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Tuesday Newsbits Round-Up: Metro Ridership, 710 Freeway, Metro Buses and More

By Joe Linton | Sep 14, 2021 | No Comments

Another 710 Freeway task force, Metro CNG bus fire, 210 Freeway crash barrier, Metro ridership recovering from COVID lows, and local return money for driving

As COVID wanes, bus ridership is recovering while service levels lag. Photo via Metro's The Source

Post-COVID Metro Transit Ridership Recovering, While Service Lags

By Joe Linton | Apr 6, 2021 | No Comments

The state and county's relatively rapid steps toward re-opening are proceeding more quickly than Metro's slow crawl to restore transit service. The result is likely to be overcrowded buses.

Koreatown's 6th Street could become a half-mile long pedestrian plaza. Rendering via WCKNC

Koreatown Neighborhood Council Proposes Pedestrianizing Sixth Street

By Joe Linton | Feb 2, 2021 | No Comments

The seven block half-mile-long project would bring needed open space to the most park-poor neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles

Recent crowded bus stop on Santa Monica Boulevard at Vermont. Via Twitter

L.A. Should ‘Al Fresco’ Its Bus Stops

By Luke Klipp | Nov 17, 2020 | No Comments

Apply the same L.A. Al Fresco energy to improving bus stops - for the safety and well-being of essential workers.

Metro Bike Share docks in downtown L.A. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro Converting Westside Bike-Share System to Smart-Dock

By Joe Linton | Oct 5, 2020 | No Comments

Bike theft and availability of e-bikes are forcing Metro to convert its Westside bikes from smart-bike to smart-dock

2020 Caltrans/Metro 5 Freeway construction in Burbank. Photo via Caltrans

North 5 Freeway Widening Project Cost Overrun is Even More Than Metro Reported in Early September

By Joe Linton | Sep 30, 2020 | No Comments

September Metro report said Burbank freeway project was $50M over budget, but a May Caltrans letter said $73.2M - and with no construction end in sight, the final total could be even higher

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