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In 2018, teacher protests swept the country with educators speaking out against widespread public school budget cuts and wage stagnation. Those protests led to strikes, including t...Streetsblog. February 28, 2024. Pedestrian Deaths Are Down — But They’re Still Higher Than Pre-Pandemic. Kea Wilson. Streetsblog San FranciscoFreeways. Who Regrets …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 …Jan 31, 2024 · 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, KABC) Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog. Metro officially launched its new transit ambassador program this morning. Nearly 300 Metro transit ambassadors are currently out riding Metro trains and buses. The Metro board approved a pilot transit ambassador program in 2021 as part of the agency's effort to reimagine public safety and transit …Feb 14, 2024 · 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) 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 …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.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)Measure HLA, the Healthy Streets L.A. initiative, was passing by a commanding lead from the very first vote totals, so local media - including your favorite website, Streetsblog L.A. - declared victory on Wednesday, even though in theory it appeared slenderly mathematically possible that its lead could maybe …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,...Friday’s Headlines. 9:56 AM PST on February 16, 2024. Yes on Measure HLA billboard – photo via Streets Are For Everyone. By Joe Linton. Alert: L.A. CAO Plans To Release More Misleading HLA Information ( Streets for All) L.A. Public Press Explains Measure HLA - Healthy Streets L.A. Initiative.Feb 29, 2024 · Thursday’s Headlines. 9:20 AM PST on February 29, 2024. Firefighter unions are now campaigning against the Healthy Streets L.A. initiative Measure HLA. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog. By Joe Linton. Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement. Pasadena e-bike incentives, Culver City Ballona Creek path, Metro ESFV rail construction, Beverly Hills Metro subway stations, Beverly Hills shuttle, and more 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 …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 …In late 2018, Fix the City filed a lawsuit against the city of L.A. implementing its approved plan for some transit oriented development along the E Line. That plan, called the Exposition Corridor Transit Neighborhood Plan (TNP), had already been watered down by self-proclaimed climate champion L.A. City …Tuesday’s Headlines. 9:33 AM PST on November 21, 2023. Screengrab from Caltrans 10 Freeway livestream currently showing the freeway is open. By Joe Linton.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.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.Jan 31, 2024 · Wednesday’s Headlines. 10:01 AM PST on January 3Last week, Streetsblog published a post outlining some Nov 22, 2023 · 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. Kabuki Sky was Richie's first bike at three frames tall, the front whe Jan 26, 2024 · 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. Thursday 3/14 - in-person meeting 6-7:30 p.m. at Panorama Presbyterian Church at 14201 Roscoe Boulevard in Panorama City. Thursday 3/21 - 6-7:30 p.m. virtual meeting via Zoom. Saturday 3/16 - Celebrate Los Angeles Walks turning 25 at their annual Sidewalk Soirée event, starting at 5 p.m. at Silverlake Independent JCC at 1110 Bates … Thursday’s Headlines. 9:36 AM PST on December 21, 2023. Metro rid

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)Metro’s planned NoHo-Pasadena BRT will be a new ~18-mile-long 22-station bus line spanning four cities: Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, and Los Angeles. In 2016, voters approved …Tuesday’s Headlines. 9:35 AM PST on December 12, 2023. Person Stabbed To Death At Metro E Line Indiana Station ( CBS, NBC4) Carnage: Driver Kills Cyclist In Marina Del Rey Crash ( Biking in L.A.) Palmdale Mayor Pro Tem Andrea Alarcón Arrested On Suspicion Of DUI ( Daily News) Foothill Transit Pomona Transit Store To …January 17, 2024. South LA. Street Services asks CD8 stakeholders to weigh in on light poles for Western Ave. by December 27. Formal community …Streetsblog Los Angeles Highway Expansion. Calif. Claims Adding Miles of New Lanes to a Freeway Is… Not Expanding the Freeway. Metro claims "no [710 Freeway] expansion whatsoever" — and, at the same time, Metro says they won't rule out demolishing homes. March 7, 2024. Talking Headways.

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 …Nov 2, 2023 · Los Angeles City has been removing bike lanes. The practice probably is not widespread, but that is difficult to verify as the city does these removals with no notice, no reporting. Generally the city Transportation Department (LADOT) removes bike lanes to add more on-street parking. 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 ……

Reader Q&A - also see RECOMMENDED ARTICLES & FAQs. Streetsblog. February 28, 2024. Pedestrian Deaths Are Down —. Possible cause: Thursday’s Headlines. 9:07 AM PST on February 1, 2024. Yes on Measure HLA billboard at Ver.