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Black and Brown Residents Speak to Urgency of Deep Systemic Transformation
"We’re done paying for an institution that produces racism, violence, and poverty," said Carlos Cázares. "We are done talking. It’s time to put money where the people are at."
July 2, 2020
Eyes on the Street: Red Pavement Bus Lanes in Downtown L.A.
The red pavement treatment makes the bus lane a bit more visible, a bit harder for drivers to ignore
July 1, 2020
Reduced Parking Being Studied for Planned Foothill Gold Line Extension
To build more rail sooner, the Construction Authority is looking to reduce project construction costs, including the cost of building parking structures.
June 29, 2020
L.A. Metro Board Approves Steps Toward Reworking Transit Policing
Metro is establishing a Transit Public Safety Advisory Committee that will develop a community-based approach to public safety on the transit system, including shifting resources away from armed law enforcement
June 26, 2020
How Beating of Unhoused Boyle Heights Man Exposes Woeful Inadequacy of LAPD Reform Proposals
Making the case for why, if L.A. is serious about reimagining public safety, it must embrace the conversation around defunding the police
June 25, 2020
Eyes on the COVID Slow Street: Sandwich Boards Not Quite Enough to Make 4th Street Walk/Bike Friendly
LADOT's Slow Streets have now been installed in nearly a dozen neighborhoods, but how successful are they at slowing down dangerous drivers?
June 25, 2020
Thousands Housed in Project Roomkey in Los Angeles, but NIMBYism, Lack of Permanent Affordable Housing Blunt Progress
The Project Roomkey program temporarily houses unhoused individuals in hotel rooms during the COVID-19 crisis
June 23, 2020
Four New Motions Would Reimagine Metro Law Enforcement on Transit
Boardmember Mike Bonin says Metro "cannot rely on an armed police presence for every issue, and we need smarter, more effective solutions"
June 22, 2020
CIM Group Abandons Effort to Buy Crenshaw Mall; Community Members Take Victory Lap
"When our community comes together we can achieve anything" - Akili
June 22, 2020
Editorial: Metro’s Black Lives Matter Statement – Fixed It for You
Despite some worthwhile effort, Metro fails to take ownership of what the agency has done, situates current ongoing wrongs in the past, and fails to commit to actionable changes
June 17, 2020
