L.A. Metro to Restore Bus Service
Funding will restore transit service with priority for high-ridership lines and an emphasis on disadvantaged communities - though service will remain below level it was at one year ago.
January 29, 2021
Updates from the January 2021 L.A. Metro Board Meeting
New boardmembers, Crenshaw/LAX, Regional Connector, 5 Freeway, Equity Office, and more
January 29, 2021
Metro Shares Some Information About Revised 605/5 Freeway Widening Alternative
New Metro alternative plans would demolish around 156-182 homes in the city of Downey
January 27, 2021
New Phase of Burbank Wash Bike/Walk Path Opening Very Soon
The new 0.75-mile segment combines with an existing stretch to make a 1-mile long off-street bike/walk path
January 22, 2021
Eyes on the Street: New Bike/Ped Crossing over Railroad Tracks in Burbank
Though the facility has some utility - and preserves earlier walk/bike access, it's the kind of hellscape that only a freeway traffic engineer can love.
January 20, 2021
Metro Proposes $73.2M Loan to Caltrans for Overruns on 5 Freeway Widening through Burbank
Next week, the Metro board Construction Committee will consider throwing good money after bad – on a mismanaged freeway widening project through Burbank.
January 19, 2021
L.A. County Seeks Public Input on New L.A. River Plan
The new L.A. County river plan includes bike/walk trails, big projects, strategies to address affordability and housing, and more.
January 14, 2021
Metro/Caltrans Neighborhood Erasure along the Lower 5 Freeway
Metro and Caltrans have erased hundreds of houses, apartments, and businesses - in the cities of Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs - to widen the 5 Freeway
January 8, 2021
Downey Freeway Fighters Hang NO MORE LANES Banner over 5 Freeway
The Happy City Coalition tweeted that "From the view of the pedestrian overpass you can see dozens of homes that will be affected if the freeway expansion goes through."
January 4, 2021
Documentary by Gardena High Alum Centers Stories of L.A.’s Unhoused Black Women
Watch Zorrie Petrus' film 'Defining Ourselves For Ourselves: Unhoused, Black, and Female in L.A.'
December 23, 2020
