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Infrastructure Law Helps Fix Amtrak Funding Woes, Rail Exec. Tells House

By Jacob Fischler | Dec 28, 2021 | No Comments

An infusion of $22 billion for Amtrak would allow the system to offer more reliable service, upgrade stations and work on its backlog of deferred maintenance.

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Dec 28, 2021 | No Comments

Hospitalizations Rising, CA Omicron COVID Will Get Worse Before Getting Better (LAT) Aggressive LAPD Tactics Blamed In Officer Shooting Of NoHo Bystander (LAT, Daily News) …Video Released Of NoHo LAPD Shooting (LAist) Santa Monica Low Income Apartments To Go To Black/Latino Families Evicted In 50s For Freeway Construction (LAT) Ride Metro For Free New Year’s […]

Year In Review 2021: The Bad News

By Streetsblog | Dec 23, 2021 | No Comments

It's time for our year-in-review. Let's get the bad news out of the way first.

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Dec 23, 2021 | No Comments

COVID Omicron Sweeping Through California At Staggering Speed (LAT) …Steep COVID Spike In L.A. County Cases (LAist, LAT, Daily News) …Omicron A Major Threat For L.A. County Hospitals (L.A. Magazine) L.A. County Can Legally Return Bruce’s Beach To Heirs (Daily Breeze) Councilmember Raman Seeks Input For Street Upgrades (Biking in L.A.) State Parks Awards $113M […]

The Adams Boulevard Safety Project includes new bike lanes. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Adams Boulevard Receiving Safety Upgrades, Including Bike Lanes

By Joe Linton | Dec 22, 2021 | No Comments

Though Adams is changing - in several ways - a lot of work is still needed before current residents can safely cross the street.

An aerial shot of Houston, Texas. Image: Stockvault, CC

Houston Advocates Slam TxDOT For ‘Deliberately’ Ignoring Highway’s Racist Impacts

By Kea Wilson | Dec 22, 2021 | No Comments

The latest news from the battle to stop one of America's most notorious highway expansions.

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