Joe Linton
Recent Posts
Looking to Reset Process, Metro to Approve ‘No Build’ Alternative for Lower 710 Freeway Widening
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It is pretty unusual for an agency like Metro to spend more than $160 million on freeway widening plans and early projects, then select the "no build" alternative
This Week In Livable Streets
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T-Committee, 710 Freeway widening, Senator Portantino, Climate Equity, and more
Metro Pushing to Get Construction Underway this Year on Major Phase of 57/60 Freeway Interchange Expansion
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Metro and Caltrans are spending a half-billion dollars to widen the congested 57/60 Freeways interchange
Eyes on the Street: Koreatown Anti-Camping Rocks are Gone
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The Westmoreland Avenue rocks are gone, but appear to have inspired other more recent unhoused-hostile copycat installations nearby
Councilmember Raman Celebrates New Riverside Drive Protected Bike Lanes
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"We can choose to make Los Angeles a city where biking, rolling, walking, taking transit, and driving are safer, more enjoyable, and more joyful. And that's what this morning is about - more joy."
Councilmember De León Breaks Ground on DTLA 7th Street Improvements
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The $18.7 million 7th Street Streetscape project extends one mile from San Pedro Street to Figueroa Street - featuring curb-protected bike lanes (some new, some existing bike lanes), lighting, bus islands, and new trees
This Week In Livable Streets
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T-Committee, People Planning School, Sheriff candidate forum, Metro public safety, Inglewood peoplemover, and more
Metro Announces It Will No Longer Widen Freeways, Doubles Down on Freeway “Modernization”
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This morning, April 1 (wink), Metro leaders announced that the agency will no longer be spending hundreds of millions of dollars every year to widen highways throughout L.A. County
Councilmember Kevin de León Announces Support for Eagle Rock Bus Transit Plan
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Kevin de León endorsed Metro's "single lane" Bus Rapid Transit alternative "F1" which is largely based on the community-led design proposal called the Beautiful Boulevard
This Week In Livable Streets
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Garden Grove open streets, Metro budget, Metro bike/walk plan, Metro street safety plan, Metro Crenshaw rail, and more:
Eyes on the Street: Do-It-Yourself Crosswalks In East Hollywood
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"We... tried for years to request crosswalks and other safe streets infrastructure the official way. At every turn, we’ve been met with delays, excuses, and inaction from our city government..."
Metro Looking Into Two Bikeway Connections to Union Station
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Cyclists could travel first/last mile to/from Union Station via the planned L.A. River path and via an extended esplanade along Alameda Street