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United Way #EveryoneIn Campaign Rallies to End Homelessness

By Joe Linton | Mar 9, 2018 | No Comments

United Way's #EveryoneIn coalition seeks to house 45,000 people, prevent 30,000 people from losing homes, build 5000 supportive housing units

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Mar 5, 2018 | 3 Comments

LADOT People St, Amigas Who Run, street vendor rally, high-speed rail, bike Pasadena Art night, and more

Equality is not equity. Image orginally by Craig Froehle

Metro Approves Equity Platform

By Joe Linton | Mar 2, 2018 | 1 Comment

Metro's equity framework commits the agency addressing historic and present inequalities, largely defined by race and class - as well as age, gender, disability, and residency

Metro lukewarmly approved the $6B 710 Freeway widening, though expediting only early action projects for now. The top image is the existing ("no-build") configuration. "Preferred alternative" 5C would add two new general purpose lanes to most of the 710 Freeway between Long Beach and the City of Commerce. Image via Metro staff report

Metro Board Approves 710 Freeway Widening as Preferred Alternative, Pushes for Only Early Action Improvements Now

By Joe Linton | Mar 1, 2018 | No Comments

The Metro board approved the $6B 710 widening project, but emphasized expediting only the "early action program" smaller projects at this time

New flashing pedestrian signage installed on Pacific Avenue in Venice. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

LADOT Installs New Flashing Signage At Deadly Venice Crosswalk

By Joe Linton | Feb 26, 2018 | 9 Comments

LADOT recently installed flashing LED pedestrian signage at the Venice crosswalk where a driver killed Damon Shear in 2017

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Feb 26, 2018 | No Comments

Relámpago Wheelery, March Forth!, housing, Culver CityBus, T-Committee, Metro

Dignitaries at this morning's Westside Purple Line Extension section 2 groundbreaking. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Leaders Break Ground on Metro Purple Line Subway to Century City

By Joe Linton | Feb 23, 2018 | 2 Comments

This morning, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Inglewood Mayor James Butts, Beverly Hills Mayor Lili Bosse and other L.A. leaders celebrated the official groundbreaking for section two of the Westside Metro Purple Line subway extension. The $2.53 billion 2.6-mile heavy rail subway extension will include stops at Beverly Hills Rodeo Drive […]