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New bike lanes on Channel Road - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

New Bike Lanes Installed on Channel Road in Pacific Palisades

By Joe Linton | Oct 15, 2021 | No Comments

New Channel Road bike lanes extend about about 0.2-mile from Mesa Road to Short Street. The facility connects to the beach bike path via one block of new sharrows and an existing pedestrian undercrossing.

The 710 Freeway in Long Beach. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro and Other So Cal Freeway Builders Express Frustration About Addressing Equity

By Joe Linton | Oct 14, 2021 | No Comments

Metro leadership complain that "inclusion of equity and race impact assessment[s]" and "expanded public participation in project development" are hampering the agency's plans to widen freeways.

Metro's bus electrification press event today. Left to right are: Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins, Glendale City Councilmember Ara Najarian, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, and L.A. City Councilmember Paul Krekorian. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro Celebrates G Line Conversion to All Electric Buses

By Joe Linton | Oct 13, 2021 | No Comments

The G (Orange) Line Bus Rapid Transit has been running all-electric since June/July 2021

Metro El Dorado National California bus - photo by Marc Caraan

After July Fire, Metro Removed 180 New Buses from Service

By Joe Linton | Oct 7, 2021 | No Comments

Metro grounded 180 new El Dorado National California buses at a time when the agency is struggling to restore service to pre-COVID levels

SCAG's SoCal Greenprint helps make it possible to plan for a future with plentiful housing options and green, healthy communities. Photo by OCParks_CA

Southern California Doesn’t Have to Choose Between Housing and the Environment

By Leonora Camner | Oct 6, 2021 | No Comments

Scheduled for a vote tomorrow, SCAG's SoCal Greenprint mapping tool is a free, optional-to-use tool compiling data on natural resources. SoCal Greenprint was to launch this fall, before it received criticism.

Recently Metro buses have been crowded, late, and unreliable. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Missed Runs and Crowded Buses: Metro Falls Short of Restoring Full Pre-COVID Transit Service

By Joe Linton | Oct 1, 2021 | No Comments

"This is the new norm for a lot of the buses. They say they're coming at a certain time but don't come."

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