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This Week’s Featured Posts:
Metro Planning Committee Approves $85M for Bike/Ped Project Grants
The Metro Board Planning and Programming Committee approved $85.5 million for 16 grants to cities for walk and bike projects. Most make first/last mile transit connections and serve Olympics mobility.
By Joe Linton



Top Headlines:
A/Gold Line to Pomona Opened Today! (LAT, LAist, JoeLinton/BlueSky)
How To Ride the New Pomona A Line Extension (The Source)
Metro Explains the Glendora to Pomona Extension
Pasadena Commission Approves North Lake TOD Plan (Pasadena Now)
Active SGV Hosts Exploratory Ride Before Next Open Streets Event on 9/28… (EventBrite)
And Their Ride Celebrating SoCal Transit Month Is Tomorrow in El Monte (EventBrite)
How Metro Says Its Fighting Crime On Transit (SMDP)
Union Station Train Festival This Weekend (Beverly Press)
Metro Reinstates Bus Operators Who Protected Riders From ICE (Public Press)
And here’s some Streetsblog stories from around the country from the past week:

  • Pasadena Adopts Most of the 710 Stub Vision Plan
    by The Editorial Team
    April 16, 2026
    Council opted to have another public workshop to discuss the Restorative Justice elements of the plan, which makes restitution to those displaced by the 710 Freeway.
  • La Verne Approves Protected Bike Lanes to Pomona North Metro Station
    by The Editorial Team
    April 8, 2026

    With this, the city will play a part in building safe facilities west-to-east across the entirety of its neighbor, Pomona.

    The post La Verne Approves Protected Bike Lanes to Pomona North Metro Station appeared first on Streetsblog Los Angeles.

  • Pasadena Moves Closer to Adopting 710 Stub Vision Plan
    by The Editorial Team
    April 2, 2026

    City Council shared concepts for rebuilding the community razed in the 1970s, and seemed keen on making restitution to the victims of freeway displacement.

    The post Pasadena Moves Closer to Adopting 710 Stub Vision Plan appeared first on Streetsblog Los Angeles.

  • Monrovia Seeks Input on Draft Bike Master Plan
    by Chris Greenspon
    March 24, 2026
    The deadline for public comment is this Friday, March 27 2026.
  • Pasadena Seeks Input for Transit Service Overhaul
    by Chris Greenspon
    March 17, 2026
    Several lines could be condensed on the north side of town, a new line is proposed from Huntington Hospital to JPL, and Dial-A-Ride could give same day service.
  • SGV Connect 146: What’s Next for the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority
    by Damien Newton
    March 3, 2026
    CEO Habib Balian joins SGV Connect to discuss the A Line’s steady ridership, transit-oriented development along the corridor, and the shift to a new delivery model for the long-anticipated Claremont extension.
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