Joe Linton
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This Week In Livable Streets
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Metro board meeting, Gateway Cities freeway expansion meeting, Vermont/Manchester project branding, Community Land Trusts, Traffic Reduction Study, and more
Priorities All Wrong: Metro Proposes Delaying Service Restoration While Increasing Money for Policing
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Many on the Metro board and in the public are scratching their heads on Metro doubling down on discriminatory practices at a moment when they had pledged to address the agency's historic role in perpetuating that kind of harm.
Community-Led ‘Beautiful Boulevard’ Plan Puts Bus Rapid Transit into a Walkable Downtown Eagle Rock
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The Beautiful Boulevard proposal would retain mean great BRT, while keeping Colorado Boulevard's median, and upgrading walkability and bikeability.
Interview: California Freeway Expansion Projects Induce Travel, and Underestimate Impacts of Additional Driving
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UC Davis scholars Susan Handy, Jamey Volker, and Amy Lee created a online Induced Travel Calculator tool to calculate how road expansion projects would increase driving
Interview with Whittier City Councilmember Fernando Dutra
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Dutra is vying to be the Gateway Cities (officially the Southeast Long Beach Sector) representative on the Metro Board of Directors. Read his take on Whittier, bicycling, Metro, light rail, freeway expansion, and more.
This Week In Livable Streets
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Metro meetings - including Southeast board rep selection, T-Committee, El Pueblo Paseo, air quality, Metro Traffic Reduction Study, and more:
Weekend Round-Up: Happy City Coalition Letter, Ballona Path Expansion, Street Furniture Map
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Streets L.A. maps bus benches and shelters, and more. Streets for All proposes extending the Ballona Creek path to Venice Blvd. Happy City urges Metro to present freeway widening plans to impacted communities.
Metro Continues to Delay Timelines for Bus Electrification Pilots
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G (Orange) Line full electrification missed June and December 2020 dates. J (Silver) Line full electrification will miss June 2021, and now expected by December 2021.
Some Actionable Transportation Ideas for City Councilmember Kevin de León
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Here are some ways de León can "prioritize bikes, pedestrians, electric buses" - from dedicated bus lanes to protected bikeways to freeway removal
This Week In Livable Streets
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Nithya Raman Happy Hour, port electrification, El Pueblo paseo, 5 Freeway JPA, Metro Rail to River path, Metro Traffic Reduction Study, and more:
Caltrans: “No Active Plans” to Widen 5 Freeway North of the 605. Really?
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The OC Register reports that a Caltrans spokesperson said no more widening. The Caltrans spokesperson now says they told the Register about planned widening.
CEO Phil Washington Leaving Metro in May
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There is speculation that the Metro CEO might be leaving for a federal position, but no federal post has been announced