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Venice and Hollywood Piloting Expanded Unarmed Response to Non-Emergency Incidents Involving Unhoused Angelenos

By Damien Newton | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

In pilot areas - Venice and Hollywood - CIRCLE response teams are responding to 911 calls regarding unhoused individuals - including wellbeing checks, loitering, indecent exposure, noise disturbances, and needle disposal

Remembering Dana Gabbard – 1962-2022

By Joe Linton | Jan 14, 2022 | No Comments

Los Angeles lost one of its most knowledgeable, passionate, and persistent transit advocates: Dana Gabbard

The city has failed to complete the North Spring Street Bridge project as approved, due to Councilmember Cedillo removing bike lanes from the construction contract. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Change Order Shows Cedillo Yanked Approved Spring Street Bridge Bike Lanes

By Joe Linton | Jan 12, 2022 | No Comments

"The council office has safety concerns over the lack of continuity of bicycle lanes... Therefore final restoration signing and striping will be deleted from this contract and addressed... at a later time."

It's 2022 and Metro and Caltrans are still widening freeways - graphic via Metro fact sheet

Freeway News Round-Up: 710 Widening and Aesthetics, 71 and 5 Widening Snags, and Bakersfield’s Centennial Corridor

By Joe Linton | Jan 11, 2022 | No Comments

Metro's 710 widening task force met, the 710 aesthetic plan is ridiculous, 71 and 5 Freeway widening hitting snags, and mass home demolition for a Bakersfield freeway

Metro Regional Connector construction wraps up in 2022. Photo via Metro status report

Looking Ahead: Some L.A. Transportation Predictions for 2022

By Joe Linton | Dec 30, 2021 | No Comments

SBLA editor Joe Linton predicts Metro ridership, freeway widening, a new DTLA subway, new bus lanes, and more

Figueroa Street red bus lane markings next to green bike lane markings give. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Looking Back at Some Stories that Shaped 2021

By Joe Linton and Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 29, 2021 | No Comments

COVID, new Metro leadership, resistance to freeway widening, new bus lanes, unsuccessful recall campaigns, and police accountability

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