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Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Feb 17, 2022 | No Comments

L.A. County COVID Deaths Pass 30,000 Mark (LAT, AV Times, Eastsider)
Metro Cutting Transit Service (Pasadena Now)
Norwalk Transit Cutting Service (Whittier Daily News)
Norwalk Seeks Less Truck Traffic (Los Cerritos News)
WeHo Plans Altmont Drive Cul-de-sac Improvements (Beverly Press)
…quick-build temporary street closure chain worked well for last 30! years
Carnage: San Dimas Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Cyclist (Biking in L.A., SGV Tribune)
Pedestrian On Tracks Killed By Train In Burbank (CBS2)
Alliance For Community Transit Has Big Plans For 2022

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Metro is revamping its station bike parking, switching to new digital lockers. Image via Metro presentation

Committee Approves Metro Station Bike Parking Contract

By Joe Linton | Feb 16, 2022 | No Comments

Metro is upgrading keyed lockers to digital ones, expanding 850 existing station lockers to 1,000 new e-lockers

THE BRAKE: Why There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Car Accident’

By Kea Wilson | Feb 16, 2022 | No Comments

In our new Streetsblog USA podcast, we talk to journalist and sustainable transportation advocate Jessie Singer about her new book, "There Are No Accidents."

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Feb 16, 2022 | No Comments

More On Committee Approval Of Speed Limit Rollbacks (Daily News, NBC4)
How L.A. Is Trying To Save Its Taxi Industry (LAT, Daily News)
OC Bus Driver Strike Averted (LAist)
Carnage: Victim Identified In Deadly 14 Wrong-Way Freeway Crash In Lancaster (AV Times)
…Unlicensed Driver “Accidentally” Runs Over and Kills Person In Long Beach (LB Post)
…Six People Freed From Car That Driver Smashed Into Tree In Long Beach (LB Post)
Pollution Credits Could Hamper CA Greenhouse Gas Reductions (LAT)
Study: Sea Level Rise Threatens CA Coast (LAT)
Gas Prices Rise To Record Highs (Downey Patriot)
Metro Slashes Bus and Rail Service Starting This Sunday (The Source)

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This portion of Sherman Way will soon see a speed limit reduction from 40mph to 35mph - via Google Street View

L.A. City Council Transportation Committee Approves Unprecedented Speed Limit Reductions

By Joe Linton | Feb 15, 2022 | No Comments

LADOT General Manager Reynolds stated that though "this is a great day" speed limit reform advocacy is not done, because "the 85th percentile rule needs to go away entirely."

A good old-fashioned door zone sharrow. Image: Eric Fischer, CC

OUT, DAMN SHARROWS: Vote For the Sorriest Bike Infrastructure

By Kea Wilson | Feb 15, 2022 | No Comments

Last week, the good people behind the must-watch YouTube channel Not Just Bikes took to Twitter to ask their followers a critical question: what's the worst "bike-centered" road project you've ever seen, and what, exactly, makes it so bad?

A rendering of a supportive housing project at the former Umeya Rice Cake factory. Image: FSY Architects

State Grants $808M to Support Housing as a Climate Strategy

By Melanie Curry | Feb 15, 2022 | No Comments

The AHSC, funded by California's cap-and-trade program, aims to reducing GHGs by putting housing near transit and increasing opportunities for people to safely and comfortably rely on active transportation and transit for their travel needs.

Bike Bills: An Omnibus, and Stop-as-Yield

By Melanie Curry | Feb 15, 2022 | No Comments

Is this the first time the legislature has seen "bicycle" and "omnibus" in the same phrase?

SGV Connect 89 – N. 710 Freeway Mobility Hub Study

By Kristopher Fortin and Damien Newton | Feb 15, 2022 | No Comments

Kris talked this week with Kome Ajise, Executive Director of Southern California Association of Governments, and Ryan Johnson, Associate Planner at Alta Planning + Design, about the N. 710 Freeway Mobility Hubs Plan

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Feb 15, 2022 | No Comments

Healthy Streets Ballot Measure Could Make Good On Mobility Plan (LAT)
State Rejects Santa Monica Housing Plan (Abundant Housing, SMDP)
Metro To Vote On Station Bike Parking Contract (@numble Twitter)
How To Take Metro To Wednesday’s Rams Victory Parade (The Source)
Carnage: Three LAPD Officers Hospitalized In Freeway Hit-and-Run Near DTLA (LAT, Daily News)
…Santa Monica Hit-and-Run Driver Puts Bicyclist In Critical Condition (SM Lookout, Biking in L.A.)
…One Person Killed In Riverside Freeway Crash (Whittier Daily News)
Affordable 4-Story 85-Home Mixed-Use Opening In El Sereno (Urbanize)
L.A. and OC See Record Gas Prices (LAT, LAist)

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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) Photos by Gage Skidmore.

McConnell Tells States To Just Ignore Biden’s Progressive New Road Priorities

By Kea Wilson | Feb 14, 2022 | No Comments

After the Biden administration told states that they should spend federal transportation dollars on projects that put safety, sustainability, equity, and road repair first, Sen. Mitch McConnell and Shelley Moore Capito told GOP governors to ignore the guidelines and spend the money any way they want.

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Feb 14, 2022 | No Comments

Metro committees, speed limits, Monterey Park, deep Metro service cuts, Santa Monica Boulevard, and more:

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