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Joe Linton

Recent Posts

Metro's Planning Committee rejected a freeway alignment for the Eastside Gold Line extension

Metro Smartly Shelves 60 Freeway Eastside Gold Line Extension, Favoring Washington Alignment

By Joe Linton | Feb 25, 2020 | No Comments
Ding-dong, a problematic rail proposal along the 60 Freeway is dead! (Though it's actually just delayed until around 2053)

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Feb 24, 2020 | No Comments
Metro board meeting, T-committee, NextGen Bus Study, Everyone In 101 workshops
CicLAvia - South L.A. on Central Avenue yesterday. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

CicLAvia on Central Avenue – Open Thread

By Joe Linton | Feb 24, 2020 | No Comments
CicLAvia - South L.A. opened Central Avenue and 103rd Street - featuring the iconic Watts Towers, and historic Jazz District
Billions of Metro dollars at work - widening the 5 Freeway. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro Construction Chief: Most Metro Highway Projects Don’t Affect Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By Joe Linton | Feb 21, 2020 | No Comments
Richard Clarke: "Most Metro highway projects... don't affect Vehicle Miles Traveled or greenhouse gas emissions, because they're focused on specific locations where congestion already exists"
Does North Hollywood's Magnolia Boulevard really need narrower sidewalks? Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

L.A. Still Hell-Bent on Widening Magnolia Boulevard Like It’s 1999

By Joe Linton | Feb 21, 2020 | No Comments
BOE, LADOT, and Councilmember Krekorian should open their eyes. North Hollywood doesn't look like it did in 1999.
From the Zero Fatalities Task Force report: The faster a vehicle is going when it crashes, the more likely a serious injury or fatality will occur

L.A. Times Editorial Urges Reform To CA’s “Absurd Dangerous Counterproductive” Speed Law

By Joe Linton | Feb 19, 2020 | No Comments
LAT Editorial: "at the very least, lawmakers should get rid of a system that forces cities to give in to speeders before cracking down on them."
The Arroyo Seco bike-walk path is repaired and open for use. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: Arroyo Seco Bike Path Repaired

By Joe Linton | Feb 12, 2020 | No Comments
The city has repaired the NELA bike-walk path - after a year-long closure due to rain damage

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Feb 10, 2020 | No Comments
Magnolia Boulevard widening, Metro NextGen Bus Study meetings, T-Committee, and Emerald Necklace ride
Neighbors oppose widening Magnolia Boulevard - but will L.A. City Councilmember Paul Krekorian put an end to the dangerous and wasteful project?

L.A. Shouldn’t Make Magnolia Boulevard More Dangerous By Widening It

By Joe Linton | Feb 10, 2020 | No Comments
Will Councilmember Krekorian listen to the concerns of his constituents and put an end to this dangerous and costly project? 
California's "absurd" speed law means more deaths on L.A. roads.  Palisades Drive car crash photo by Peter Duke via Flickr Creative Commons

Some Progress on Curbing Speeding L.A. Drivers, Much Reform Still Needed

By Joe Linton | Feb 7, 2020 | No Comments
L.A. can now issue speeding tickets all over, compared to 19% of streets in 2016. State speed limit law reforms are also on the way.
Last night's CD12 Transportation Forum. Left to right: empty chair (for John Lee), write-in candidate Asaad Alnajjar, candidate Loraine Lundquist, SBLA's Joe Linton, and L.A. Walks' John Yi. Photo by CiclaValley

Council District 12 Forum: Lee No-Show, Lundquist and Alnajjar Talk Transportation

By Joe Linton | Feb 6, 2020 | No Comments
City Council candidates Loraine Lundquist (on the ballot) and Asaad Alnajjar (running as a write-in) faced off. Incumbent L.A. City Councilmember John Lee did not attend.
California High Speed Rail San Joaquin River Viaduct under construction in Fresno in 2018. Photo via CAHSRA

More than a Hundred Miles of California High-Speed Rail are Under Construction

By Joe Linton | Feb 6, 2020 | No Comments
CAHSR is currently the biggest infrastructure project in California, and one of the biggest, if not the biggest in the U.S.
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