Eyes on the Street: San Fernando Road Bike Path Nearly Complete
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When this phase is completed - expected in late 2022 - the San Fernando Road bike path will extend a total of ten miles
THE BRAKE: Why Road Diets Fail — And How to Help Them Win
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This week's episode of The Brake tackles the tough questions of why redesigning killer roads is so controversial.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- FTA Gets Ball Rolling On Federal Funding For West Santa Ana Branch (The Source)
- Learn More About Metro South L.A. SEED School This Saturday (The Source)
- Affordable Mixed-Use Under Construction At Boyle Heights’ Soto Station (Urbanize)
- Big Blue Bus Ridership Still Hasn’t Recovered From COVID (SMDP)
- Struggling To Hire Drivers, Norwalk Cuts Bus Service (Norwalk Patriot)
- Carnage: North Hollywood Driver Kills Pedestrian (Daily News)
…Motorcyclist Killed In Head-On Crash In Northeast Antelope Valley (AV Times) - 45-Home 23-Parking Space Building Planned For KTown (Urbanize)
- Why L.A. Turned Its River Into A Freeway For Water (LAT)
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BAD TO WORSE: Study Explains Why Road Violence Increased During the Pandemic
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Bad drivers got worse ... and drove more.
When Road Diets Get Rolled Back, Part II: Pushback in Philadelphia
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When should transportation leaders stop and listen to community members who resist road safety projects — and when should they carry on with plans to calm dangerous streets?
This Week In Livable Streets
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T-Committee, Metro PSAC, and more
Highway Widening Chief Abdollah Ansari Has Left Metro
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Ansari was one of the agency's most rigidly pro-freeway and pro-car-capacity leaders
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Metro Announces Eastside L Line Extension Meetings (The Source)
- Electeds Push State To Fund Foothill L Line Extension (SGV Tribune)
- How Long Beach Transit Is Weathering the Pandemic (LB Business Journal)
- Audit Report: Rising Construction Costs Hamper HHH Homeless Housing (Urbanize)
- Raman’s New Riverside Drive Bike Lanes Under Construction (SBLA Twitter)
- Carnage: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian On Sepulveda In Sherman Oaks (Daily News)
…One Killed, Six Hurt In Malibu PCH Crash (Daily News, Malibu Times)
…Motorcyclist Killed In Crash In Thousand Oaks (LAT)
…DUI Driver Flips Car In Alhambra (Alhambra PD Facebook) - Long Beach To Begin Demolition Of Old Gerald Desmond Bridge (LAT, LB Post)
- Vegas Brightline High-Speed Rail To Get Additional Segment To Connect To Metrolink (RT&S, Forbes)
- Report: Climate Emergency Worse Than Expected (LAT)
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February 2022 Metro Board Meeting Recap: Railyard Overrun, Unarmed Security, and More
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Transit policing, B/D Line turnback yard, N. 710 Freeway funding for multi-modal projects, Eastside L Line extension, bike parking, J Line electric buses, and Local Small Business Enterprise Program
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- L.A. Must Zone For More Housing (LAT)
- UCLA Wants A Sepulveda Line Station
- West End Of C Line Replaced By Bus Bridge This Weekend (The Source)
- Carnage: Man Killed In 60 Freeway Crash Near City of Industry (MyNews L.A.)
…DUI Driver Charged In Pasadena Crash Death Of Passenger (Pasadena Now) - 47-Unit Supportive Housing Coming To South L.A. (Urbanize)
- Burbank Files Lawsuit Against CA High-Speed Rail (LAT)
- Rancho Los Amigos Bicycling Program Offers Hope (Downey Patriot)
- L.A. Gas Prices Keep Going Up (NBC4)
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Report: CA’s Historical Focus on Highway Construction Must Change
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Legislative report on state transportation investments concludes that, if funding at every level is not reprioritized, climate goals will not be met, equity will suffer, and CA will fall short of other goals including reliable, efficient movement of people and goods.
When Road Diets Get Rolled Back, Part I: The Texas Road Diet Massacre
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How can a city calm its most dangerous roads when those roads are owned by the state? San Antonio grapples with that question, thanks to Gov. Abbott.