Damien Newton
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Join Us for a 10th Birthday Party on March 21!
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FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO BUY A TICKET, VISIT OUR PAGE AT EVENTBRITE. FOR PARKING, DIRECTIONS, SCHEDULE – SCROLL DOWN Join us for our 10th Anniversary Party Dinner event at on March 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. at El Paseo Inn at Olvera Street, across the street from Union Station. We’ll be looking back at […]
SGV Connect 14: Metro’s Parking Policies and Future Gold Line Stations
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In just about two hours, the Metro Board of Directors Parking Committee will meet to discuss a major update to the agency’s parking policies. This policy, if passed in committee and the full Board of Directors next Thursday, would dictate how parking, both car and bicycle, would be allocated at future Gold Line Foothill Stations. […]
The Week in Livable Streets
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This week: Metro parking master plans, a crosswalk on Hollywood Blvd., the impact of SB 827 in South L.A., Operation Firefly, Longbeachize's ongoing series on housing, and the 26th Annual Empowerment Congress.
Join Our Team! SGV Connect Is Looking for a New Co-Host
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Do you enjoy the SGV Connect Podcast? Are you knowledgeable and passionate about the San Gabriel Valley region and the issues we cover at Streetsblog? If so, consider joining our small broadcast team. Streetsblog is looking for some help for our 2018 broadcast season, and that help could be you. Streetsblog Los Angeles seeks a […]
Schweitzer (Journalist) and Santiago (Elected Official) Win 2017 Streetsies
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Even as we continue to roll out polls for Streetsie categories, we’re happy to announce our first two Streetsie winners. Assemblymember Miguel Santiago has won the “Elected Official of the Year” award. This is in large part for his work authoring and championing legislation that finally fixed a state law prohibiting pedestrians from entering an […]
Save the Date! Streetsblog LA Celebrates Its 10th Birthday on March 21
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Ten years ago, on February 28, 2008, I wrote the first story on Los Angeles Streetsblog, about a proposal to bring congestion pricing to LAX. While that plan went absolutely nowhere, Streetsblog Los Angeles began a long journey that is still going strong today. And that 10 year journey deserves a party. Save the date […]
SGV Connect #13: End of the Year with Wes, Joe, the 626 and E-buses
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More highlights from the biggest SGV stories of 2017 - with Bike SGV's Wes Reutimann and SBLA's Joe Linton
SGV Connect #12 – Best Transit Stories of the Year in the SGV
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As the year begins to wind down, SGV Connect will broadcast twice this week to look back at some of the this year’s biggest San Gabriel Valley stories. Today, we talk to Felicia Friesema with Foothill Transit and Albert Ho with the Gold Line Foothill Construction Authority. For Foothill Transit, we discuss their recent fare […]
SGV Connect #11 – Justine Garcia, Glendora and This Saturday’s Noche de las Luminarias
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SGVConnect speaks with Justine Garcia, Glendora transportation analyst, about how progressive planners working in small cities can make big changes
SGV Connect 10: Doug Strange, La Verne and “Noche de las Luminarias”
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SGV Connect podcast interviews Doug Strange of the La Verne Bicycle Coalition
The Big Lie: No, Bonin Did Not Steal Measure M Money for Vision Zero
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No - Bonin did not use Measure M funds for early 2017 road diets. No - Bonin did not thwart the will of the voters by taking transit and road money and spending it on safety.
SGV Connect #9 – Roland Cordero and What Happens to the Buses Between Routes
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SGV Connect talks with Roland Cordero of Foothill Transit to talk about the daily maintenance of the buses and Foothill Transit's Lost and Found