fighting Traffic Congestion in Los Angeles: 1920-2020." The paper gives an overview of everything from the city's complicated history with public transit to the development of technological fixes to proposals for congestion pricing, a strategy that …Wednesday’s Headlines. 8:38 AM PST on February 7, 2024. How road widening works. Cartoon via @BrentToderian Twitter. By Joe Linton. L.A. City Council Supports Street Vendors, Nixes No-Vend Zones ( LAT, LAist) Why CA Keeps Adding More Lanes ( LAT)Feb 15, 2024 · At a press conference yesterday morning, next to Skid Row's busy Fire Station 9, firefighter union leaders announced their opposition to L.A. City Measure HLA, the Healthy Streets L.A. initiative. According to the L.A. Times, United Firefighters of Los Angeles City Local 112 (UFLAC) leaders say they plan to spend at least $100,000 against ... Streetsblog Los Angeles Election 2024 L.A. Voters Approve Measure HLA, Mandating City Implement Bus Lanes, Bike Lanes, and Ped Safety Improvements Measure HLA is a clear mandate for change in the way L.A. designs its streets - voters clearly want city streets to safer for all road users In 1990 the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (a predecessor of Metro) bought the recently disused railroad right of way, but “fierce resistance from some Cheviot Hills homeowners who feared the trains would bring noise and crime stalled” the passenger rail project that ultimately became the E Line.Yesterday, Los Angeles City voters approved the Healthy Streets L.A. ballot initiative - Measure HLA - seen as a referendum on the city's multimodal future. The final vote count is still pending, and could take weeks as California continues to count late mail-in ballots.Redesigning Los Angeles around people, not cars, is the key to creating a more livable city that all Angelenos will benefit from. Shawn Dunn recently graduated from Occidental College in 2015 with a BA in Urban & Environmental Policy. Dunn completed his senior thesis analyzing the best strategies for enhancing walkability in downtown Los …Throughout 2023: Eight CicLAvia Events. The schedule hasn't been announced, but Southern California's popular open streets festival will take place eight times in 2023. In the years prior to the pandemic, there were 4-5 events annually; in 2022, there were four. YOU made our last CicLAvia Sunday in 2022 truly memorable!Thursday’s Headlines. 9:12 AM PST on January 4, 2024. Melrose CicLAvia next month. By Joe Linton. How So Cal's Air Pollution and Housing Crisis Are Connected ( AfroLA) Police Shot and Killed L.A.-Bound Amtrak Passenger ( Daily News) Assault At Lake Metro Station Results In Injuries ( Pasadena Now) Data From CA Traffic Stops Shows …Robert George Ghost Bike Installation Tonight On Fountain (Biking in L.A.)Why Killer Drivers Rarely Get Charged For Murder ()City Council Postpones Vote On Rent Freeze Item ()Tonight 6 p.m. Montebello Hosts Bike Plan Community Meeting (Montebello Instagram)Carnage: Driver In Fatal Saugus Crash Had Open Container …This week, Metro revealed new details about the under-construction widening of the 71 Freeway in the city of Pomona. Metro and Caltrans had promoted the project as a nearly 2-mile-long freeway widening, with an upgraded pedestrian overcrossing - but it has been quietly scaled back to a ~1.5-mile widening with no pedestrian component.Lately, with ridership recovering, Metro is having trouble providing enough bus service.Riders report overcrowded buses, late buses, bus no-shows, untrustworthy schedules, and other issues. Metro is scrambling, but the agency is experiencing a bus operator shortage that has made providing currently …By Joe Linton. Yesterday, the city of Los Angeles Transportation Department (LADOT) held a press event to reveal "La Sombrita" - a pilot bus stop structure designed to offer shade and lighting. La Sombrita - photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog. LADOT describes La Sombrita as a "new design [that] allows shade structures to be …Feb 21, 2024 · Wednesday’s Headlines. 9:52 AM PST on February 21, 2024. Current Metro construction site widening the 405 Freeway at Van Ness Avenue in the city of Torrance. