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Joe Linton

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Cutterhead of Elsie, one of Metro's Tunnel Boring Machines extending the Purple Line. All photos: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.
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Metro Celebrates Purple Line Extension 1 Tunnel Machines, Set to Start in August

By Joe Linton | Apr 25, 2018 | 11 Comments
Metro's Purple Line Extension Phase 1 will soon be dug by twin tunnel machines, named "Soyeon" and "Elsie"
Under LADOT recommendations Metro Bike Share could expand significantly in the next couple years. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

T-Committee Approves L.A. City Metro Bike-Share Expansion Plans

By Joe Linton | Apr 24, 2018 | 4 Comments
LADOT is looking to expand Metro Bike Share operations in the coming years. Today, the L.A. City Council Transportation Committee unanimously approved Department of Transportation recommendations that target 1,000 additional bikes in central Los Angeles and 700 additional bikes on the Westside. The bike-share proposal will next go to the full city council for approval. […]

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Apr 23, 2018 | No Comments
T-Committee, Metro, Crenshaw/Expo TOD, SGV ped/bike plan, Finish the Ride, and more.
Yesterday's CicLAvia extended through four east San Gabriel Valley cities. All photos: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

CicLAvia – Heart of the Foothills – Open Thread

By Joe Linton | Apr 23, 2018 | 4 Comments
How was your experience at yesterday's CicLAvia - Heart of the Foothills?
BlueLA electric car-share vehicles at L.A. City College today. All photos: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: BlueLA Electric Car-Share Opens at L.A. City College

By Joe Linton | Apr 20, 2018 | 8 Comments
Blue L.A. electric car-share celebrated its latest station at L.A. City College
Vision 2020 includes a 4-county sales tax measure designed to dramatically improve air quality. Image via Move L.A.
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Move L.A. and Partners Float Vision2020 Electrification Sales Tax Proposal

By Joe Linton | Apr 19, 2018 | 5 Comments
Vision 2020 proposes a four-county sales tax to end air pollution and abate climate change
Boring Company's 2017 map showing a tunnel network. Despite these maps, L.A. City BOE staff asserted today that "there is no bigger project." Image via The Boring Company

Boring Company Tunnel Exemption Motion Approved By L.A. Public Works Committee

By Joe Linton | Apr 18, 2018 | 11 Comments
The city of L.A. appears poised to do all it can to give away valuable right-of-way to The Boring Co
Calfironai High-Speed Rail construction underway on the San Joaquin River Viaduct in North Fresno, March 2018. Photo by CAHSRA

High-Speed Rail Authority Meets In L.A., Hears From Critics and Supporters

By Joe Linton | Apr 17, 2018 | No Comments
The CAHSRA board received input on its draft Business Plan and Southern California alignments, but took no action on these

Parking Madness 2018 Championship: Hicksville vs. Lansing

By Joe Linton | Apr 17, 2018 | No Comments
The winner will be bestowed with the Golden Crater, eternal shame, and, hopefully, a kick in the pants to fix its sad, sad parking crater.
Still from Elon Musk The Boring Company video - via YouTube

Elon Musk Boring Company Test Tunnel Could Get Fast-Tracked, Blocking Metro’s Sepulveda Rail Project

By Joe Linton | Apr 16, 2018 | 14 Comments
It looks like Elon Musk's Boring Company is pissing on Metro's fence, and the agency isn't even barking

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Apr 16, 2018 | No Comments
CicLAvia, Planning 101, High-Speed Rail, Boring Company tunnel, Peddler's Creamery and more.
Does anyone outside of Caltrans still think that widening freeways will reduce pollution and minimize congestion? Image: screen capture from Caltrans video

Another Caltrans Lie: Video Claims Widening 5 Freeway Reduces Pollution, Congestion

By Joe Linton | Apr 13, 2018 | 12 Comments
It is jarring that nearly two decades into the twenty-first century, California’s transportation department is still making claims that freeway widening will somehow curb pollution and reduce congestion. These are false claims–lies. Past experience and research show that widening freeways worsens congestion and air quality, yet Caltrans repeatedly claims the contrary. In a new video […]
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