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Screenshot of LADOTs preliminary stress free mapping in mid-city

LADOT Seeking Input on Low-Stress Travel Corridors in Central Los Angeles

By Joe Linton | Sep 23, 2020 | No Comments

LADOT is seeking input - where do you bike relatively stress-free? and what barriers do you see in these corridors?

New walk/bike bridge taking shape in Elysian Valley. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: Elysian Valley River Bridge Making Visible Progress

By Joe Linton | Sep 22, 2020 | No Comments

The new Elysian Valley walk/bike bridge box-frame nearly complete and spanning from bank to bank. The project is anticipated to be complete in 2021.

Watch 'Spokespeople' at an upcoming film festival or on Vimeo

New Short Film ‘Spokespeople’ Documents Slices of L.A. Bicycling

By Joe Linton | Sep 21, 2020 | No Comments

'Spokespeople' explores Justice for Woon, CicLAvia, the L.A. County Bicycle Coalition, group rides, and several L.A. bike co-ops including The Bicycle Kitchen and BikeRoWave.

Screengrab from the Sheriff's press conference on the killing of 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee. Two videos obtained from Kizzee's phone were shown to prove the gun found at the scene was his. The audio was removed from the videos, LASD said, because the song Kizzee was listening to contained vulgarities. But the intention seemed to be to present him as menacing, rather than being true to what he actually doing, which was showing off a bit while enjoying some music.

Video Provided by Sheriffs Directly Contradicts Their Own Account of Killing of Dijon Kizzee

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 18, 2020 | No Comments

The 2nd deputy doesn't draw his gun until nearly 2 seconds after Kizzee's gun has skittered along the ground to its final resting place

Metro's September 2020 I-5 North construction status report

Over Budget, Five Years Late, I-5 Widening Sparks Metro-Caltrans Debate on Who Pays Cost Overruns

By Joe Linton | Sep 18, 2020 | No Comments

The three- to four-year-long 5 Freeway widening project through Burbank is now expected to take eight years of construction

Metro service cut alert - via ACT-LA and Investing in Place

Metro Gaslights, Disputing 20 Percent Service Cut, but Many Buses Already Crowded

By Joe Linton | Sep 16, 2020 | No Comments

Metro is looking to approve 20 percent bus service cuts next week

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