San Fernando Breaks Ground on New Pacoima Wash Walk/Bike Path
The initial 1.4-mile Pacoima Wash project will extends along the east side of the wash, and includes a new bike/walk bridge, native landscaping, fencing, lighting, and watershed features.
March 27, 2023
Board Extends Metro’s Problematic Transit Policing Contract for Three More Years
Metro currently pays about $150 million per year for its multi-agency policing contract with LAPD, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, and Long Beach Police Department
March 24, 2023
Metro Poised to Waste $8 Million More on Costly ‘Metro Micro’ MicroTransit Pilot
Metro board: please just pull the plug on micro-effective Metro Micro this month. Don't keep throwing bad money after bad money.
March 22, 2023
Newsbits: Bike Lanes and Metro Rail Service/Ridership
Metro rail service and ridership graphs, new bike lanes on Fountain Avenue, newly protected bike lanes on White Oak Avenue, and more
March 20, 2023
Preliminary FY23-24 Metro Budget Would (Again) Increase Freeway Funding, While Cutting Transit
Metro staff recommendation for next year's budget: a 5 percent increase in freeway construction and a 5 percent decrease in transit construction
March 16, 2023
Metro’s “Reimagining Public Safety” Proposal, First Step: Just Keep Paying Police and Sheriff
The current proposal is a three-year extension of the ~$130 million/year multi-agency contract negotiated back in 2017, not a fully-fleshed-out reimagined approach to public safety advocates and many transit users had hoped to see
March 15, 2023
Advocates Band-Aid Sidewalk Ouchies, Call For Speeding Up Repair
University Park needs unas banquetas con buen accesso para poder caminar
March 13, 2023
Angelino Heights Plans to Curb Illegal Racing Don’t Go Far Enough
LADOT planning to replace "underwhelming" plastic bollards and paint treatment... with more plastic bollards, more paint, and added parking and added turn lanes.
March 9, 2023
Metro Officially Launches 300-Strong Transit Ambassadors Program
Boardmember Holly Mitchell; "unarmed and well-trained... ambassadors riding the system every day" are "already making a significant difference [and have] already saved lives,"
March 7, 2023
Upcoming Feasibility Study Making Plan to Extend Ballona Creek Path
Streets for All is partnering with Los Angeles, Culver City, SWA Group, and various elected officials and public agencies to prepare plans for extending the Ballona path two additional miles
March 6, 2023
