Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Mike Bonin

This portion of Sherman Way will soon see a speed limit reduction from 40mph to 35mph - via Google Street View

L.A. City Council Transportation Committee Approves Unprecedented Speed Limit Reductions

By Joe Linton | Feb 15, 2022 | No Comments

LADOT General Manager Reynolds stated that though "this is a great day" speed limit reform advocacy is not done, because "the 85th percentile rule needs to go away entirely."

This stretch of South L.A.'s Obama Boulevard would see a speed limit reduction from 40 to 35 mph under the city's proposal. Image via Google Street View

L.A. Planning to Reduce Speed Limits on 177 Miles of City Streets

By Joe Linton | Feb 11, 2022 | No Comments

Under a new state law, A.B. 43, LADOT determined that speed limit reductions were warranted on 77 street segments totaling 177.2 miles.

Damien interviews newly installed Councilmember Bonin on the Metro 733 in 2013. To read the interview, click here : https://la.preprod-streetsblog.alley.ws/2013/07/18/mike-bonin-focuses-on-listening-to-build-new-transportation-consensus-in-los-angeles/

L.A.’s Foremost Transit/Livability Champion Mike Bonin Will Not Seek Re-Election

By Damien Newton | Jan 27, 2022 | No Comments

Bonin is not seeking re-election due to his personal mental health, the toll that being an elected official has on his family, and the coarsening and nastiness of politics at the local and national level

Metro buses. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro Operations Update: Operator Pay Raise, Another Motion to Restore Service Later

By Joe Linton | Jan 25, 2022 | No Comments

Metro is currently canceling 10-15 of bus runs, so staff recommends temporarily cutting service by ten percent - starting Sunday February 20.

Metro Transit Operations In Crisis, Staff Recommends 10+ Percent Temporary Service Cut

By Joe Linton | Jan 20, 2022 | No Comments

The Metro board faces a choose your poison dilemma: bus service cancellations (unreliable spontaneous cuts) vs. officially reducing bus service (somewhat reliable planned cuts.)

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

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