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Metro is making service changes - badly. Service change graphic by Metro

This Week’s Metro Bus Service Changes Hit Lots of Bumps

By Joe Linton | Jun 30, 2021 | No Comments

This week's botched NextGen implementation signals that Metro continues to fail to prioritize its bus riders

The Metro board suspended the agency's lower 710 Freeway widening project. Image via Metro presentation

Metro Board Suspended 710 Freeway Widening, Approved: Budget, Fareless, and Bus Rapid Transit

By Joe Linton | May 28, 2021 | No Comments

710 widening suspended, Fareless transit pilot approved, $8B FY22 budget approved, and Colorado Blvd route selected for Eagle Rock BRT

Metro Highway Program image via Metro presentation

Busting Some Metro Highway Program FY22 Budget Myths

By Joe Linton | May 25, 2021 | No Comments

Yes, there are hundreds of millions worth of highway widening. No, there aren't any bike lanes. No, these widenings are not what voters approved in Measure M.

Mrs. Willa Bruce (left) with her daughter-in-law Meda (center) and her sister - near Bruce's Lodge in Manhattan Beach, ca 1920s . Photo via Living the California Dream by Alison Rose Jefferson, courtesy California African American Museum

L.A. County to Return Bruce’s Beach Property to Rightful Owners

By Joe Linton and Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 9, 2021 | No Comments

"The county isn't gifting anyone anything. The county is returning property that was inappropriately taken. We are returning to the Bruce family... property that they rightfully owned."

There's a lot riding on Metro's Public Safety Advisory Committee. Image via Metro

Metro Postpones Approving Transit Policing Cost Overruns – for the Third Time

By Joe Linton | Mar 19, 2021 | No Comments

The proposed $36M increase to Metro's transit policing budget will be heard at next week's board meeting