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What’s So Awful About L.A. City’s Shift to “Large Asphalt Repair”
When the city claims projects are "large asphalt repair," understand that this is the city's way of blocking accessibility, walk, bike, and bus improvements.
December 11, 2025
City Mostly Rejects Another Round of HLA Appeals, Some After Deadline to Make Determination Had Passed
City continues to find new ways to not move forward with street safety projects.
December 8, 2025
Talking Headways Podcast: The (Parking) Reformation
Tony Jordan, president of the Parking Reform Network, discusses getting rid of our cars, parking policy, and Donald Shoup’s legacy.
December 4, 2025
Investigation: How Trump’s U.S. DOT Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
In Trump’s second term, the agency opened 50-percent fewer investigations into vehicle safety defects, concluded 83-percent fewer enforcement cases against trucking and bus companies and started 58-percent fewer pipeline enforcement cases compared with...
Jesse Coburn, ProPublica
November 30, 2025
OPINION: Where Cities are Investing, Vision Zero is Working
As the Vision Zero Network turns 10, it's time to look at what works and what is achievable (a lot!).
Jay Boller
November 27, 2025
LA Board of Public Works Rejects Most, Not All, Appeals to Force City to Make Streets Safer While Doing Other Road Improvements
Los Angeles keeps fighting to not do HLA improvements.
November 25, 2025
Metro November 2025 Board Committee Round-Up: Gondola, Valley Light Rail, Open Streets, and More
More open streets funding (maybe), East San Fernando Valley rail, battery-electric buses, and second time around gondola approval.
November 21, 2025
Talking Headways Podcast: Emotional Consumption in China
High-speed rail has completely transformed the country. Think about that sentence: "High-speed rail has completely transformed the country." When was the last time something positive like that happened here?
November 20, 2025
L.A. City Fiscal Year 24-25 Bikeway Mileage Buoyed by Completed Paths
This year L.A. City added 35.6 lane-miles of new or improved bike facilities - about half of that was new bike/walk paths.
November 18, 2025
Breaking: Trump Admin Seeks To Decimate Federal Transit Funding
"When you're talking about taking away money from transit, your proposal is flawed from the get-go," said one expert.
November 17, 2025
