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Councilmember Ryu Seeks Input on Silver Lake Traffic Safety – Focused on Rowena, Waverly, Angus
LADOT and consultants recommend traffic-calming measures to curb "cut-through traffic"
May 10, 2019
Billionaire Jeff Greene’s Plans to Raze Dorset Village Are About as Awful as You Might Imagine
The project would displace 206 households from rent-controlled units while coming up short on providing affordable replacement units
May 10, 2019
Rounding Out CBS Metro Employee Sauna Story – How Budgets Should Prioritize Transit Riders
CBS was critical of Metro looking into a $200,000 sauna (which it ultimately didn't pursue), but missed larger issues that impact bus riders
May 8, 2019
SGV Connect 40: Protected Bike Lanes for Pasadena and Freeway Barriers for the 210
Updates on Pasadena's Union Street protected bikeway proposal and Metro's freeway barrier plans to keep 210 Freeway traffic from crashing into the Gold Line.
May 7, 2019
First Look at Metro’s Proposed Budget for 2019-2020: Cuts in Bus, Rail Service
Budget was made public one day after Garcetti unveiled Green New Deal for L.A.
May 1, 2019
Open Thread: Long Beach’s Beach Streets and CicLAvia 30
This weekend saw not one, but two, open streets events in Long Beach County.
April 30, 2019
LA’s First Two-Way Protected Bike Lane Will Open in Downtown Los Angeles this Weekend
The Spring Street project will include new bike signals and bike boxes for safe turns.
April 26, 2019
Metro Board to Vote on Pasadena-to-North Hollywood Bus Rapid Transit
Tomorrow the Metro board is expected to vote to proceed with environmental studies for NoHo-Pasadena BRT. The preferred alternative would be street-running, though parts of the alignment are still not finalized.
April 25, 2019
Metro Board to Vote on Vermont Transit Environmental Studies
Proposals include center-running BRT and rail
April 24, 2019
Caltrans Lies Again: Widening 5 Freeway Will “Minimize Congestion… Reduce Pollution”
Caltrans presented another misleading video claiming that their I-5 Freeway widening projects will "reduce pollution" and "minimize congestion." Given the past 80 years of highway building have resulted in increases in congestion increases and climate-threatening pollution, it is clear that Caltrans is lying.
April 22, 2019
