CicLAvia South L.A. 2021 – Open Thread
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Tens of thousands enjoyed the five-mile long route on portions of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Crenshaw Boulevard
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Today’s Headlines
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L.A. Looks To Turn Some Caltrans 710 Freeway Homes Into Affordable Housing (LAist, LAT) Metro Motion Looks To Get Agency In Position For High-Speed Rail Funds (Colorado Blvd) Metrolink Shutting Down San Bernardino Line For Two Days (Whittier Daily News) Carnage: Couple Killed In Manhattan Beach Crash (Daily Breeze) …Norwalk Driver Sentenced For 6 Years […]
Talking Headways Podcast: Optimism on Infrastructure
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This week we’re joined by Linda Samuels, associate professor of urban design at Washington University in St. Louis, to talk about her book "Infrastructural Optimism." We chat about how growth for growth’s sake is not the answer, learn from postmodernist urbanism, and why systems should be more connected.
Today’s Headlines
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Metro Approves Policing Contract Extension (LAist, Daily News) CicLAvia Coming To South L.A. This Sunday (LAist) Metro Kicks Off Sepulveda Transit EIR Comment Period (Urbanize) Santa Monica Wants Feedback On Making Ocean Avenue More Welcoming (LAist) CA Approves $73M For L.A. Vets Supportive Housing (Urbanize) Emails Show How Huizar Helped Developers Beat the System (L.A. […]
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Sheriff Villanueva Wants LASD To Do All Metro Transit Policing (Daily News) Villanueva Posting Videos Of Him Riding Metro Trains This Week (@LACoSheriff Twitter) …Transit policing on today’s 10 a.m. Metro board meeting agenda More On Metro North County I-5 Freeway Widening (SC Signal, Daily News, The Source) Metro Starts Environmental Review For Sepulveda Transit […]
Today’s Headlines
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Reminder: Metro Resumes Fare Collection On January 10 (The Source) Metro Seeking Public Comment On Sepulveda Transit Alternatives (The Source) The Source Previews Tomorrow’s Metro Board Meeting L.A. Approves Using Eminent Domain To Complete Expo Path (NBC, Biking in L.A.) Court Quashes Legal Challenge To CA High-Speed Rail (LAT) Carnage: Driver Kills Woman Walking On […]