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog. By Joe Linton. LAT Editorial: City HLA Fear-Mongering Misses What's Really Scary: Unsafe Streets. There’s a reason that “Open Streets” events, planned and programmed road closures that range from smallish block parties to miles of car-free avenues through the heart of the city, are uncommon in San Diego, the Bay Area, and other diverse population centers: outside of Los Angeles County, there is little to no public financial support for …The forum begins at 11:15 a.m. and goes to 1 p.m. at 1200 Plaza del Sol E. Register here. The Metro E Line Pico Aliso Station is across the street from Mendez HS. We are 8 days away from our youth-led #CD14 Candidate Forum! 🗓️: Saturday, February 10th. 📍: 1200 Plaza del Sol E Los Angeles, CA 90033. ⏱️: … Streetsblog LA covers news and issues related to transportation, urban planning, and public health in Los Angeles. Read the latest posts on Measure HLA, Metro projects, firefighters' opposition, and more. Tuesday’s Headlines. L.A. County Supervisor Holly Mitchell on bike at yesterday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog. Brightline West L.A.-Vegas High-Speed Rail Expected To Hire 11,000 Workers ( ABC7) Get National Headlines At Streetsblog USA, State Headlines At Streetsblog CA.Wednesday’s Headlines. 6:53 AM PST on February 14, 2024. Metro calendar year 2023 ridership was nearly 12 percent above 2022. By Joe Linton. L.A. Firefighters Launch Six-Figure Campaign Against Health Streets Measure HLA ( LAT) More On Metro COVID Era Record Transit Ridership In 2023 ( Pasadena Now) Pasadena, Glendale, …Deadline Today for Input on Montebello Bicycle Master Plan. The public has until 3 p.m. today - March 5 - to submit written comments via email, or give input in-person at a meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m.American gypsies live all over the country, but are mainly found in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Boston, Atlanta, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Houston and Dallas.Tuesday’s Headlines. 8:53 AM PST on January 9, 2024. 2023 was the hottest year on record. By Joe Linton. Metro Budget Austerity Doom Messaging: Agency Facing Fiscal Not-Quite-Cliff ( Daily News) Pasadena Recruiting New Transportation Dept Head ( Pasadena Now, SGV Tribune) Santa Monica Adding More Four-Way Stops For Safety ( …Metro Chair Ara Najarian at this morning's East San Fernando Valley rail groundbreaking. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog. The initial phase (Southern Segment) of the ESFV rail project will be a 6.7-mile ~$2 billion ~$3.6 billion light rail line, with 11 new stations. The line will be located in the middle of Van Nuys …Tuesday’s Headlines. 9:36 AM PST on March 5, 2024. Yes on Measure HLA billboard – photo via Streets Are For Everyone. By Joe Linton. It's Election Day - SBLA Endorses Yes on Measure HLA. So Far Low Turnout For Early Voting ( LAist) So Your Vote Is Important! Bike/Walk Upgrading Studebaker Road This Year ( LB Post)Sports may not be everyone’s first thought when it comes to Los Angeles, but the city’s proximity to the Hollywood elite makes it quite the hub for professional sports. Everyone fr...Thursday’s Headlines. 9:09 AM PST on December 7, 2023. On-bus cameras coming to Metro buses by Spring 2024. Slide from October 2023 Metro presentation. By Joe Linton. Automated On-Bus Camera Enforcement Coming To Metro Buses By Spring ( SM Next, KTLA) Both CA High-Speed Rail and Brightline West Received $3B Federal Grants …About. Streetsblog is a daily news source connecting people to information about sustainable transportation and liveable communities. Founded in 2006 in New York City, …According to testimony today by Los Angeles Housing Department Assistant General Manager Anna Ortega, the RSO currently applies to about 650,000 households. Today's renter protection ordinance expands benefits (similar to, but separate from the RSO) to an additional estimated 400,000 L.A. renter households living in units built since …Dec 14, 2023 · Thursday’s Headlines. 9:00 AM PST on December 14, 2023. Metrolink is offering a new student free pass program. