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Other Headlines: Glendora Hosts Two Open Houses Next Week for Metro Station Master Plan (Twitter/X) There’s a Merced Ave. Greenway Cleanup This Sunday (EventBrite) Metrolink Quietly Moving to Axe Student Pass Program (Reddit) Suspect Charged In Pasadena Metro Station Stabbing (Pasadena Now) More On June 6 Metro LAX Station Opening (LAT, KTLA, Daily News, KABC, NBC4) Metro/DOT Bus Cameras Issued 10,000 Tickets In 2 Months (LAist) Metro Transit Ridership Grew For 28th Consecutive Month (Staff Report) Do Beefed Up Metro Faregates Make Metro Safer? (Daily News, KTLA) Metro Board Extends CEO Wiggins Contract 4 More Years (SGV Tribune) LADOT Budget Cuts Impact Lives, Olympics, and More (LAT) Fairplex Pomona Named Olympic Venue (Claremont Courier)
And here’s some Streetsblog Stories from around the country from the past week:
SBLA SGV Reporter Chris Greenspon was honored by the American Society of Civil Engineers Metropolitan Los Angeles Branch with their 2026 award for Excellence in Journalism
City council enthusiastically approved restitution for those displaced by the freeway, but questions linger about who may qualify and how the money will be raised.
Responses so far have focused on youth sports and senior activities.
The locally controlled freeway project continues to make impressive progress, but will it be complete before the Olympics?
SBLA SGV Reporter Chris Greenspon was honored by the American Society of Civil Engineers Metropolitan Los Angeles Branch with their 2026 award for Excellence in Journalism
This park tucks a well-curated piece of green space into a nook of South Pasadena by the 110 Freeway.
City council enthusiastically approved restitution for those displaced by the freeway, but questions linger about who may qualify and how the money will be raised.
