Joe Linton
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Metro CEO Wiggins Moves Highway Program Under Planning – To Encourage Multimodal Projects
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In order to encourage multi-modal projects, Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins recently moved highway projects under the agency's department of Countywide Planning & Development.
This Week In Livable Streets
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Council District 13 mobility debate, World Day of Remembrance, Metro board, Santa Ana community development, CoMotion L.A., River path, Eastside Gold Line, Metro Gender Action Plan, and more
L.A. Times Analysis Shows Racist Harms of Freeway Projects
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In five states - California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas - the Times found that large highway building projects demolished homes predominantly in Black and Latino neighborhoods
Wednesday Round-Up: 710 Widening Task Force, 110 Flyover Scoping, Speed Limits, and More
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Metro 710 Freeway widening task force, Metro/Caltrans 110 Freeway flyover, Speed Limits, Slow Streets, and new bikeway on Airport Boulevard
New Raised Protected Bike Lanes on Hollywood Way in Burbank
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Burbank recently upgraded bike lanes on Hollywood Way, installing the city's first raised protected bike lane - extending 0.8-mile from San Fernando Road to Empire Avenue
This Week In Livable Streets
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110 Freeway expansion, 710 Freeway expansion, 5 Freeway expansion, L.A. River bike path expansion, and more
Eyes on the Street: New Bus Lane On Olive Street
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Nearly completed new bus lanes are on Olive between Pico and 2nd - half of a couplet that will soon include a southbound bus lane on Grand Avenue
Transportation Committee Approved Motions To Implement New CA Laws: Speed Limits, Bus Lane Cameras, Slow Streets
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L.A. could very soon see: reduced speed limits, on-bus cameras automatically enforcing no-parking in bus lanes, and more Slow Streets being made permanent
This Week In Livable Streets
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110 Freeway expansion, T-Committee, ULI-LA Urban Marketplace panel, Vermont BRT/rail, and more
Streets for All Announces L.A. 25×25 Challenge to Re-Allocate Public Space for People
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L.A. 25x25 pushes to give 25 percent of street space back to the people by 2025 - expanding Slow Streets, outdoor dining, plazas, green space, bus shelters, tree planting, pedestrian space, and bus and bike lanes
Five-Year-Olds Can Now Ride Free on Metro!
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As of yesterday, Metro fare policy reads: “Children under age 6 may travel free with a fare-paying adult on bus or rail”
Council Approves Raman/Harris-Dawson Motion to Foster Affordable Development in High-Resource Areas
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The motion directs city staff to report back on options for creating an Affordable Housing Overlay Zone, which would streamline building 100 percent affordable developments in L.A. City's more well-off areas.