Newsom Appoints Caltrans Head to Lead California State Transportation Agency
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Director Toks Omishakin Moves Up
Today’s Headlines
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- Riverside Drive Is Getting Protected Bike Lanes (Eastsider)
- Big Blue Bus Seeks Input On Fare Increases (SMDP)
- L.A. Approves ‘Chop Shop’ Motion Banning Public Bike Repairs (Biking in L.A.)
- Responding To Lawsuit, L.A. Suspends Towing For Excessive Parking Tickets (LAT)
- Pasadena Shifting How It Analyzes Mobility Impacts (Pasadena Now)
- Bird Running E-Scooter Discounts, Timed For Super Bowl
- CA High-Speed Rail System Will Include Two Tracks, Cost Estimate Grows (LAT)
- In Manhattan Beach Supermarket Dispute, Driver Runs Over Person Twice (Daily Breeze)
- City Was Going To Clear Ktown Anti-Camping Rocks This Morning, But Didn’t (SBLA Twitter)
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Does America Need a ‘Mobility Bill of Rights’?
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And more important: what should be included in it?
New Ballot Initiative Underway to Get L.A. to Implement Its Mobility Plan
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Healthy Streets L.A. would require the city to implement its own approved Mobility Plan whenever the city repaves or otherwise works on a street
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Metro Transit Service Cuts Coming Sunday February 20 (The Source)
- Whittier Greenway Trail 2.8 Mile Extension To Open This Summer (Whittier Daily News)
- West Hollywood To Study Protected Bike Lanes (Biking in L.A.)
- Metro Sepulveda Transit Generates Excitement And Controversy (Beverly Hills Courier)
- ACLU, Community Groups Want Board of Supervisors To Be Able To Remove Sheriff (LAist)
- Carnage: Lancaster Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist (AV Times, Biking in L.A.)
…Driver Crashes Into Seal Beach Restaurant, Seriously Injuring Two Passengers (LB Post)
…LAPD In Pacoima “Accident” That Sent Three People To Hospital (LAT)
…DUI Driver Who Killed One and Injured Six, Sentenced To 8 Years (LB Post, Press-Telegram) - 5-Story 78-Apartment Affordable/Supportive Under Construction By MacArthur Park Station (Urbanize)
- Santa Monica Planning Commission Considers Plans For More Housing (SMDP)
- Super Bowl Will Not Benefit Working Class Angelenos (KNOCK-LA)
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How the U.S. Transportation System Fuels Inequality
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Transportation policies prioritizing private vehicle use leave the poor and people of color behind
CA Bill Would Extend Environmental Exemption for Bike, Walk, Transit Projects
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S.B. 288's temporary CEQA exemption, having proving useful, would be made permanent
New Fed. Law Requires Some (But Not All!) States to Improve Bike/Walk Safety
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The new-and-slightly-reformed Highway Safety Improvement Program could represent a turning point on U.S. roads, at least in the states that are required to spend the money right.
This Week In Livable Streets
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Stephanie Wiggins, Metro Sepulveda Transit, La Puente Safe Routes to School, chop shop criminalization, and more
Homeowner Groups: Metro Sepulveda Rail Will Destroy Neighborhoods
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Westside homeowners don't want subway tunnels. Valley homeowners don't want aerial trains.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Streets for All Launches Signature Drive For L.A. City Complete Streets Ballot Measure (Biking in L.A.)
…Call For Volunteers, More At Initiative Website: Healthy Streets L.A. - Metro Report Says Metro Isn’t Paying Bus Operators Enough (@calwatch Twitter)
- More On WeHo Plan To Move Sheriff For Crenshaw North Extension (Urbanize)
- Carnage: Person Killed In Rosemead 10 Freeway Crash (SGV Tribune)
…Five People Killed In Head-On Fresno Car Crash (LAT)
…Two People Killed In Anaheim 91 Freeway Car Crash (OC Register)
…Two People Killed In Santa Ana Car Crash (OC Register)
…Woodland Hills Hit-and-Run Suspect Arrested (Daily News) - More Than Half Of CA Bridges Deemed Structurally Deficient (Daily News)
- Montebello’s New Transportation Director Comes From San Francisco (Whittier Daily News)
- Caltrans Plans Suicide Fence For San Diego Mission Bridge (LAT)
- SoCal Gas Fined For Using Customer Money To Fight State Climate Policy (LAist)
- Walking 10 Minutes A Day Could Prolong Your Life (Daily Breeze)
- L.A., OC Gas Prices At Record High Again (Fox11)
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CA Bill Would Outlaw Freeway Expansions through Environmental Justice Communities
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Maybe this is what it takes: Asm. Cristina Garcia's A.B. 1778 would prohibit the state from funding or permitting freeway expansions in "Environmental Justice" communities