Joe Linton

Traffic circles aren't quite ubiquitous in Long Beach, but they're around. Riding and walking through the city one encounters circles in neighborhoods rich and poor, new and old.

Metro and Caltrans are planning to spend billions of dollars widening the 605, 5, 10, 60 and 105 Freeways. Really.

The good news is that, for the 605CIP, Metro is no longer planning to tear down 300+ homes. The bad news is that Metro still plans to widen the 605, 5, and other connecting freeways.

Hollywood Boulevard bike lanes are partially open. Foothill Boulevard improvements show how Measure HLA can work. Redondo Beach improves Torrance Boulevard.

Council Public Works Committee hears Measure HLA items, delays implementation until at least early August. They're waiting for a first draft ordinance expected in August - four months after Measure HLA took effect.

Reseda Boulevard now features the longest continuous protected bike lanes in Southern California: 3.9 miles long

Yesterday CicLAvia South L.A. opened five miles of Western Avenue from Century Boulevard to Exposition Boulevard

Metro daily ridership is back up to nearly a million riders per weekday. Some Metro electric bus chargers aren't working. Metro's twice yearly bus service changes take effect Sunday, including service increases on three San Fernando Valley lines.

For all of L.A. County, Metro Micro weekday ridership is just 2,300 daily riders, less than half of Metro's 5,000 rider goal