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Supervisor Hahn Calls for Requiring Face Covering for Metro Bus Riders
Supervisor Hahn is calling for Metro requiring all bus riders to wear masks for COVID-19 safety. The best way to accomplish this is not entirely clear; enforcement can be problematic.
May 6, 2020
Rebutting a Misleading Argument Against Healthy Streets Improvements
L.A. electeds are astonishingly tone-deaf in their dismissal of keeping pedestrians and cyclists safe
May 5, 2020
As Public Health Prepares for Vending Crackdown, Street Vendors Call for the Cancellation of Rents
Street vendors decry having been left to fend for themselves during a disaster, seek cash assistance, the cancellation of rents, and an end to criminalization
May 4, 2020
L.A. Announces COVID “Slow Streets” Pilot then Postpones It; Program Needs Focus On Health, Equity
Crafted properly - prioritizing health and equity, timed right, and implemented respectfully, there could be many positive outcomes from Healthy Streets walk/bike safety improvements.
May 4, 2020
L.A. Locking in Car-Centric Streets under Accelerated Repaving Initiative
The Bureau of Street Services is rushing to repave major streets, ignoring the city's Mobility Plan. LADOT is postponing bike and ped improvements, saying more outreach is needed.
April 30, 2020
SGV Connect 64 – More BRT in the SGV and an Expanded SGV Connect
San Bernardino is planning a new Bus Rapid Transit line extending from Pomona to Rancho Cucamonga - and SGV Connect is expanding
April 29, 2020
Eyes on the Street: Metro Regional Connector Closing Streets for Faster Construction
Under COVID-19, Metro is closing L.A. streets downtown - in Little Tokyo and Bunker Hill - to speed rail construction. Also expediting Crenshaw construction. Early Foothill Gold Line extension work is also moving ahead.
April 28, 2020
Evicted During COVID-19: “I Have Been Homeless for 20 Days…What’s Going to Happen to Me?”
A true eviction moratorium might have kept Miguel housed and stable; now he fears for his mental health and his ability to get back on his feet
April 27, 2020
Operation Gridlock Protest Brings Around Sixty Drivers to Downtown L.A.
Drivers were outnumbered by a cops and photographers.
April 23, 2020
One Angeleno’s Coronavirus Pandemic Diary: Day 38 – Some of My Silly Cornonavirus Sketches
With COVID-19 on my mind, I invented some silly superheroes to combat it.
April 20, 2020