Joe Linton
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Metro Plans to Start Construction This Year on 605 Freeway Widening in Cerritos
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Metro says the 605/South Street project is multimodal, but fails to add any multimodal features
Lots of 2023 Open Streets Events Coming Up: CicLAvia, 626 Golden Streets, and More
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626 Golden Streets returns April 16. CicLAvia hosts 8 events in 2023, starting February 16 in the West San Fernando Valley.
Metro Board Approves $294 Million to Widen 57/60 Freeways Confluence
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The final phase of 57/60 Freeway construction is anticipated to get underway this Spring, with the widened freeway expected to open around 2026-2028
L.A. Public Works Committee Approves Motion to End Automatic Road Widening
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The Raman-Bonin-Blumenfield motion would "eliminate spot road widenings" instead prioritizing the "pedestrian experience" and "pedestrian safety and visibility" by minimizing crossing distance at intersections
Drivers Dismantle Modest Plastic-Bollard Vision Zero Improvements at Silver Lake and Temple
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If L.A. is to move toward Vision Zero, the least the city can do is maintain the safety improvements already installed
Safe Streets Advocates Stage Die-In at L.A. City Hall to Protest Record Traffic Deaths
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More than 200 people attended last Saturday's die-in rally on L.A. City Hall steps. Attendees held 312 white roses, one for everyone who was killed by traffic violence last year in Los Angeles.
L.A. City Council Approves Significant New Renter Protections
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Tennant protections represent an important, though incomplete, victory for L.A. tenants and for the council's growing progressive cohort
LA Bus Updates: More Reliable Bus Service, Bus Lanes, Electric Buses All Coming Soon
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Metro transit is improving - with more service, more reliability, more bus lanes, more bus lane enforcement, and new battery electric buses
Metro Planning Committee Approves $294 Million for 57/60 Freeway Widening
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Metro will add one more eastbound general purpose lane, plus new and widened ramps and streets - to the 57/60 Confluence in the city of Diamond Bar
Metro Finger-Wags Against Climate Change, Same Day as Metro Recommends $300M for Freeway Widening
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Metro tweets penguins and individual responsibility, while ignoring its own larger systemic contributions to the climate crisis
Advocates Envision Converting San Vicente Boulevard to Linear Park
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San Vicente Park would be a three-mile-long linear park with plazas and recreational space, plus bike and walk trails connecting to future Metro stations.
Streets Are For Everyone Releases Report “Dying on the Streets of Los Angeles”
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There were 309 traffic fatalities in 2022, breaking the 300 mark for the first time in over 20 years. This was an increase of five percent from the previous year and a staggering 28 percent increase over 2020.