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Metro Committee Approves $200M Cost Overrun for Purple Line Subway Extension
Tunneling under the La Brea tar pits area is slow and expensive. The overrun of $200M - a seven percent increase - takes the project budget from $2.8 billion to $3.0 billion.
August 24, 2020
Metro Looks to Shift High Desert Freeway Funds to High-Speed Rail
The way L.A. is approaching the High Desert Corridor represents an important turning point: from prioritizing environmentally destructive car-centric transportation to environmentally-friendly rail transportation
August 19, 2020
New “Everyone In” Video Shows Homelessness’ Disproportionate Harm to Black Angelenos
Everyone In tells stories of Black unhoused persons, and offers solutions, including funding from the November Reimagine L.A. ballot measure
August 19, 2020
SGV Connect 69: Stormwater Planning in East L.A. and a Look at the Transit Picture Across the Country
Kris interviews Paul Alva about East L.A. Sustainable Median Stormwater Capture Project. Damien talks to Streetsblog USA editor Kea Wilson about the state of transit during the ongoing pandemic.
August 14, 2020
L.A. City Is Nixing Metro’s Pedestrian-Priority Plans for Union Station
If L.A. won't prioritize walkability at the front door of the region's most heavily-used transit hub and at its historic walkable core, is there anywhere where Angelenos can expect safe and convenient places to walk?
August 14, 2020
Eyes on the Street: Downtown Culver City Expanded Outdoor Dining, New Bus Lane
Culver City converted former car space to outdoor dining and bus/bike lanes - to allow people to safely distance during COVID-19
August 13, 2020
As California AG, Kamala Harris Took a Political Risk to Fight Climate Change
When much of the establishment was praising a flawed Long Range Plan for San Diego, Harris joined local enviros to take SANDAG to court
August 12, 2020
Garcetti Opens New Bus-Only Lanes On 5th and 6th Streets in Downtown Los Angeles
New bus-only lanes opened today on 5th and 6th Streets. More coming soon on Aliso Street, Grand Avenue and Olive Street - and according to Garcetti "in your neighborhood."
August 11, 2020
May Protest Update: Metro Refused Some Mutual Aid Requests, Most Bus Damage Was Minimal
Metro shuttled LAPD officers, provided 23 buses to police, and reported "62 damaged buses" when only about a dozen sustained significant damage.
August 7, 2020
County Approves Reimagine L.A., Funding Shift Measure Will Be on November Ballot
L.A. County voters will weigh in on Reimagine L.A. this November. The measure would shift ten percent of county funding from policing to community programs and services
August 5, 2020
