Recent Streetsblog LA posts about E Line (Expo Line)

Streetsblog TV: Live from the Westwood Neighborhood Greenway Groundbreaking

By Damien Newton | Jun 27, 2013 | No Comments

Assuming my Clear Router is getting a signal, we’re broadcasting live from the groundbreaking for the Westwood Neighborhood Greenway at our Live Stream Channel, Streetsblog TV. At the end of the broadcast, the video will be archived, and a cleaner copy will be uploaded later today. To join us, click here. To read more about […]

Present and Future Westside Councilmen Working to Fix Dangerous Expo Bikeway Intersection

By Damien Newton | Jun 26, 2013 | 4 Comments

(Note/Disclosure: It’s a little awkward for me to write about this as I’m currently the CD11 representative to the Expo Bicycle Advisory Committee, and I didn’t want my opinions to become the quasi-official views of the committee. However, because the disagreement over the design of the bikeway is becoming more public, and because I’m in […]

Streetsblog TV: Westwood Neighborhood Greenway Groundbreaking

By Damien Newton | Jun 26, 2013 | No Comments

Tomorrow morning at 11 am, the Westwood Neighborhood Greenway Steering Committee will celebrate the ground breaking for the Westwood Neighborhood Greenway. Streetsblog TV will be there to Live Stream the event, and you are welcome to join us at 11 a.m. by clicking here. Jonathan Weiss, who has led the efforts for the greenway for years, […]

Eyes on the Street: Expo Phase II Construction at Venice/Robertson

By Damien Newton | Jun 10, 2013 | 1 Comment

Ardent Expo Line supporter Gökhan Esirgen notes that construction of Phase II continues at a rapid pace. “All overhead utilities are now gone at Venice/Robertson/Exposition and falsework/formwork construction is picking up pace,” he writes attached to the following pictures of the work at the intersection of Phase I and Phase II. More pics, after the jump.

Breaking: There’s Finally Light at the End of the Expo Legal Tunnel. Supremes Set Court Date.

By Damien Newton | Apr 4, 2013 | No Comments

One of the longest-running Streetsblog stories is nearing it’s end: the ongoing legal battle over Expo Line environmental documents. The California Supreme Court just announced that it has scheduled a hearing of the Neighbors for Smart Rail v Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority on May 7, 2013. Two lower courts have already ruled that the Expo […]

Settlement Reached Between Homeowners, LADOT on Expo Bikeway

By Damien Newton | Nov 16, 2012 | 7 Comments

Coming fresh on the heels of news that the California Supreme Court won’t halt construction while they consider an appeal filed against the Expo Line Phase II, comes news that a different Expo legal challenge has been resolved. Last May, a group of Cheviot Hills homeowners filed sut against the portion of the Expo Bikeway […]

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