Joe Linton
Recent Posts
Much of Metro’s Latest 710 Freeway Messaging Sounds All Too Familiar
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Stay tuned - probably for another decade - to find out if Metro's latest community messaging is sincere, or just another iteration of the past couple decades of lip service to a community-driven process.
Metro Moving Forward with Rosecrans/Marquardt Grade Separation
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New road/rail grade separation in Santa Fe Springs - plus updates on other L.A. projects to prepare for high-speed rail, including in North L.A. County
This Week In Livable Streets
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Metro's lower 710 Freeway widening listening sessions, Rock the Boulevard and more
CicLAvia South L.A. 2021 – Open Thread
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Tens of thousands enjoyed the five-mile long route on portions of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Crenshaw Boulevard
Metro Approves Transit Policing Contract Extension, While Setting Up Some Shift to Alternatives
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The one year contract extension combines with other Metro approvals to queue up a planned partial shift of resources away from armed law enforcement to a community safety approach
Metro Leaders Make False Claims at North County 5 Freeway Widening Groundbreaking
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Does anyone really believe that this freeway expansion will really clean the air? Advance equity? Is suburban highway widening any kind of equity model for other projects in the region and the state?
More Progress on the New Sixth Street Viaduct
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Nearly all of the 20 iconic arches now appear complete
Eyes on the Street: New Bus Lane on Grand Avenue in Downtown L.A.
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The new southbound Grand Avenue bus lane extends just over one mile - from Hope Place to Pico Boulevard. It forms a couplet with a northbound bus lane on Olive Street.
This Week In Livable Streets
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Metro board, Expo bike/walk path, Metro transit policing, Place It!, and more
Sheriff Villanueva Is Opposing Metro’s Slow Moves Toward Transit Policing Reform
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Metro transit policing will be on next week's board meeting, though the reform process will continue to be before the board in the coming year as Metro's five-year multi-agency policing contract comes up for renewal
Metro Celebrates Completion of Rosa Parks Station Revamp
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"I think sister Parks would be proud," declared Supervisor Holly Mitchell
Controller Galperin Finds L.A. City Sidewalk Repair Program in Need of Reforms
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There are 50,000 reported sidewalk problems that haven’t been addressed