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog. By Damien Newton. Housing Crisis Leads to Longer Commutes, But Tax Breaks for the Rich ( LAT) Survey: Homeless Sweeps Lead to Citations As Often As Assistance ( LAT) Metro Metro Releases New Lower 710 Freeway Proposal; Agency Still Plans to Widen 710, Doesn’t Rule Out Residential Demolitions. Metro's new 710 widening proposal is not as bad as the mega-widening that Metro was hell-bent on a couple years ago, but there's still a lot of harmful freeway/ramp/road expansion, and precious little …In 1990 the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (a predecessor of Metro) bought the recently disused railroad right of way, but “fierce resistance from some Cheviot Hills homeowners who feared the trains would bring noise and crime stalled” the passenger rail project that ultimately became the E Line.The project includes the city's first extended stretch of concrete curb-protected bike lanes and protected intersections. The 7th Street bikeway is open between Spring and San Pedro Streets. 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles. Curb work construction appears pretty much done from San Pedro Street to Spring …View Temple City Rosemead Blvd Project in a larger map. The project, shown in green on the above map, is on both sides of Rosemead Boulevard for its entire length through Temple City. It extends two miles from Calita Street to the railroad undercrossing near Lower Azusa Road. The area is mostly commercial …Feb 27, 2024 · Tuesday’s Headlines. 8:55 AM PST on February 27, 2024. Cyclist on Broadway in Santa Monica. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog. By Joe Linton. Santa Monica Spoke Alert Urges Cyclist Comment Before Council Tonight ( Biking in L.A.) El Monte Secures Grant Supporting E-Bikes, Electric Cars and Buses ( SGV Tribune) Tuesday’s Headlines. 9:37 AM PST on January 2, 2024. Metro’s 2023 Year in Review declares that the Sepulveda bus lanes are “next up” though they were completed in October. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog. By Joe Linton. Metro Micro Meetings Start This Week, Temporary $1 Fare Could Increase ( Daily News, The Source)It is not fully approved or completely finalized, but a document has circulated that shows Metro's staff recommendations for open streets events for FY2015-16.Open streets events, or ciclovías, are car-free festivals primarily for bicycling and walking, more or less the same as Los Angeles' popular CicLAvia.. So far in L.A. County, cities, primarily …Friday’s Headlines. 9:17 AM PDT on November 3, 2023. Laura Rubio-Cornejo – photo via city of Pasadena. By Joe Linton. T-Committee Approves Speed Camera Pilot ( LAist) LAist Interviews New LADOT General Manager Laura Rubio-Cornejo. German Reporters Find Metro Transit Pretty Good ( LAT)Thursday’s Headlines. 9:17 AM PST on February 8, 2024. Beach bike path storm damage – photo via L.A. County Public Works tweet. By Joe Linton. First Positive LAT CA High-Speed Rail Story Ever! Long Beach Plans For 51st Street Greenbelt, Including Bike Paths ( LongBeachIze) Storm Damage Closes Beach …Many of you have seen the tweet. On May 27, the city of Santa Monica tweeted a video of a machine smoothly and quickly laying down the concrete barrier for a protected bike lane. Just about everyone who saw it, from Councilmember Jesse Zwick to activists in New York and Australia, had the same verdict, […]In calendar year 2023, 336 people were killed in traffic collisions in the city of Los Angeles. This represents a 20-year high, with 2021, 2022, and 2023 all breaking records. Graph via SAFE 2024 report Traffic Violence in Los AngelesFriday’s Headlines. 8:35 AM PST on December 15, 2023. Screenshot of map from Boyle Heights Community Plan. By Damien Newton. LAT Looks at Whether Shutting Down Freeways Is Effective Advocacy. WeHo Votes on Vision Zero Action Plan on Monday ( Biking in L.A.) More on the State's Gas Tax Deficit ( LB Post)The GoPass program was already approved through this June, and will now extend through the end of June 2024. Metro, in a press statement, noted that the GoPass pilot program improves equity, increases transit ridership, positively impacts public health, and benefits the environment with reduced greenhouse gas emissions and improved air …Nov 27, 2023 · Monday’s Headlines. 