First Bill Roundup: What’s on Deck This Session?
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Speed cameras, ending tickets for "jaywalking," and stop-as-yield for bikes, planning, and e-bike training.
Metro Looking Into Two Bikeway Connections to Union Station
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Cyclists could travel first/last mile to/from Union Station via the planned L.A. River path and via an extended esplanade along Alameda Street
Part-Time Job Announcement! Streetsblog L.A. Looking for Journalist for SGV Coverage
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Part-time position averaging roughly 10-15 hours per week, and the writer will be expected to produce roughly two original stories and co-host two podcasts every month
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- At Peak Of Defund Movement, L.A. City Spent Lots Of COVID Money On PD (L.A. Taco)
…Metro Also Spent Millions Of COVID Stimulus On Policing (SBLA Twitter) - Metro Spending $26M To Widen Beverly Blvd/605 Freeway Bridge/Ramps/Roads (Whittier Daily News)
…Caltrans spokesperson: Beverly will be wide enough for future bike lane, but bike lane not included - L.A. Has Worst Air Pollution Of Major U.S. Cities (LAist)
- Metrolink Is Adding Back Service (Whittier Daily News)
- Carnage: Driver Sentenced To 2 Years In Deadly Long Beach Crash (Daily News)
- 43-Home Supportive Housing Building Nearly Complete In South L.A. (Urbanize)
- 5-Story 119-Unit TOC Under Construction In North Hollywood (Urbanize)
- Average L.A. County Gas Price Tops $6 (LAT, AV Times, LAist)
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Eyes on the Street: Huntington Park’s Veterans Park Corridor Walk/Bike Trails
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Half-mile long Veterans Park is located below high-voltage powerlines and presents a very good example of how to convert underutilized utility corridors into multi-purpose community spaces
LAPD Shooting at Manchester/Fig Ruled Out of Policy, but Officer’s False Claim About Threatening Finger Guns Allowed to Stand
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Officer Carlos Tovar also managed to hit a passing Lyft driver's vehicle with two rounds. Part I in a series on pretextual stops.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Promises and Press Releases, Where Are Metro Better Bus Upgrades? (Investing in Place)
- Make L.A. Transit Free (KNOCK-LA)
- Torrance Awarded $6.2M Grant For Bus Electrification (Daily Breeze)
- CA Cap-and-Trade Allowances OK Polluting In Over-Burdened Areas (LAT)
- Carnage: Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Cyclist In Cypress Park (Eastsider)
…Pedestrian Killed On 60 Freeway In Industry (SGV Tribune)
…Deadly Claremont Freeway Crash Driver Pleads Guilty, Sentenced 30 Years (Daily Bulletin, SC Signal) - 22-Story Apartment Tower Planned Near Wilshire/Vermont Station (Urbanize)
- 55-Unit Supportive Housing Under Construction In South L.A. (Urbanize)
- What is CEQA and why it needs to be reformed? Part I (Abundant Housing)
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Eyes on the Street: New Taylor Yard Walk/Bike Bridge
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Photos of the new Taylor Yard bike/walk bridge - connecting the L.A. City neighborhoods of Elysian Valley and Cypress Park
This Week In Livable Streets
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Metro board meeting, Valley Transportation Town Hall, and more
Today’s Headlines
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- New UK COVID-19 Variant Surge Could Come To U.S. (LAist)
- Metro Set To Upgrade J Line Electric Bus Plans (Daily News)
- Metro First/Lorena Joint Development Moving Forward (BH Beat)
- Carnage: Driver Crashes Injuring Six In Reseda (Daily News)
…Pacific Palisades Hit-and-Run Injures Two, Sends Car Into Surf (LAT)
…Driver Crashes Into Power Pole, Causing Long Beach Blackout (LB Post)
…Reward Offered In Echo Park Hit-and-Run Stunt (Biking in L.A., Eastsider) - Tech Could Closely Track CA Coastal Erosion (LAist)
- How CA’s $400 Gas Prices Rebate Would Work (LAT, L.A. Magazine)
…CA Dems Looking To Include Income Ceiling (LAT)
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Most of Metro’s New Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Line is Substantially Complete – Opening Could be December 2022. Update: CEO “Fall 2022”
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If all goes well - which hasn't been the case for Crenshaw/LAX so far - the new rail line could open to the public as early as this December, though early 2023 is likely
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- New COVID Variant Concerns L.A. Health Officials (LAist)
- Sheriff Accused Of Intimidating Shooting Victim Families (LAist)
- LAT Asks If Rich Californians Should Get Gas Price Relief
…CA Cost Of Driving Is A Legislative Hot Potato (LAT) - Carnage: Community Rallies After Crash Leaves Kids Parentless (Downey Patriot)
- Despite Protests, de León and City Clear Little Tokyo Unhoused Encampment (LAT, Daily News, ABC7)
- 78-Apartment Affordable Housing Planned By Santa Monica E Line (Urbanize)
- 92-Apartment, 64-Parking Space TOC Building Under Construction Near Sunset/Vermont Station (Urbanize)
- 41-Apartment Affordable Housing Under Construction In South L.A. (Urbanize)
- Supervisor Hahn Motion Pushes Metro-College Partnerships (Los Cerritos News)
- Beverly Hills Considering Shuttle For First/Last Mile For Subway (Beverly Press)
- Norwalk Revising Its Preferential Parking (Whittier Daily News)
- WeHo Rainbow Crosswalks Quickly Looking Worn (WeHoVille)
- KCRW Checks Out The Nearly Completed New Sixth Street Bridge
- More On Elysian Valley Taylor Yard Bridge Opening (Curbed)
- Portantino Walk/Bike Safety Bill Passes Committee (Pasadena Now)
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