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L.A. Sheriff Villanueva Plans to Expel 5700 Unhoused from Metro System
Step #1 of the "multi-layered" plan to remove unhoused people from trains and platforms is removing unhoused people from trains and platforms.
June 3, 2022
Will ‘Autonomous’ Buses Force Drivers Out of a Job — Or Make Them More Important Than Ever?
Automated vehicle technology could improve labor conditions for bus drivers while improving safety and service for transit passengers and city-dwellers alike — but only if regulators act now, a new analysis argues.
June 1, 2022
Legislating at the Intersection of Transportation and Housing Policy
A.B. 2097 and A.B. 1778 illustrate that a powerful approach to addressing the overlapping problems of affordable housing and sustainable transportation can be to solve both at once.
May 31, 2022
L.A. Metro’s “The Source” Retreads Tired Pro-Freeway Falsehoods
The Metro budget is a statement of intent. If Metro is honest about "want[ing] a wider menu" of non-driving options, then Metro's budget needs to reflect that.
May 26, 2022
Overview of L.A. Metro’s Proposed Budget
Metro's $8.8 billion FY22-23 budget includes transit service hours returning to pre-COVID levels, but so did the FY21-22 budget. Metro is also increasing annual funding for freeway expansion, while decreasing annual funding for transit expansion.
May 12, 2022
Affordable Housing Breaks Ground above Santa Monica/Vermont Metro Station
Little Tokyo Service Center's Santa Monica & Vermont Apartments will be 187-units, 100 percent affordable, with half low-income units and half permanent supportive housing for unhoused Angelenos - plus ground floor retail
May 5, 2022
Metro and LADOT Planning Bus Lanes on Florence Avenue in South L.A.
New Florence Avenue bus lanes would extend 5.3 miles from Crenshaw/LAX Line Fairview Heights Station (West Boulevard) to the A (Blue) Line Florence Station
May 4, 2022
L.A. Mayoral Candidate Thoughts on Metro Given Only Brief Moment at Forum
In between some weird questions and the sparring matches with Caruso, candidates were asked when they last rode Metro
May 3, 2022
And America’s Best Bus Stop Is …
After a nail-biting battle between two fantastic New England nominees, we have a new title-holder.
April 19, 2022
Activists Want Transit Masking to Continue
Recent research shows that close to 11 percent of the population are either too young to be vaccinated or did not mount a robust response to vaccines. Activists say masking must continue on transit.
April 14, 2022
