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City Council Motion on Ending Automatic Road Widening at Public Works Committee

In 2023, L.A. City Council directed city departments to determine how to "eliminate spot road widenings." Public Works Department responded: keep widening roads.

September 25, 2024

Bikeway Briefs: Reseda, Mason, Avenue 51, and MANGo

Santa Monica's MANGo bikeway extension is now open, plus various bikeways around town get finished

September 23, 2024

Metro Ridership Keeps Growing; August Boardings Set Pandemic-Era Weekend Records

August and July weekday ridership saw the twenty-first and twenty-second months of year-over-year Metro ridership increases: nearly a million daily riders

September 20, 2024

Metro and Caltrans Planning to Widen 405 Freeway through Carson, Meetings this Week

Between Wilmington Avenue and Avalon Boulevard, Metro and Caltrans are looking to add four new freeway lane sections at a construction cost totaling at least $90-120 million

September 19, 2024

L.A. City Leaders Cut Ribbon on San Fernando Road Bike Path Extension

Ten miles of rail-with-trail walk/bike path are now open - from Sylmar to the Burbank Airport

September 17, 2024

Eyes on the Street: Crosswalk Upgrades in Glendale’s Adams Square

"Where we meet" is a series of art crosswalks designed by local artist Keith Knueven as part of the city of Glendale's Creative Crosswalks program

September 13, 2024

Metro and Caltrans 14 Freeway Expansion Project Meetings Delayed

Metro plans to add more general purpose lanes as part of its 14 Freeway expansion project through Santa Clarita - a part of L.A. County that is reeling from triple digit heat

September 11, 2024

Metro Van Nuys Light Rail Line Receives $893 Million in Federal Full Funding Grant Agreement

Metro anticipates full East San Fernando Valley rail construction getting underway this year, and completing in 2031

September 9, 2024

Measure HLA at Six Months: City to Install First New Bikeway, While Denying Other Upgrades

Reseda Boulevard is poised to be the first city street to trigger Measure HLA improvements - while the city omitted upgrades along Vermont Avenue in South L.A.

September 6, 2024

L.A. Upgrades Manchester Blvd Bike Lanes, Closing Gap

During resurfacing, the city appropriately closed a gap in its protected bikeway network through Westchester, as approved in the city's Mobility Plan - but sidewalks there remain heavily damaged

August 28, 2024