Metro Celebrates Completion of Rosa Parks Station Revamp
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"I think sister Parks would be proud," declared Supervisor Holly Mitchell
‘An Epic Mistake’: Donald Shoup Reflects on America’s Parking Failure — And His Hopes For the Future
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"There are so many ways in which we’d be better off if we reformed our parking policy: reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, nitrous oxide emissions, particulate pollution, traffic crashes. Urban planners have made epic mistakes in almost all of their parking policies. But now they can fix it."
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Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Funding Shortfall Could Delay Eastside Extension Reaching Whittier (Whittier Daily News)
- Metro Motion Would Require Transit Police To Be Vaccinated (LB Post)
- Pension Law Dispute Puts Transit Funds In Jeopardy (LAT)
- Culver City Bus And Bike Lanes Open Tomorrow (Urbanize)
- Beverly Hills Has Its First Protected Bike Lane (Biking in L.A.)
- Details On Metro December Service Changes (mybus.metro)
- 6-Story, 42-Home Supportive Housing Complex Near Completion In Pico-Union (Urbanize)
- 2-story, 151 Family Apartment Affordable Complex Breaks Ground In Palmdale (AV Times)
- South L.A. Redistricting Battle Over Expo/USC (LAist)
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Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Sheriff Villanueva Critical Of Metro Committee Vote Against Transit Policing (KTLA, Daily News)
…Villanueva Fearmongering Includes False Information (SBLA Twitter)
…Advocates Urge Against Extending Problematic Metro Policing (ACT-LA) - More On Controller’s Sidewalk Repair Program Audit (LAT, LAist, Eastsider)
- Coalition Seeks Safety Improvements On Hyperion Avenue (Eastsider)
- New Montclair Greyhound Bus Service Delayed Due To “Crime Concerns” (SGV Tribune)
- Stalled Freight Train Delays Santa Clarita Metrolink (SC Signal)
- Carnage: Driver Arrested In Fatal Echo Park Hit-and-Run Crash (Eastsider)
…Driver Crashes Into Kings Road Park (WeHoVille) - Federal Infrastructure Money Could Fund Rail And River Projects (Urbanize)
- US Learns From CA Battles For Environmental Justice (LAT)
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Controller Galperin Finds L.A. City Sidewalk Repair Program in Need of Reforms
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There are 50,000 reported sidewalk problems that haven’t been addressed
Op-Ed: Why Sharrows Are Bullshit
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Basically, the shared-lane markings are worse than nothing.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- County Moves To Decriminalize Sidewalk Bicycling (LAT)
- ACT-LA Urges Metro Not To Extend Problematic Transit Policing
- County Moves To Expand Street Vending (Daily News)
- Inglewood Peoplemover Construction Pushed Back To 2024 (Urbanize)
- San Diego To Pay $24 Million In Driver vs. Cyclist Crash (LAT)
- Metro Contractor Ordered To Pay $32 Million In Deadly Bus vs. Cyclist Redondo Beach Crash (MyNewsLA)
- Carnage: Santa Monica Hit-and-Run Driver Crashes Into and Kills Man (SMDP)
- Final Environmental Report Available For Metrolink Antelope Valley Line Service Upgrades (The Source)
- Metro Hosting Pop-Up Events To Enroll Low-Income Riders In LIFE Discount Program (The Source)
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Metro CEO Wiggins Moves Highway Program Under Planning – To Encourage Multimodal Projects
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In order to encourage multi-modal projects, Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins recently moved highway projects under the agency's department of Countywide Planning & Development.
Four Ways ‘Automobility’ Shapes Our Lives — Besides Crashes and Climate
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The violence of car culture extends far beyond the obvious outrages of car crashes, pollution, destroyed communities and structural racism, a fascinating new paper argues.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- LAT Gimme Shelter Podcast On How Today’s Freeway Expansion Harms Housing
- Do You Want A Bus Lane On La Brea? (WeHoVille)
- Nearly Completed Elysian Valley L.A. River Bridge Opening Delayed (Eastsider)
- Carnage: Head-On Crash Kills Two In Moorpark Area (LAT)
…Man Killed In Single Vehicle Rollover Crash In Antelope Valley (AV Times) - Person Hit, Killed By Freight Train In Lancaster (AV Times)
- Infrastructure Funds Could Supercharge San Diego Rail Expansion (LAT)
- Labor Issue Puts Federal Transit Money In Question (LAist)
- Record High CA Gas Prices (LAT, LAist)
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Recall Bonin? Critics Submit Signatures That Could Force Recall Weeks Before Regular Election
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The City Clerk estimates the recall election, if the signatures are verified, would occur in May. The date of the city's primary election, which includes Mike Bonin's re-election campaign, is June 7, 2022.