State Budget Agreement Includes HSR Bonds and a $1.05 Billion ATP Bump
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This seemingly sudden agreement on high-speed rail is a little anti-climactic, if welcome.
Section of Griffith Park Drive Closed to Motorists As Part of Safety Pilot
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Today, the city is seeking feedback on the small closure in the northeast corner of the park.
Streetsblog, Linton, Honored by L.A. Press Club
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This year, Streetsblog L.A.'s team were finalists in six categories and were honored in the top three in all six including top honors in the Best Blog category and Joe Linton for non-political commentary in an online publication.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- What Money Will You Get Back from the State With Budget Deal? (LAT)
- Metro’s Service Changes Went Into Effect Yesterday, What Changed? (The Source)
- CARB’s Climate Scoping Plan Won’t Help (EDF)
- Yet It Is Still Attacked “from all sides” – Including Those Who Want To Do Much Less (AP)
- COVID Hospitalizations Ticking Up in LA County, Other Indicators Flat (Daily News)
- Biden Administration Meets with Big Oil to Increase Production/Considers Lifting Smog Restrictions (Reuters)
- It’s Really Hot (Daily News)
- Urbanize Weekly Headline Roundup : Koretz Gas Station Ban, Culver City Car Free Main Street
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Note: Joe is out for a couple of weeks on a well deserved trip with his family. Streetsblog will continue to be updated daily.
Talking Headways Podcast: What Cities Gain by Removing Parking
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Oregon plans to reduce parking regulations in cities. What can we learn about the effect of parking lots on urban heat islands?
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Damian Kevitt on How Crash That Lost His Leg Made Him Safety Advocate (Yahoo via Bicycling)
- More Bike Lanes, Sharrows Coming to Beverly Hills (BH Press)
- Air Resources Board Holds Hearing on CA Climate Plan (Federal News Network)
- UN Chief Warns That Climate Change Impacting World Food Supply (Daily News)
- Closed-door CA Budget Negotiations Focus on Energy (CalMatters)
- Experts Warn That We Should Get Used to Seeing Guns in Public Spaces (Daily News)
- Water Restrictions Making an Impact in SoCal (LAT)
- Veo Mini Sit Down Scooter Share Coming to the Westside (Dot.LA)
- UCLA Narrows Bike Lane When Rebuilding Hall (Bike Academy)
- CA Dem’s Who Understand Basic Economics and Science in Political Bind Over Biden’s Gas Tax Holiday (Sacramento Bee)
- Black Cyclists Are 4x More Likely to Be Killed by Drivers and Black Pedestrians Are 2x’s As Likely Than Whites (The Grio, Streetsblog USA)
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Note: Joe is out for a couple of weeks on a well deserved trip with his family. Streetsblog will continue to be updated daily.
Advocates Decry Proposed ‘Gas Tax Holiday’ — And Offer Alternatives to Ease Pain at the Pump
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As President Biden urges Congress to give drivers a gas tax "holiday" that experts say won't even significantly ease pain at the pump, advocates are urging him to give Americans emergency relief from car dependency instead.
These U.S. Communities Are Making Safety Progress After Jaywalking Reform
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The Black Lives Matter protests and the pandemic have dramatically shifted the terrain around policing. As a result, the last two years have brought about the first serious rethinking of jaywalking laws in a century, challenging a practically universal American rule that dates back to some of the earliest auto industry lobbying campaigns. Here's what happened next.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- County Officials Unveil Plan to Return Bruce’s Beach to Original Black Heirs (LAT)
- Previous Streetsblog Coverage: Supervisor’s Vote in 2021, Advocates Organize in 2020
- Groundbreaking held for new Metro joint development at 1st & Soto in Boyle Heights (The Source)
- Some Griffith Park Roads Closing to Cars (Eastsider)
- More on Council’s Motion to Ban Bike Repair/Storage/Sale on Sidewalks (LA Taco)
- Who Pays for Research on Carbon Capture? (LAT)
- Metro Says Public Prefers Rail Tunnel Through Sepulveda Pass (Mass Transit)
- Dems Likely to Sink Biden’s Gas Tax Holiday (Politico)
- More Fake News on Biden’s Bike Spill. (Associated Press)
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Long-Promised Bike Lanes on the Spring Street Bridge Could Be Coming Soon
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"We are still intending to stripe the bike lanes on the Spring St Bridge even though the project contract itself is completed."
Today: Insurance Committee to Consider Bill That Could Kill Bike-Share
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This (Wednesday) afternoon, the California Senate Insurance Committee will consider a bill whose author, Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), claims its aim is to protect pedestrians - but which would instead kill bike- and scooter-share systems in California.
New Head of Caltrans: Tony Tavares, Chief of Bay Area and L.A. Districts
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Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Tony Tavares, current Caltrans District chief for L.A.-Ventura Counties, as the new head of Caltrans