Feds Throw Wrench Into Oregon Highway Widening
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More environmental assessment is needed for the I-5 Rose Quarter freeway plan.
Draft Pasadena Pedestrian Plan Public Feedback Period Ends, to Head to City Council Soon
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The 'Pasadena Walks!' plan identifies 10 high priority corridors, multiple high priority crossings and multiple secondary corridors
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Today Is Transit Equity Day (Annenberg Media)
…Metrolink Offering Free Rides - LAT Editorial: Forget Monorail For Sepulveda
- City Council Approves Blumenfield/Bonin Sidewalk Repair Reform Motion (SMDP, KABC)
- Flier: Metro Rail Will Destroy Sherman Oaks (@StreetsblogLA Twitter)
- WeHo Could Move Sheriff Station For Crenshaw North Extension (WeHoVille)
- L Line Construction To Temporarily Close Fulton Road In La Verne (SGV Tribune)
- Top L.A. Cop-Watcher Charged With Rare Eavesdropping Crime (L.A. Taco)
- City Plans To Clear Ktown Anti-Camping Rocks (@JohnMotter Twitter)
- LAT Podcast On Robo-Cars Killing People
- As Earth Warms, Air Conditioning Will CA Overwhelm Power Grid (LAT)
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Glendale Blvd Hit-and-Run Crash Highlights Need for Safety Improvements
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If Caltrans is serious about its professed commitment to safety, multi-modal transportation, and complete streets, it should take some kind of immediate action to fix the situation.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Communities By Ports Suffer From Polluted Air (LAist)
…LB Port Updating Master Plan (LB Post) - Urbanize Looks At NoHo Station Joint Development Proposal
- Long Beach Continues To Build Bike Networks (LB Business Journal)
- Glendora-Pomona Freight Trains To Resume On New Tracks (SGV Tribune)
- Little Tokyo Affordable Housing Receives $30M State Grant (Urbanize)
- Destination Crenshaw Receives $29M Grant (Downtown News)
- Carnage: Long Beach Cyclist Recovering From Hit-and-Run Car Crash (LB Post)
- $5K Reward To Find Hit-and-Run Driver Who Struck Cyclist In Echo Park (Biking in L.A., Eastsider)
- Santa Clarita Driver Crashes Into Light Pole Taking Out Power For Thousands (SC Signal)
- How To Take Transit To Inglewood Stadium (LAist)
…How To Park For the Super Bowl (LAist) - How Oil Lobbyist Influence CA Legislators And Regulators (Captial & Main)
- Bruce’s Beach An Outlier For Reparations For Black Americans (LAT)
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Metro Approves Southeast L.A. West Santa Ana Branch Rail Line Alignment and Phasing
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Last week, the Metro board took some important steps toward getting construction underway on the planned West Santa Ana Branch rail project, which will serve communities in southeast Los Angeles County. Ultimately, the 19.3-mile light rail line will extend from Union Station through what are known as the Gateway Cities to a terminus in the […]
“Solving” Congestion Creates Worse Problems
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Our “cures” for congestion are often worse than the problem.
Analysis: The Decline and Fall of Mandatory Parking Minimums
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Was 2021 the year that U.S. planners finally lost faith in minimum parking requirements? It certainly seems so.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- LAist On Metro’s Latest Service Cuts
- Bus Riders Union Challenging Anti-Black Metro Policies (KNOCK-LA)
- Ktown for All Grades L.A. City Councilmembers
- CA Attorney General Accuses Sheriff Of Intimidating Politically-Motivated Investigations (LAist)
- Lawsuit Alleges Sheriff Department Cronyism (Witness L.A.)
- Ports Clean Truck Fees Start April 1 (Daily Breeze)
…Photo Essay On How Port Pollution Impacts Neighboring Communities (CalMatters) - More On Raman Appointment To SCAQMD Board (LAist)
- How To Incentivize Equitable ADU Development for Affordable Housing (Inclusive Action)
- City Commission Urges Long Beach To End Oil Drilling, Declare Climate Emergency (LB Post)
- 8-Story 137 Apartment Mixed-Use Planned By Hollywood/Highland Station (Urbanize)
- 6-Story 127 Apartment Mixed-Use Planned By Wilshire/Normandie Station (Urbanize)
- CBS2, ABC7, and Fox11 Pick Up SBLA’s Koreatown Anti-Camping Rocks Story
…Free Rocks Available In Ktown BYO Truck (Craigslist via @djbaskin Twitter)
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Councilmember Nithya Raman Appointed to So Cal Air Quality Board
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Though Raman becomes just one of thirteen SCAQMD boardmembers, her presence should help to steer the agency toward a more just, more environmentally-friendly direction.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Metro Purple Line Extension 2 Tunnels Reach Downtown Beverly Hills (The Source)
- Sepulveda Corridor Transit Scoping Comments Due February 11 (The Source)
- So Cal High-Speed Rail Projects Moving Forward (Urbanize)
- Judge Rules Santa Monica Can Tear Down Parking Structure To Build Affordable Housing (Courthouse News)
- 5-Story 40-Unit Supportive Housing Breaks Ground In NoHo (Urbanize)
- Metro NoHo Station Redevelopment Presentation Posted (@numble Twitter)
…where are the bikeways?? - Carnage: Motorcycle Officer Strikes, Kills Cyclist In Azusa (SGV Tribune, Biking in L.A.)
…Lake View Terrace Wrong Way Driver Injures Four People (Daily News)
…Monterey Park Hit-and-Run Van Driver Sought By Police (SGV Tribune) - Tesla Recall: Robo-Drive Programmed To Blow Stop Signs (Daily News)
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Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse Underscores Urgent Need For Fix-It-First Policy
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The collapse of a bridge in Pittsburgh is just a preview of potential disasters to come under the new infrastructure legislation, which continues to allow states to prioritize building new capacity for drivers over repairing existing stuff.