Damien Newton
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SGV Connect 44: South Coast AQMD Wants to Clean the Air, and the Puente Creek Bikeway/Greenway Project
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Latest podcast features Dr. Philip Fine of SCAQMD and Carolina Hernandez of Principal Engineer at L.A. County Public Works
SGV Connect 43 – First Mile/Last Mile Planning for the Gold Line and New Bike Infrastructure in La Verne
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Latest podcast features La Verne City Councilmember Muir Davis and Metro first-and-last-mile planning leaders Katie Lemmon and Jacob Lieb
Non-Profit Developer Community Corporation of Santa Monica Provides Much Needed Affordable Housing in Affordability Desert
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Community Corp has been building great affordable housing projects in Santa Monica - and soon in Mar Vista
SGV Connect 42: Looking Ahead to Sunday’s 626
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Who better to help us preview the event than Wes Reutimann, the special projects director for Active SGV?
SGV Connect 40: Protected Bike Lanes for Pasadena and Freeway Barriers for the 210
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Updates on Pasadena's Union Street protected bikeway proposal and Metro's freeway barrier plans to keep 210 Freeway traffic from crashing into the Gold Line.
The Week in Livable Streets Events
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***THURSDAY*** This Thursday is the big day for Streetsblog Los Angeles and the five honorees for this year’s fundraising dinner. Join us at 6 p.m. at the El Paseo Inn on Olvera Street across the street from Union Station. If you want to join us, and don’t have tickets yet, you can still do so […]
We’re One Week Away from Our May 9th Dinner Party. Get Your Tickets Now
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It’s hard to believe, but we’re just one week away from the Streetsblog Los Angeles annual awards dinner. This year’s dinner is honoring some of the best people we know doing important work to make our streets a safer and better place to live, work, play, and travel. There are still tickets on sale, and […]
First Look at Metro’s Proposed Budget for 2019-2020: Cuts in Bus, Rail Service
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Budget was made public one day after Garcetti unveiled Green New Deal for L.A.
Garcetti’s Green New Deal for Los Angeles Under Attack for Being Too Car-Centric
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Goals for the plan include 100 percent renewable energy by 2045 and 100 percent zero-emission vehicles on city streets by 2050. Some say that is too little and too late.
The Week in Livable Streets Events
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Wednesday 5/1 – Join the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition as they kick off National Bike Month in style with a Handlebar Happy Hour at Imperial Western Beer Company. Sponsored by Pocrass & De Los Reyes, LLP (Bicycle Law), the event is located inside the beautiful Harvey House space inherited by Imperial Western Beer Company on […]
Open Thread: Long Beach’s Beach Streets and CicLAvia 30
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This weekend saw not one, but two, open streets events in L.A. County. If you attended, or have thoughts about either, please leave them in the comments section below. Saturday saw the 6th annual Beach Streets come to 2.5 miles of Pacific Avenue. In addition to opening the streets to bicyclists, pedestrians and any and […]
LA’s First Two-Way Protected Bike Lane Will Open in Downtown Los Angeles this Weekend
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Los Angeles’ first two-way protected bike lane is expected to open this weekend on Spring Street in Downtown Los Angeles. Currently, a southbound protected bike lane runs on the east side of Spring Street. The project will also include new bike signals and bike boxes for safe turns. The project is part of Councilmember José […]