Joe Linton
Recent Posts
More Drivers Speeding Under Low-Traffic Conditions Highlights Need for Speed Law Reform
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Under COVID-19, fewer drivers on the road means more speeding. Cities need state speed law reforms to ensure that dangerous speeding doesn't outlast the current pandemic.
One Angeleno’s Coronavirus Pandemic Diary: Day 23 – Safe Public Space In Los Angeles
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Other cities are doing quick-build safe streets projects - will this work in L.A.?
Beverly Hills Approves Accelerating Subway Construction, Wilshire Boulevard to Close
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Not an April Fools headline: Beverly Hills is supporting Metro subway construction - three blocks of Wilshire will be closed for 1-3 months starting tomorrow
Beverly Hills and Metro Look to Speed Subway Construction During COVID-19 Traffic Lull
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A proposal to take advantage of decreased traffic could save 6 months on Purple Line subway construction
One Angeleno’s Coronavirus Pandemic Diary: Day 10 – Support Your Local Press
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I find myself really valuing news outlets including LAist and the L.A. Times for their invaluable reporting during an extraordinary crisis
Southern California Transit Agencies Respond to COVID-19 Ridership Declines
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Many L.A. County transit agencies have reduced bus service during the coronavirus pandemic. Some have suspended fare collection and mandated riders board via buses' back door.
One Angeleno’s Coronavirus Pandemic Diary: Day 8 – Time to Shelter in Place
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Isolating with or without neighbor kids, 46 new L.A. County cases, and shelter in place is on the way
One Angeleno’s Coronavirus Pandemic Diary: Day 7 – Explaining Coronavirus to Kids
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It's a day in, and I am already resorting to guest material!
One Angeleno’s Coronavirus Pandemic Diary: Day 6 – My Daughter Has a Cough
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We're a three-person unit, my wife, me, and a 6-year-old who's now at home from her LAUSD elementary school.
Bicycling During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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The situation is changing daily, so please listen to advice from real medical authorities - but don't let the coronavirus outbreak keep you from doing some bicycling when appropriate.
High-Speed Rail Central Valley Director Diana Gomez on Bakersfield-Palmdale Section Plan
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Bakersfield-Palmdale CAHSR utilizes a maximum gradient of 2.8 percent. There are 9 tunnels totalling 10.75 miles; the longest is approximately 2.5 miles. There are 15.25 miles of aerial structures.
Riding Transit During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Los Angeles may be weeks or months away from major large-scale virus impacts, but fear, apprehension, anticipation, expectation, hoarding, and even racism, discrimination, and paranoia are already present.