Looking Ahead: Some L.A. Transportation Predictions for 2022
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SBLA editor Joe Linton predicts Metro ridership, freeway widening, a new DTLA subway, new bus lanes, and more
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Unprecedented L.A. County COVID Spike (LAT)
- Metro Crenshaw North Meeting Poll Shows Support for Fairfax/San Vicente (Larchmont Buzz)
- Metro Encourages Low Income Riders To Enroll In LIFE Discount Program (AV Times)
- KNOCK-LA On LAPD Killing Valentina Orellana-Peralta And 4 Other Angelenos Last Week
- 5-Story, 88-Apartment, 43 Parking Space Development Planned In South L.A. (Urbanize)
- Climate Change Will Get Worse In 2022, And After (LAT)
Streetsblog L.A. will be off for the next four days in celebration of the new year – returning Tuesday January 4
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Looking Back at Some Stories that Shaped 2021
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COVID, new Metro leadership, resistance to freeway widening, new bus lanes, unsuccessful recall campaigns, and police accountability
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- CA COVID Hospitalizations Up 25 Percent In the Last Week (LAT)
…CA Hospitals Not Ready For Omicron Winter (Capital & Main) - Valentina Orellana-Peralta Parents Speak Out About LAPD Shooting (Guardian, LAT, LAist, L.A. Taco)
…SBLA Editor Sulaiman Reviews LAPD Shooting Valentina Orellana-Peralta (@sahra Twitter) - Culver City Adjusting MOVE CC Project, Removing Block Of Bike Lane (SBLA Twitter)
- L.A. Wins Fix the City Lawsuit To Block Expo Line Area Transit-Oriented Housing Plan (City Attorney Feuer)
- Baldwin Park Secures Grants To Upgrade Parks (SGV Tribune)
- $26M Revamp Of Long Beach’s Colorado Lagoon To Begin In 2022 (Urbanize)
- Carnage: Fatal Christmas Eve 11-Car Crash On 5 Freeway Near Dodgers Stadium (Fox11, Eastsider)
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L.A. City Wins Fix the City Lawsuit Against E Line Development Plan
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“We urgently need more housing and we should put it close to public transit to reduce traffic congestion. This victory is an essential step in dramatically reimagining how Angelenos live, work, shop and play.”
Year In Review 2021: Now For the Good News
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This year was not a good one for big wins. But it may go down in history as a critical turning point for our national transportation future.
Infrastructure Law Helps Fix Amtrak Funding Woes, Rail Exec. Tells House
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An infusion of $22 billion for Amtrak would allow the system to offer more reliable service, upgrade stations and work on its backlog of deferred maintenance.
SGV Connect 88 – Looking Forward and Backwards with the Streetsblog Editors
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Melanie Currie and Joe Linton offer their insights on the big stories that shaped Streetsblog coverage in 2021 and predictions for 2022
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Hospitalizations Rising, CA Omicron COVID Will Get Worse Before Getting Better (LAT)
- Aggressive LAPD Tactics Blamed In Officer Shooting Of NoHo Bystander (LAT, Daily News)
…Video Released Of NoHo LAPD Shooting (LAist) - Santa Monica Low Income Apartments To Go To Black/Latino Families Evicted In 50s For Freeway Construction (LAT)
- Ride Metro For Free New Year’s Eve 9 p.m. To 2 a.m. (LAist, The Source)
…Metro Bike Share Offers Free Rides Through Jan 2 (Biking in L.A.) - Carnage: Two Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill Woman In Downtown Long Beach (LB Post)
…Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Venice Cyclist (Biking in L.A.)
…Driver Kills Cyclist In Simi Valley (Biking in L.A.)
…Driver Strikes And Kills Pedestrian In Harbor Gateway (Daily Breeze)
…Car Crash Sends Two Saugus Runners To Hospital (SC Signal)
…Driver Critically Injures Two In Long Beach (LB Post)
…Drunk Driver Crashes Into Valencia Light Pole (SC Signal) - 8-Story 53-Apartment 64-Parking Space Building Nearly Complete At Temple/Beaudry (Urbanize)
- 7-Story 364-Apartment 791-Parking Space Mixed-Use Nearly Complete By Wishire/Western Station (Urbanize)
- Waymo Autonomous Cars Pilot To Deliver Groceries To Needy (Downtown News)
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Metro’s Student Fareless Pilot Gathering Momentum a Couple Months In
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Even with a difficult roll-out - and a program that falls well short of universal fare-free transit - Metro and its partners are providing much needed free trips to many students through L.A. County.
Year In Review 2021: The Bad News
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It's time for our year-in-review. Let's get the bad news out of the way first.
Caltrans’ Officially Embraces Complete Streets in All Projects
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"All transportation projects funded or overseen by Caltrans will provide comfortable, convenient, and connected complete streets facilities for people walking, biking, and taking transit or passenger rail unless an exception is documented and approved."