Joe Linton
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Metro Considers Expanding Paid Park-and-Ride To Eight More Stations
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New paid parking planned for Blue (Wardlow, Willow), Expo (Crenshaw), Gold (Arcadia, Indiana, Azusa, Duarte) and Green Lines (Hawthorne/Lennox)
The Problem With the Metro Blue/Expo Light Rail Is… Cars
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Blue and Expo trains slow to a crawl in downtown L.A. where they compete with cars. Wny not fix this problem when the Blue Line is improved next year?
Yosemite Enforces Its Bus-Only Lanes, But How Can the Park Better Manage Car Traffic?
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Should Yosemite visitors expect hour+ delays? Or are there better ways to manage the park's notorious traffic congestion?
This Week In Livable Streets
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Artesia Station, Frances Anderton, Mariachi Plaza, Metro committees, BUSted, San Bernardino, and West Covina!
Metro Bike Share Update: Cheaper Prices, Bye Pasadena, Hello USC
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This week, Metro cut its bike-share prices in half. The system is closing in Pasadena, and expanding in the USC area.
L.A. City Councilmember O’Farrell Breaks Ground on Beverly Blvd Safety Improvements
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Councilmember O'Farrell broke ground on a $1.37M project to make a 2.5-mile stretch of Beverly safer and more walkable
Backlash Safety Foe Files Lawsuit Against Westside Streetscape Plans
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The newly-forming "Westside L.A. Neighbors Network" is suing the city to block approval of streetscape plans for four streets, falsely alleging they will include road diets. They should, but they don't.
T-Committee Approves Regulations For Dockless Bike-Share, E-Bikes, E-Scooter Pilot
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Initial fleet size will be 3000. Area restrictions have been eliminated, though fleet size incentives push devices to disadvantaged areas.
This Week In Livable Streets
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Expo TNP, March for Safer Streets, and Relámpago karaoke
How Can Metro and Cities Make Bus-Only Lanes Effective?
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Phil Washington called for more enforcement to get scofflaw drivers out of bus-only lanes, but sometimes enforcement erroneously targets bicyclists. What works?
L.A. PLUM Committee Defers To Koretz, Approves Worthwhile But Slightly Watered-Down Expo Zoning Plan
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The L.A. PLUM Committee approved the Expo TNP, meaning it will allow more development - especially affordable housing - in areas within walking distance of five Expo Line stations
This Week In Livable Streets
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Justice for Woon rally, Mariachi Plaza joint development, Expo plan at PLUM, dockless plan at T-Committee, Metro board, Orange Line, tour Santa Monica, and more