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Joe Linton

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The 710 Freeway. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog
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Victory for Community Resistance: L.A. Cancels Long-Planned $6 Billion Lower 710 Freeway Widening

By Joe Linton | May 27, 2022 | No Comments
L.A. Metro approved the 'No Build' alternative for planned 710 freeway widening through predominantly Black and brown communities. The action is unprecedented for Southern California.
Metro Highway Program image via Metro presentation
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L.A. Metro’s “The Source” Retreads Tired Pro-Freeway Falsehoods

By Joe Linton | May 26, 2022 | No Comments
The Metro budget is a statement of intent. If Metro is honest about "want[ing] a wider menu" of non-driving options, then Metro's budget needs to reflect that.
LinkUS Union Station run-through tracks rendering - via Metro
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Metro to Approve Early Phase of Union Station Run-Through Tracks Construction

By Joe Linton | May 25, 2022 | No Comments
The Metro board is expected to approve the terms of the $423 million CA High-Speed Rail Authority funding, as well as approving a $298 million "Partial Preconstruction Phase" Union Station run-through tracks project budget.
East L.A.'s new rainwater infiltration medians. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog
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Eyes on the Street: New East L.A. Rainwater Infiltration Medians

By Joe Linton | May 24, 2022 | No Comments
The East Los Angeles Sustainable Median Stormwater Capture Project construction is done, and the native landscape is in full bloom
Metro-funded construction widening the 71 Freeway from 4 lanes to 8. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog
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L.A. Metro Leadership’s Annual Tradition to Lie about Freeway Expansion Budget

By Joe Linton | May 23, 2022 | No Comments
Metro Planning Chief de la Loza: "[Metro Highway Program FY23 budget] predominant projects are focused on... completing gaps between the HOV system, safety improvements... they're not focused at all on just providing road widening."
710 Freeway. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.
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Metro Committee Expected to Vote to Not Build Lower 710 Freeway Widening Project

By Joe Linton | May 18, 2022 | No Comments
Metro and Caltrans plan to formally reset their 710 Freeway corridor plans by approving the 'No Build' alternative, as the new Locally Preferred Alternative for their 710 Environmental Document, reversing a 2018 approval of a freeway widening alternative.
Wider and wider freeways brought to you by Metro and Caltrans. Sign on the 5 Freeway widening from OC to the 605. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.
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Metro FY23 Budget: Those Freeways Metro Plans to Widen

By Joe Linton | May 16, 2022 | No Comments
Last year, Metro increased its annual freeway expansion budget by a whopping 80 percent. This year, the agency has proposed an 33.5 percent increase on top of last year's. Here's a list of Metro big widening projects.
Cyclists at CicLAvia in front of L.A. City Hall. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog
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L.A. Mayoral Candidates on Transportation

By Joe Linton and Sahra Sulaiman | May 13, 2022 | No Comments
Candidates Bass, Buscaino, Caruso, de de León, Feuer, Greiwe, Viola, and Wilson in their own words
Metro's glossy FY23 Budget Summary
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Overview of L.A. Metro’s Proposed Budget

By Joe Linton | May 12, 2022 | No Comments
Metro's $8.8 billion FY22-23 budget includes transit service hours returning to pre-COVID levels, but so did the FY21-22 budget. Metro is also increasing annual funding for freeway expansion, while decreasing annual funding for transit expansion.
This vacant land, viewed from Norwalk's Silverbow Avenue pedestrian overpass, was more than a dozen homes. Metro and Caltrans have demolished hundreds of homes for their South 5 Freeway widening project. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Does the Building Trades Council Really Believe Freeways Are More Important than Homes?

By Melanie Curry and Joe Linton | May 10, 2022 | No Comments
Labor is prioritizing a few hours of labor over people's lives, and homes.
Cross section rendering of Santa Monica & Vermont Apartments project currently under construction - via Little Tokyo Service Center
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Affordable Housing Breaks Ground above Santa Monica/Vermont Metro Station

By Joe Linton | May 5, 2022 | No Comments
Little Tokyo Service Center's Santa Monica & Vermont Apartments will be 187-units, 100 percent affordable, with half low-income units and half permanent supportive housing for unhoused Angelenos - plus ground floor retail
Metro is planning new bus lanes on Florence Avenue. Image via Google Street View
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Metro and LADOT Planning Bus Lanes on Florence Avenue in South L.A.

By Joe Linton | May 4, 2022 | No Comments
New Florence Avenue bus lanes would extend 5.3 miles from Crenshaw/LAX Line Fairview Heights Station (West Boulevard) to the A (Blue) Line Florence Station
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