Job Announcement: Last Chance to Join the SGV Connect Team
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Friday April 6 is the last day to apply to host/co-host SBLA's SGV Connect podcast
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Metro Board Approves Next Round of Open Streets Funding
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Next month, cities can apply for $2M per year in Metro open streets event grant funding
SGV Connect 17 – Scott Chan on the State of Transportation in Alhambra
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This week, SGV Connect talks with Scott Chan, the program director for the Asian Pacific Islander Forward Movement, and a longtime advocate for safe streets in San Gabriel Valley city of Alhambra. Our conversation starts with discussing the state of bike planning in Alhambra, a city that commissioned but never approved a bike plan back […]
SGV Connect 16: Road Diets, the Rose Bowl, and Parklets in Pasadena
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It’s been a couple of years since we last checked in with Greg Gunther (See: DamienTalksSGV #3), a safe streets advocate in Pasadena. While progress on installing the Playhouse District parklets has stalled, Pasadena is moving forward on some other projects. Most notable is the Orange Grove Boulevard Road Diet (official website, here) a plan […]
SGV Connect #15 – Monterey Park Leaps Forward for Protected Bike Lanes
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Monterey Park is a fairly-hilly suburban city in the San Gabriel Valley. It is about seven miles east of downtown Los Angeles. The city boasts a population of 60 thousand people and will soon also be home to a protected bike lane for 1.6 miles on Monterey Pass Road as part of a complete street project. SGV Connect discusses […]
Metro Committee Supports Keeping Claremont Metrolink Station
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The city of Claremont, and Metro board and staff are all supporting keeping Claremont's Metrolink Station open as part of extending the Gold Line