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Advocates Push Metro and L.A. City for a More Multimodal Vermont Avenue; HLA Compliance Challenged

Metro's too-modest Vermont Avenue bus plans don't appear to comply with Measure HLA Mobility Plan requirements. It's one of at least a half-dozen Metro projects that appear to clash with HLA/MP2035.

October 4, 2024

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