Damien Newton
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Last Day for Comments on Hyperion Bridge
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Thanks much for being part of our campaign to advocate for a safer Hyperion Bridge. This issue has received tremendous media attention and we now have Glendale Councilmember Friedman and State Assemblymember Gatto on our side asking for a more complete-streets approach to the Hyperion Bridge rehab. This past Monday, an overwhelming amount of people spoke in favor or a […]
ARTCRANK
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We’re closing in on ARTCRANK the one night art poster and beer party that will take place on Saturday, November 9 at Space 15 Twenty, 1520 North Cahuenga Blvd from 4-10 pm. We don’t have copies of all of the posters yet, but ARTCRANK just released the official logo for the party which you can see […]
Metro Reaches Out for Union Station Linkages Study During Dia De Los Muertos Celebration
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Sometimes, we can take for granted how far Los Angeles has come in the past half decade when we look ahead at all the many things that have to happen before this becomes a truly Livable City. But when I was reading the promotional materials for tomorrow’s Community Visioning Festival for Metro’s Union Station access […]
Jaime De La Vega Out at LADOT
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Moments ago, the Mayor’s Office announced that Jaime De La Vega will no longer serve as General Manager of the Department of Transportation. Jon Kirk Mukri, the General Manager for Recreation and Parks will serve as interim General Manager for LADOT while a permanent replacement is sought. Things changed at LADOT during De La Vega’s […]
Jaime De La Vega Releases Response to Leadership Change at LADOT
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The following statement was released moments ago by Jaime De La Vega through the LADOT press office in reference to the just announced leadership change at LADOT: I was appointed in 2011 to stabilize and turn around LADOT and the department is in much better shape today. We re-organized and modernized the management structure and […]
Eyes on the Street: Bike Corral Appears on Glendale Boulevard in Atwater
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In the two years since LADOT installed its first bike corral in front of Cafe de Leche on York Boulevard in Northeast Los Angeles, things have been quiet on the bike corral front. Yes, there were reports of Metro funding an expansion of the program, and there is that “other corral” that’s part of the […]
StreetsTube: A Conversation on Rideshare and Transportation Network Companies with Juan Matute
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Here’s our half our interview. We didn’t get to everyone’s questions, but Juan was nice enough to go back and answer them in an earlier comments section.
We’re Live, Right Now, Interviewing Juan Matute About Lyft, Sidecar, Uber and Los Angeles
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Right now at SoCal Streetstube, I’m interviewing Juan Matute, UCLA Lewis Center Associate Director about the role that the city plays regulating Transportation Network Companies and how these companies help or hurt mobility overall. We’re broadcasting live at SoCal Streetstube. If you have a question for Juan, leave it in the comments section. As always, we’ll publish […]
40% of ExpressLane Funds Will Go Towards Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements
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When Metro first proposed converting HOV Lanes to congestion pricing lanes where drivers could choose to pay cash for a congestion free trip, some politicians and news paper columnists were outraged. Some where so outraged at the “Lexus Lanes” they worked tirelessly to get them moved somewhere else. Others were so outraged they wrote research-free […]
Reminder: I’ll Be Interviewing Juan Matute Live at 3 at Socal StreetsTube About “Ride Share” and Southern California
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Just a reminder, at 3:00 today I’ll be interviewing Juan Matute, UCLA Lewis Center Associate Director about the role that the city plays regulating Transportation Network Companies and how these companies help or hurt mobility overall. The first question will be, why don’t you just call companies such as Uber and Lyft ride share like […]
Are You Getting Excited for ARTCRANK? We Are.
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We’re closing in on ARTCRANK the one night art poster and beer party that will take place on Saturday, November 9 at Space 15 Twenty, 1520 North Cahuenga Blvd from 4-10 pm. We don’t have copies of all of the posters yet, but ARTCRANK just released the official logo for the party which you can […]