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
Interview with Newly Elected Burbank City Councilmember Konstantine Anthony
"L.A. County elected a surprising number of progressives in November. I absolutely count myself among their numbers, and we are all working to build a wide coalition of progressive voices across the county and up and down the ballot for 2022."
December 22, 2020
Downey Area Freeway Fighters Form The Happy City Coalition
The Happy City Coalition is working to stop expansion of the 605 and 5 Freeways, and to build a more walkable, bikeable, transit-oriented Southeast L.A. County
December 17, 2020
Cities Block Streets For Rich Neighbors, Why Not For Bike/Walk Safety?
Cities close streets to keep cut-through traffic out of well-off neighborhoods all the time. They should do the same thing to create quiet bike-friendly streets.
December 11, 2020
L.A. Metro Considers Left-Side Bus Boarding for Bus Rapid Transit Lines
Left-side boarding would give Metro greater flexibility in planning for new high-profile Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lines, including Vermont Avenue, North San Fernando Valley, and North Hollywood to Pasadena.
December 7, 2020
