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This Week’s Featured Posts:


SGV Connect 144: Annual AMA with Foothill Transit
It’s the most wonderful podcast of the year.
https://la.streetsblog.org/2025/12/19/sgv-connect-144-annual-ama-with-foothill-transit
By Damien Newton

SGV Hikes and Bikes – Hacienda Hills
Steep, green, quiet, and foggy. Plus, it has an ADA trail.
By Chris Greenspon
https://la.streetsblog.org/2025/12/16/sgv-hikes-and-bikes-hacienda-hills

Support Streetsblog L.A. Today for a Better 2026
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re asking for your support to keep independent, people-centered transportation journalism alive in Los Angeles.
https://la.streetsblog.org/2025/12/02/support-streetsblog-l-a-today-for-a-better-2026

Top Headlines:
Caltrans Blocking Tenants From Buying 710 Freeway Homes (Pasadena Now)
Foothill GOLD LINE Construction Authority EOY Newsletter
“Final Four” for Possible Names for Puente Landfill Park (Active SGV)
Metro Releases L.A. River Walk/Bike Path EIR (The Source)
Only L.A. Would Spend $1.5B To Make Airport Traffic Worse (LAT)
More On Camino City Terrace Open Streets (BH Beat)
CA High-Speed Rail Poised To Install Tracks (KTLA)
Active SGV Posts a Short Vid on Rio Hondo Ride

And here’s some Streetsblog stories from around the country from the past week:

  • Wednesday’s Headlines
    by Damien Newton
    August 26, 2026
    An increasingly sarcastic set of headlines perhaps heralds that I shouldn’t do them before coffee.
  • There’s One Week Left. Help Us Make Our Summer Goal
    by Damien Newton
    August 25, 2026
    We’re just under 3/4 of the way there with one week left. Help us pedal over the finish line!
  • Will Metro and Caltrans 405 Freeway Widening – through Carson – Really Mean Cleaner Air?
    by The Editorial Team
    August 25, 2026
    Metro and Caltrans plan to widen the 405, adding two more lane-miles in the city of Carson. Project draft environmental studies comments are due by September 21.
  • Two-Item Tuesday: SPUR Refutes ‘Flexed Spending’ Canard
    by The Editorial Team
    August 25, 2026
    Plus Woodstock has a crack and still isn’t back in service
  • State of the Ride: SDSU and Bike SD Report on the State of Bicycling in San Diego
    by The Editorial Team
    August 25, 2026
    San Diego has built hundreds of miles of bike infrastructure. But a new report finds that mileage alone doesn’t make a bike network safe, connected or useful for everyday riders.
  • Tuesday’s Headlines
    by Damien Newton
    August 25, 2026
    A somewhat mellow stack of headlines for a change…if you’re ok with governments giving up on fighting Climate Change.
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