9:47 AM PST on November 27, 2023. Caltrans Super 605 project map – via fact sheet. By Joe Linton. Long Beach Is Getting Speed Cameras ( LB Post) How To Make Your City More Walkable and Bikeable ( LAist) Schneider Editorial: Not Signs and Crossing Guards, L.A. Needs Safer Streets ( LAT) Eyes on the Street: Bike Lane Construction on Imperial Highway near LAX. L.A. City is installing new protected bike lanes on Imperial Highway, closing a 1,000-foot gap. The $1.9 million project is expected to be completed by October 2024. 3:14 PM PST on February 7, 2024.Jan 3, 2024 · 2023 may be over, but here's a look back at some pending issues that Streetsblog L.A. hoped might be finished by now. Downtown Metro Station Bike/Walk Connections Metro, with sign-off from the L.A. City Transportation Department (LADOT), shortchanged riders walking and biking to newly opened downtown L.A. Metro Regional Connector stations . Wednesday’s Headlines. 10:01 AM PST on January 31, 2024. Inglewood people-mover. Rendering via Envision Inglewood. By Joe Linton. Bond Agency Says LAX People Mover Opening Delayed to 2025 ( KTLA) Inglewood People Mover Delayed to 2030 ( 2UrbanGirls) Carnage: Deadly Street Racing Hit-and-Run Crash In Canoga Park ( KTLA, …Between Streetsblog's launch in 2008 and her appointment, LADOT had had five general managers and interim general managers, so her time at LADOT brought stability at the top of the organization. Her tenure began encouragingly enough, with the launch of programs such as Great Streets and the Mayor's much …One post on Streetsblog, highlighting a few excerpts, cannot do justice to "A Century of Fighting Traffic Congestion in Los Angeles: 1920-2020." The paper gives an overview of everything from the city's complicated history with public transit to the development of technological fixes to proposals for congestion pricing, a strategy that …Dec 19, 2019 · 5:23 PM PST on December 19, 2019. Protected bike lane on Figueroa Street in downtown L.A. – all photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A. excepts as noted otherwise. By Joe Linton. This article supported by Los Angeles Bicycle Attorney as part of a general sponsorship package. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog. Newly revealed documents show that L.A. City Councilmember Gil Cedillo is responsible for removing approved bike lanes from the city's $50 million widening of the North Spring Street Bridge. The lanes were due to open in 2018, then in 2021, but now appear to be indefinitely delayed …The GoPass program was already approved through this June, and will now extend through the end of June 2024. Metro, in a press statement, noted that the GoPass pilot program improves equity, increases transit ridership, positively impacts public health, and benefits the environment with reduced greenhouse gas emissions and improved air …. 3:08 PM PST on March 4, 2024. L.A. County I VOTED sticker. BDec 22, 2023 · Friday’s Headlines. Figueroa Street red bus lane m Jul 12, 2022 · Sahra is Communities Editor for Streetsblog L.A., covering the intersection of mobility with race, class, history, representation, policing, housing, health, culture, community, and access to the public space in Boyle Heights and South Central Los Angeles. Earlier this year, Solis celebrated the first property acquired under the pilot program: an 11-unit building in East Los Angeles, purchased by Fideicomiso Comunitario Tierra Libre (FCTL) in … Earlier this year, Solis celebrated the first property acquired Nov 29, 2023 · Friday Afternoon Election Update: Measure HLA Lead Growing, Other Livability Wins, and More. Measure HLA percentage is swelling - livability champions Mitchell, Hahn, Sandoval reelected - continue on Metro board - and much more, including lots of runoffs to get involved in LADOT recently provided Streetsblog a spreadsheet showing Fiscal Year 2021-22 bikeway implementation. For FY2020-21, L.A. City saw just 39.1 lane-miles of upgraded and new bikeways. (Streetsblog's totals differ slightly from those reported by LADOT, which reported 38.5 lane miles. DOT did not include non … By Joe Linton. Yesterday, the city of Lo...
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