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#DamienTalksSGV 22 – Foothill Transit Is Totally Haunted. Boo.
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Today, #DamienTalks with a bunch of people who claim that they have witnessed paranormal activity in the Foothill Transit executive offices. That’s right, we’re reporting that the major sponsor of this podcast is haunted. Happy Halloween! And thanks to Felicia Friesema for all her work on this podcast as well as our interviewees for being […]
This Week In Livable Streets
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It’s the original Livable Streets holiday. Have fun, get to know your neighbors and if you find yourself behind the wheel, drive safely! Monday 10/31 – This is Halloween! This is Halloween! Everybody make a scream! And of course be safe both as a participant, road user and especially parent. We haven’t seen the LADOT safety […]
#DamienTalks SGV 20 – The Last Word on Measure M with SoPas Mayor Diana Mahmud
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I know it seems as though this election has been going on forever, but the end is in sight. A week from Tuesday, America will vote on a new president, California will vote on a new Senator and Los Angeles County will decide the fate of Measure M. But today, #DamienTalks with South Pasadena Mayor […]
#DamienTalksSGV 19 – Foothill Transit’s Doran Barnes
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This week, #DamienTalks with Doran Barnes, the executive director of Foothill Transit and the Chair of the Board of Directors for the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). Our conversation touches on a wide range of subjects including integrating Foothill Transit with the new Gold Line Extension, Measure M, and Foothill Transit’s ground-breaking electric bus program. […]
#DamienTalks the Regional Connector with Metro’s Community and Construction Relations Team
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Today, #DamienTalks with Olga Arroyo and Jean Marie Hance with Community and Construction Relations for the Regional Connector Project in Downtown Los Angeles. With the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) going in the ground next week, it seemed the perfect time to connect with the Regional Connector. The conversation is wide ranging and goes on for over twenty minutes, […]
#DamienTalksSGV 18 – The 626 Is On!
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This week, #DamienTalks with Wesley Reutimann about the new plans for the postponed 626. Spoiler, prepare yourself for a massive open streets party across the SGV next March. It is no surprise to anyone that listens to this podcast, or reads this website, that we were super excited for the 626 Golden Streets. The mammoth open streets […]
City Council Approves Controversial Westside Transit Oriented Development
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Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council approved the largest transit-oriented development near a new Expo Line Station in Los Angeles’ Westside. The development, located at the 4.7 acre site owned by the Martin Automotive group sits at corner of Olympic Boulevard and Bundy Drive. The project is mixed use, with significant housing, 150,000 feet of neighborhood-serving […]
Eyes on the Street: Santa Monica Gets Creative with Its Crosswalks
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Last night, the City of Santa Monica painted the first of its “creative crosswalks” designed to improve both safety and fun for people walking across the street. Last night’s painting was at the intersection of Ocean and Broadway. A second installation is planned for Arizona and Second Street tonight. “Creative crosswalks can create a sense […]
#DamienTalks SGV 17 – Marisa Creter and the Future SGV Bicycle Superhighway
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Today, #DamienTalks with Marisa Creter, the Assistant Executive Director of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments. Our discussion mostly covers the excitement Creter, the CoG, other government officials and advocates have for the over 200-mile greenway plan. Both BikeSGV and Creter refer to the plan as a “bike super highway” that criss-crosses the entire SGV […]
DamienTalks 40 – Michael Manville on Automatic Road Widenings
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It’s been a while since we recorded a #DamienTalks specifically for the California website, but now we’re back with a good one. In this week’s edition, Damien Talks with Michael Manville, a professor and researcher at UCLA. Manville has hit a bit of Livable Streets fame with an article he wrote for the Journal of […]
Who Is Lining Up to Fight Measure M
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So far, most of Streetsblog L.A.’s coverage of Measure M, Metro’s sales tax proposal that will be on the fall ballot, has been positive. With our eyes fixed on graphics showing the growth of our rail and rapid bus network, a robust active transportation funding program, and some flexibility in the language allocating highway funding; […]