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Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Meet Omicron, the New COVID Variant (LAist)
- LAT Podcast: Bicycling While Latino
- Cities Passing Restrictions To Blunt S.B. 9, CA Law Legalizing Duplexes (LAT)
- Carnage: Driver Struck, Killed Pasadena Pedestrian (LAT, Pasadena Star-News)
…Cyclist Killed By Driver In Harbor City (Biking in L.A.)
…Woman Killed On 710 Was Struck Twice, Including Hit-and-Run (LB Post)
…Motorcyclist Killed In Lancaster (AV Times) - The Case for Providing Technical Assistance to Street Food Vendors (Inclusive Action)
- Rick Cole: We Can’t Build Our Way Out Of Gridlock (Daily Breeze)
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Eyes on the Street: New Bus Lane on Grand Avenue in Downtown L.A.
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The new southbound Grand Avenue bus lane extends just over one mile - from Hope Place to Pico Boulevard. It forms a couplet with a northbound bus lane on Olive Street.
This Week In Livable Streets
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Metro board, Expo bike/walk path, Metro transit policing, Place It!, and more
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- New COVID Omicron Variant Could Mean Winter Surge (LAT)
- Metro Ridership Up And Crime On Buses And Trains Are Up (LAT)
- Lancaster Sheriff Deputy Incident Appears To Be Whistleblower Retaliation (KNOCK-LA)
- Burbank Celebrates Opening Of Revamped Burbank Blvd Bridge (My Burbank)
…New bridge is a part of Metro/Caltrans’ troubled over-budget $1.3 billion dollar freeway widening
…Brand New Bridge Missing A Sidewalk, But Has Painted Bike Lanes (Biking in L.A.) - Cal State Northridge Should Invest Surplus In Bike-Share (Sundial)
- Metrolink Antelope Valley Train Experiences Holiday Mechanical Delays (SC Signal)
- Carnage: Driver Killed In Fiery South Whittier Crash (Whittier Daily News)
…Truck Driver Crashes Into, Kills Driver On 710 Freeway (LB Post)
…Driver Killed In Solo Crash On 405 Freeway (LB Post) - L.A. Council OKs $50M For Affordable Housing In Chatsworth, Sawtelle & Wilmington (Urbanize)
- How CA Ending Offshore Oil Drilling Failed Before (LAT)
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Advocates Hope ‘Inspired’ RAISE Grants are a Taste of Things To Come
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Last Friday, the U.S. DOT wowed sustainable transportation advocates with its list of grantees for the RAISE discretionary grant program (previously known as the BUILD program, and TIGER before that), which will funnel $1 billion dollars into transportation capital and planning projects across America — and stoked optimism for how the agency would spend the historic $100 billion in discretionary funding it just won with the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Wisconsin Car Attack is an Example of Our Failure to Prevent Cars Being Used as Weapons
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Policy, culture, and environment create conditions that all too often permit such crimes — and by failing to address those conditions, advocates argue, we practically ensure that such atrocities will continue to happen.
Update: Outreach Activities Expected in 2022 for South SGV Mass Transit Study
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The San Gabriel Valley Transit Feasibility Study is the first step to tapping into the $635 million for mass transit solutions in the South San Gabriel Valley. The study is expected to be completed by May 2022.
Today’s Headlines
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- Metro Announces December 19 Service Changes (The Source)
- L.A. Plans To Eminent Domain Northvale Expo Bike Path Easements (@JonLAWeiss Twitter)
- Man Arrested For Assault On AVTA Bus In Palmdale (AV Times)
- Carnage: One Person Killed In Head-On Crash West Of Aguanga (Daily Bulletin)
- L.A.’s Streak Of Gas Price Increases Ends (AV Times)
- Thanksgiving Traffic Jams Are Back (LAT)
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Sheriff Villanueva Is Opposing Metro’s Slow Moves Toward Transit Policing Reform
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Metro transit policing will be on next week's board meeting, though the reform process will continue to be before the board in the coming year as Metro's five-year multi-agency policing contract comes up for renewal
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- LAT Editorial: Treat And Fund L.A. Sidewalks As Essential Infrastructure
- Central CA COVID Surge Could Send Patients To L.A. Hospitals (LAT)
- LA Podcast Talks About Sheriff Villanueva’s Transit Policing Presser
- Metrolink Offers $10 Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend Passes (AV Times)
- Carnage: Three Injured In Chatsworth Car vs. Motorcycle Crash (Daily News)
…Wrong-Way Driver Killed Crashing Into Truck On 710 Freeway (LB Post)
…Four People Killed In Head-On Freeway Crash Near Sacramento (LAT) - CA Continues To Prioritize Cars Over Sustainable Transportation (LongBeachIze)
- US To Release More Oil In Attempt To Lower Energy Prices (LAT)
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Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Wisconsin Driver Speeds Into Parade Killing Five, Injuring 40 (LAT, Biking in L.A.)
- Fatal Shooting at Metro Platform Disrupts A and C Line (LAT, NBC)
- Culver City Opens New Bus/Bike Lanes (Biking in L.A.)
- Metro Is Launching Universal Pass Pilot Program in South L.A. (dot L.A.)
- Avalon Mayor Opposes Clean Air Rules (Daily News)
- More Oil In the Water At Huntington Beach (LAT)
- L.A. City Seeks Funds For New Project Homekey Purchases (Urbanize)
- So Cal Car Dealers Struggle To Meet Demand (Whittier Daily News)
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