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Joe Linton

Recent Posts

SGV Connect 74 – Election Recap

By Damien Newton, Kristopher Fortin, Joe Linton and Melanie Curry | Nov 6, 2020 | No Comments
Everyone is talking about the results from this week's election, and SGV Connect is no different. Our usual team brought back Streetsblog LA editor Joe Linton and Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry for an in-depth election special that is almost twice the size of a regular episode.
Assuming her current lead holds, equity advocate Holly Mitchell will be the newest County Supervisor - which means she also serves on the Metro board. Photo via Mitchell

2020 L.A. County November Election Round-Up

By Joe Linton | Nov 4, 2020 | No Comments
Movement toward criminal justice reform, new faces on the County Board of Supervisors, L.A. City Council, Metro board - and more!
Metro and LADOT's new Aliso Street bus-only lane. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro and LADOT’s New Aliso Street Bus Lane, and What Comes Next?

By Joe Linton | Oct 30, 2020 | No Comments
Are there shorter surgically-precise interventions that can help speed up the buses that you ride?
Metro plans to widen the 5 Freeway through Downey, demolishing homes, apartments, and more. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Documents Show Metro “Drastically” Increased Planned 605/5 Freeway Widening

By Joe Linton | Oct 29, 2020 | No Comments
Metro is using inappropriate non-urban highway standards resulting in excessive demolition of homes, apartments, schools, parks

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Oct 27, 2020 | No Comments
Streetsies!!!, Stories from the Frontline, Mariachi Plaza, Walktober, COVID-19 briefings, Shane Phillips, Gateway COG, and more
Falsework arches now visible on the Sixth Street Bridge - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: New Arches on the Sixth Street Bridge

By Joe Linton | Oct 27, 2020 | No Comments
The 40 percent over budget Sixth Street Viaduct is now expected to open in 2022.
Metro's Little Tokyo L Line Station is closed. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Little Tokyo Station Is Closed; New Bike-Share Helps Bridge Two-Year Gap

By Joe Linton | Oct 26, 2020 | No Comments
With a two-year closure of the Gold Line through Little Tokyo, riders can take Metro's shuttle bus, or utilize convenient new Metro Bike Share docks.
605 Freeway Corridor Improvement Project map - via Metro

Metro Board Unanimously Approves Motion to Delay 605/5 Freeway Widening and Instead Study Alternatives

By Joe Linton | Oct 22, 2020 | No Comments
Metro's Board sends a strong rebuke to Metro's Highway Program
Los Angeles Union Station - photo by David Wilson via Wikimedia

Editorial: Metro Board Should Press Pause on Gutted Union Station Pedestrian Project

By Joe Linton | Oct 21, 2020 | No Comments
Please give newly seated L.A. City Coucilmember Kevin de León a chance to review and revive Union Station project
L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl - via Kuehl Twitter

What Questions Do You Want to Ask Supervisor Sheila Kuehl at Saturday’s Streetsie Event?

By Joe Linton | Oct 20, 2020 | No Comments
From 4-5 p.m. this Saturday October 24 Streetsblog will host an Ask Me Anything interview with the one and only Sheila Kuehl

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Oct 19, 2020 | No Comments
Streetsies!!!, Fight Exide march, T-Committee, Metro board, SEED groundbreaking, CA High-Speed Rail and more
Metro's plans to widen the 5 would demolish dozens of the homes on Downey's Brookpark Road. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro Board Looks to Rein in 605 and 5 Freeway Widening Home Demolitions

By Joe Linton | Oct 17, 2020 | No Comments
The motion directs staff to come up with less destructive alternatives, to reconsider the need for the project, and to do more outreach
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