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How ‘Community Mobility Rituals’ Can Transform Neighborhoods

By Kea Wilson | May 24, 2022 | No Comments

On this episode, host Kea Wilson sits down with Olatunji Oboi Reed of Equiticity to talk about "community mobility rituals," or regular, free, hyper-local events that dismantle barriers to sustainable transportation and build the social infrastructure that neighborhoods need.

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | May 24, 2022 | No Comments

Streets For All Alert: Tell Metro To Cancel 710 Widening, Stop Increasing Widening Budget
LAT Reviews Mayoral Candidates Positions On Transportation
…see also SBLA coverage of transportation questionnaire and debate
Pasdena Opens Pedestrian Scramble At Colorado/Fair Oaks (Pasadena Now)
New Pico Rivera Durfee Avenue Underpass Opens Tomorrow (Los Cerritos News )
…Durfee Underpass Features New Bike Lanes (@ayruem2 Twitter)
Housing Authority Secures $10M CA Beautification Grants For South L.A. (2UrbanGirls)
Funding Approved For New South L.A. Senior Supportive Housing (Urbanize)
Site Cleared For 40-Apartment Project By Palms Station (Urbanize)
Santa Clarita Bike-To-Work Week A Success (SC Signal)

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East L.A.'s new rainwater infiltration medians. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Eyes on the Street: New East L.A. Rainwater Infiltration Medians

By Joe Linton | May 23, 2022 | No Comments

The East Los Angeles Sustainable Median Stormwater Capture Project construction is done, and the native landscape is in full bloom

This Week in Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | May 23, 2022 | No Comments

Metro looking to approve budget increasing freeway funding and decreasing transit funding, 405 Freeway widening, Metrolink board meeting, and more

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | May 23, 2022 | No Comments

COVID Spreading Rapidly In California (LAT)
…County Extends Mask Requirement On Transit And At Airports (LAist, AV Times)
Metro Spins FY23 Budget – Buries $634M Freeway Expansion Saying Just To “Ease Chokepoints” (The Source)
FY23 Metro budget proposes 33.5% increase in annual freeway widening
Metro leaders keep lying about highway budget: “not focused at all on just road widening”
LAPD SWAT Officer Said “Happy Hunting” On Body Cam Before Shooting (LAT)
LAPD Overreaction To Climate Protest Reveals City’s Misplaced Priorities (KNOCK-LA)
KRCW L.A. Mayoral Candidates Debate Focuses On Homelessness
L.A. Scrapes DIY Crosswalks (@RyFons Twitter)
Metro Bus Crashes With, Drags Moped In DTLA – Mopedist Injured (columnist.city)
Carnage: Driver Hits, Kills Cyclist On Anaheim Street in LB (LB Post, Biking in L.A.)
…Person Killed Walking On 210 Ramp In Arcadia (Pasadena Now)
L.A. Plans 900 Homes At West L.A. Civic Center Site (Urbanize)
East L.A.’s New Rainwater Medians Looking Great (@SBLA Twitter, Eastsider)
What To Know About How Newsom Wants To Spend $100B CA Surplus (LAist)
L.A. County Gas Prices Still Inching Upward (LB Post)

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Metro-funded construction widening the 71 Freeway from 4 lanes to 8. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Metro Leadership Making It an Annual Tradition to Lie about Freeway Expansion Budget

By Joe Linton | May 20, 2022 | No Comments

Metro Planning Chief de la Loza: "[Metro Highway Program FY23 budget] predominant projects are focused on... completing gaps between the HOV system, safety improvements... they're not focused at all on just providing road widening."

The 710 Freeway in Long Beach. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Bill to Prohibit Building Freeways through Sensitive Communities Moves to Assembly Floor

By Melanie Curry | May 20, 2022 | No Comments

The bill would prohibit Caltrans from using state resources on any project, or on permitting any project, that does not meet certain criteria measured by the California Healthy Places Index.

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | May 20, 2022 | No Comments

L.A. COVID Cases Rising, Risk Level Goes From Low To Medium (LAist, AV Times, ABC7)
The L.A. Podcast Guide To Voter Guides
Carnage: Father Accidentally Drives Over, Kills Toddler In Riverside (LAT)
…Driver To Face Trial In Fatal Gardena Crash On Tesla Autopilot (Daily News)
…Three Injured In Pasadena Car Crash (Pasadena Now)
Tips To Up Your Walking (LB Post)
Six-Story Residential Development Planned By Anaheim Station In LB (Urbanize)
Average Gas Price About $2 Higher Than A Year Ago (LB Post)
…High Gas Price Anecdotes: Including E-Bikes and Buses (Eastsider)
CA Lawmakers Again Fail To Ban Oil Drilling In State Waters (LAT)

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Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | May 19, 2022 | No Comments

L.A. County COVID Cases and Hospitalizations Rising (AV Times)
Metro Committee Nixes Paused 710 Freeway Widening Project (SGV Tribune)
L.A. City Budget Approved, Adds $87M To Police (Daily News)
Burbank Approves Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan, Includes Bikeways (Leader)
L.A. County Gas Price Leads U.S. At $6.08/Gallon (LAT)
Carnage: Feds Investing If Tesla Autopilot Part Of Fatal Newport Beach Crash (LAT)
Investing in Place Urges Metro To Fund Bus Service, Operator Pay
…Metro Touts Meager Bus Budget As “Significant” (The Source)
LAT Profiles 7 L.A. Cyclists
…LB Post Profiles Another
Today Is Bike To Work Day (Biking in L.A.)

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Community members, activists, and one Monterey Park City Council official pose in front of Divine's Furniture after a walk down Garvey Avenue to discuss traffic lane expansion. Credit: Chris Greenspon/Streetsblog

Walk Against the Machine – Monterey Park Activists Oppose Traffic Lane Expansion

By Chris Greenspon | May 18, 2022 | No Comments

A plan to take away parking lanes on Monterey Park’s iconic Garvey Avenue hasn’t been getting very far. Could it be reshaped into a multi-modal project?

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | May 18, 2022 | No Comments

More DTLA A Line Emergency Track Work (The Source)
LAT Reporter Has Seen Scary Things On L.A. Transit
Willoughby Diverters Attempt To Reduce Car Cut-Through Traffic (Beverly Press)
Carnage: Two People Killed In Freeway Crash In Tujunga (Daily News)
Metro Gives Free Transit Rides To Cyclists This Thursday (The Source)
78-Unit Affordable Housing Planned By E Line In Santa Monica (Urbanize)
New County L.A. River Plan Released (Daily News, Urbanize)
L.A. County Gas Price Hits All-Time [non-inflation-adjusted] High Of $6.07/Gallon (Pasadena Now)
Traffic Deaths Up Nationwide (Biking in L.A.)

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710 Freeway. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro Committee Expected to Vote to Not Build Lower 710 Freeway Widening Project

By Joe Linton | May 17, 2022 | No Comments

Metro and Caltrans plan to formally reset their 710 Freeway corridor plans by approving the 'No Build' alternative, as the new Locally Preferred Alternative for their 710 Environmental Document, reversing a 2018 approval of a freeway widening alternative.

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