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Pomona Is Becoming Bike-Friendly Pomona has made a point of going above and beyond the basic minimums for safer streets, including bikeabilty, walkability, accessibility, and transit improvements By Joe Linton
Top Headlines: Pasadena Playhouse District Getting New Parking Meters (Pasadena Now) SGVCOG Announces E-Bike Incentives (SGV Tribune) Active SGV: Take the Puente Hills Park Survey (Eng, Esp) Caltrans Spends Millions Every Year Guarding Vacant 710 Homes (Politico) Pasadena Ends Obsolete Bike Licensing, Defines E-Bikes (Pasadena Now) LAPD Refuses To Release Crime Data (LAist) Tesla Cars Accidentally Lock People/Kids Inside (LAT) ICE Terror Continues (L.A. Taco)
In this special World Cup edition of SGV Connect, Damien Newton talks with Foothill Transit Communications Director Felicia Friesema about how transit agencies across Los Angeles County are preparing for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Meanwhile, the city looks to refine concepts for specific stretches of Fremont Avenue. Local cyclists of all ages continue to pedal the project forward.