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Tomorrow, Metro re-opens Blue Line Stations from Compton to Long Beach - and closes stations from Watts to downtown L.A.

Blue Line ‘New Blue’ Refurbishment Reopening Southern Stations, Closing Northern Ones

By Joe Linton | May 31, 2019 | 6 Comments

The $350 million Metro Blue Line refurbishment is basically half done. Tomorrow southern stations re-open while northern stations close through September.

Metro Bike Share has new e-bikes. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

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Metro Bike Share Adds E-Bikes In Central L.A.

By Joe Linton | May 30, 2019 | 1 Comment

Metro Bike Share is adding 300+ pedal-assist e-bikes to its bike-share system in and around downtown L.A.

L.A.'s transit workhorse: the Metro bus. Photo via Wikimedia

Metro Board Approves FY2020 Budget, Locking in Rail Service Cuts

By Joe Linton | May 29, 2019 | No Comments

Metro's $7.2 billion FY2020 budget keeps bus service level, while cutting rail service on Gold, Expo and Blue rail lines.

Temporary improvements make Little Street more pedestrian-friendly. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

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LADOT Hosts Traffic Safety Pop-Up Installations

By Joe Linton | May 16, 2019 | No Comments

LADOT hosted pop-up traffic calming installations in Koreatown and Westlake - hopefully these will lead to permanent upgrades

Billionaire developer Jeff Greene plans to tear down 206 units of rent-stabilized housing in the historic garden apartments of Dorset Village in Hyde Park to make way for a massive new project that seems to come up short on affordable apartments by at least 65 units. Rendering: HKS Architects

Billionaire Jeff Greene’s Plans to Raze Dorset Village Are About as Awful as You Might Imagine

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 9, 2019 | 39 Comments

The project would displace 206 households from rent-controlled units while coming up short on providing affordable replacement units

Rowena Avenue - photo by Susan Ambrosini

Councilmember Ryu Seeks Input on Silver Lake Traffic Safety – Focused on Rowena, Waverly, Angus

By Joe Linton | May 9, 2019 | 1 Comment

LADOT and consultants recommend traffic-calming measures to curb "cut-through traffic"

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