Joe Linton
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Metro Approves Rail-to-Rail Walk/Bike Facility, Groundbreaking Expected Next Month
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Yesterday, the Metro board approved getting construction underway on a long-anticipated South L.A. multi-use path project and set the groundbreaking for February 28. The Rail-to-Rail Active Transportation Project – the initial phase (Segment A, above) of a longer Rail-to-River bike/walk route that will eventually connect South L.A. to the L.A. River – will convert a […]
Eyes on the Stations: Downtown Regional Connector Subway Construction
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The 1.9-mile Regional Connector light rail subway is 88 percent done, and expected to open at the very end of 2022 or early 2023
Eyes on the 6th Street Bridge: Concrete Arch Pours Completed
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The $588 million replacement bridge, connecting Boyle Heights with downtown Los Angeles, is scheduled to be completed this summer
Metro Operations Update: Operator Pay Raise, Another Motion to Restore Service Later
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Metro is currently canceling 10-15 of bus runs, so staff recommends temporarily cutting service by ten percent - starting Sunday February 20.
Councilmember Raman Making Good on Pledge to Expand Bike Infrastructure
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Raman is currently working to install seven new CD4 bikeways, the first few of which - Riverside Dr. and Burbank Blvd. - are due in the next couple months.
This Week In Livable Streets
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Metro board, Lincoln Blvd. bus lanes, 710 Freeway widening, 5 Freeway widening, Culver City, and more
Metro Transit Operations In Crisis, Staff Recommends 10+ Percent Temporary Service Cut
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The Metro board faces a choose your poison dilemma: bus service cancellations (unreliable spontaneous cuts) vs. officially reducing bus service (somewhat reliable planned cuts.)
This Week In Livable Streets
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Metro committees, Bruce's Beach, Sepulveda Transit meeting, NELA/SGV mobility hubs and more:
Take Metro’s (Flawed) 2022 Budget Survey
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Would you rather have "Buses" or "Improving the Environment"?
Remembering Dana Gabbard – 1962-2022
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Los Angeles lost one of its most knowledgeable, passionate, and persistent transit advocates: Dana Gabbard
Change Order Shows Cedillo Yanked Approved Spring Street Bridge Bike Lanes
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"The council office has safety concerns over the lack of continuity of bicycle lanes... Therefore final restoration signing and striping will be deleted from this contract and addressed... at a later time."
Freeway News Round-Up: 710 Widening and Aesthetics, 71 and 5 Widening Snags, and Bakersfield’s Centennial Corridor
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Metro's 710 widening task force met, the 710 aesthetic plan is ridiculous, 71 and 5 Freeway widening hitting snags, and mass home demolition for a Bakersfield freeway