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By Joe Linton | Sep 1, 2022 | No Comments

Climate Catastrophe Watch: Woodland Hills Hits Record 112 Degrees (LAT)
…Prolonged Heat Wave: So Cal Temps Expected 10-18 Degrees Above Normal (LAist, Daily Breeze)
…Cm Blumenfield & LADOT response: add more parking in Woodland Hills
Streets for All Tweets Last Night’s LADOT Venice Blvd Bus/Bike Lane Meeting
How People Use the New 6th Street Bridge (LAist)
NRDC Looks Into Metro Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report
Metrolink Offers Discounts for EBT Card Holders (2UrbanGirls)
Carnage: Driver Strikes, Kills Pedestrian In North Long Beach (LB Post)
…Pedestrian Identified Who Was Killed By Driver Near CSULB (LB Post)
…LAX Driver Strikes Two Pedestrians (KTLA5)
142-Unit Affordable TOC Planned By Lafayette Park (Urbanize)
49-Unit Modular Supportive Housing Nearing Completion In South L.A. (Urbanize)
Handful of Democrats Needed To Approve Climate Legislation (Capital & Main)

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Rendering of Reimagine Ventura Boulevard - via L.A. City storymap

Reimagine Ventura Blvd is About Expanding Car Parking. Why Tout it as Bike Safety Project?

By Joe Linton | Aug 31, 2022 | No Comments

Unfortunately, this stretch of Ventura Boulevard is a missed opportunity, a step away from multi-modal solutions. Reimagine Ventura Boulevard lacks imagination.

CA Bikes Yield at Stop Signs Bill Is Dead

By Melanie Curry | Aug 31, 2022 | No Comments

Author Boerner Horvath pulled A.B. 1713 because it was clear that Newsom planned to veto it

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Aug 31, 2022 | No Comments

Another Record-Setting Heat Wave Is Here (SMDP, ABC7, Daily Breeze)
…California Heat Waves Are Getting Worse (LAT)
Meeting Tonight For New Venice Blvd Bus Lanes and Newly Protected Bike Lanes (Biking in L.A.)
Some Southeast Cities Against Metro Land-Banking-for-Housing Plan (Daily News)
Metro and Developer Butt Heads Over Westwood Station Site (Urbanize)
Divided City Council Fails To Approve Ridley-Thomas Replacement, Heather Hunt (LAT)
Sheriffs Department Whistleblower Alleges Corruption (Witness L.A.)
Flatiron Awarded 105 Freeway ExpressLanes Metro Contract (Global Construction Review)
Oil and Labor Team to Fight Newsom Climate Proposal (Capital & Main)
Google Maps Shows Bike Lanes That Don’t Exist (Reddit)
Carnage: Driver Killed Crashing Into Pole In Palos Verdes (LAT)
…Police Seek Hit-and-Run Van Driver Who Ran Over Boyle Heights Scooter Rider (LAT)
…Lawyers Argue Windsor Hills Crash Driver Suffered Lapse of Consciousness (LAT)
100-Unit Veterans Supportive Housing Approved for Downey (Urbanize)

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The 14 Freeway south of Palmdale - via Google Street View

Metro Looks To Widen the 14 Freeway In North Los Angeles County

By Joe Linton | Aug 30, 2022 | No Comments

Metro, with Caltrans, would widen about 25 miles of the 14 Freeway - between Santa Clarita and Palmdale

Sometimes people have few choices about safely crossing streets

Freedom to Walk Bill – Decriminalizing “Jaywalking” – Is on the Governor’s Desk

By Melanie Curry | Aug 30, 2022 | No Comments

Again. But this time he might sign it.

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Aug 30, 2022 | No Comments

Bill Decriminalizing “Jaywalking” Approved, Pending Newsom Signature (SBCA)
…Assemblymember Bloom’s Pedestrian Headstart Bill Approved, Pending Newsom Signature (SMDP)
Carnage: Two People Killed In Head-On Crash Near Pierce College (KTLA5, Daily News)
…Motorcyclist Killed In Solo Crash In Pasadena (Pasadena Now)
…After Windsor Hills Driver Killed Six, County to Review Safety of Crash Site (Daily News)
…Burbank Crash Victim’s Mother Sues City (Burbank Leader)
…South L.A. Driver Hits Dozens Of Parked Cars (KTLA5)
64-Unit Affordable Housing Under Construction By Lafayette Park (Urbanize)
Heat Warnings Issued For So Cal (KTLA5)
Phasing Out Gas Cars Is Not Enough (Biking in L.A.)

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This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Aug 29, 2022 | No Comments

Venice Boulevard bus and bike lanes, lower 710 Freeway corridor, San Dimas and La Verne double-tracking, Eastside L Line extension, and more

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Aug 29, 2022 | No Comments

L.A. Transit Ridership Surpassed Bay Area Transit (Silicon Valley)
Metro Video Shows Options for C Line Extension To Torrance (Urbanize)
LAT Letters: Where To Make L.A. Streets Car-Free
LAist Tips To Get Started Bicycling In L.A. (2019 post updated)
Metro Expands Fareless Student Passes To Inglewood School District (The Source)
…Mt. SAC Community College Announces Fareless Transit (SAC Media)
More On L.A. Council Pushing Healthy Streets L.A. To 2024 (KPCC)
…Ten Mobility Corridors L.A. Should Implement Now (Michael Schneider Medium)
Carnage: Three People Killed In Santa Clarita Car Crash (LAT, SC Signal, Daily News)
…Person Killed In Pico Rivera Car Crash (SGV Tribune)
…Motorcyclist Killed In Solo Crash In Pasadena (Pasadena Now)
…DUI Driver Detained After Rollover Crash In Soledad Canyon (SC Signal)
…LA Sheriff Deputy Arrested For DUI After Hit-and-Run Crash (LAT, SC Signal, AV Times, Daily News)
Pedestrian Hit, Killed By Freight Train In Palmdale Area (AV Times)
Planning For Future Of 487-Acre Fairplex Site In Pomona (SGV Tribune)
Carson Opens 51-Unit Affordable Veterans Housing (Daily Breeze)
Tell the L.A. Zoo Not To Add More Parking (Streets for All)
Brutal Late Summer Heat Coming This Week (SGV Tribune, LB Post)

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The full Rail-to-River project runs approximately 10 miles across South and Southeast L.A. Segment A, currently under construction, runs along the Slauson corridor before heading southwest at Western and paralleling Hyde Park Boulevard. Segment B will run along the length of Randolph to the river. Source: Metro

Metro Re-Approves Randolph as Rail-to-River Route After Dedicated Bike/Walk Path Plan Had to Be Scuttled

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 26, 2022 | No Comments

The planned bike/walk infrastructure has been significantly downgraded

Can This Documentary Get Americans to Care About Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths?

By Kea Wilson | Aug 26, 2022 | No Comments

A new documentary aims to tell the dramatic story of America's escalating pedestrian and cyclist death crisis — and, hopefully, inspire non-advocates to get involved in the movement to end the epidemic.

Opinion: Ending Our Oil Addiction Is a Moral Imperative for Inflation and the Climate

By Dennis Markatos-Soriano and Mike McGinn | Aug 26, 2022 | No Comments

The amount we drive is a matter of public policy, shaped by land use and transportation policies that underinvest in transit and make walking and biking ever more dangerous. We can flip that starting now.

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