Joe Linton
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Metro Looks to Widen the 14 Freeway in North Los Angeles County
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Metro, with Caltrans, would widen about 25 miles of the 14 Freeway - between Santa Clarita and Palmdale
August 2022 Board Meeting Round-Up: L.A. Metro Raises Bus Driver Starting Salaries
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L.A. Metro board gave its starting bus operators a raise, approving the outlines of a collective bargaining agreement that ups the starting driver salary to $23 an hour.
City Council Declines to Approve Healthy Streets L.A., Pushing It to 2024 Ballot
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Many speakers and most councilmembers favored the alternative "Safe Streets" proposal being shepherded by Council President Nury Martinez
Healthy Streets L.A. Goes to L.A. City Council
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Healthy Streets L.A. could take most of the politicking out of the implementation process by requiring the city to add approved bus/bike/walk facilities every time city streets are repaved
L.A. City Bikeway Implementation Decreased in Fiscal Year 2021-22
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The prior fiscal year L.A. tallied 52 new or upgraded bikeway miles; this past year there were just 39.
CicLAvia ‘Meet the Hollywoods’ Open Thread
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Tens of thousands of folks enjoyed six miles of car-free streets through Hollywood, West Hollywood, and East Hollywood.
L.A. Metro Freeway Expansion Negates Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Efforts
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Metro transit/bike/walk initiatives reduce GHG emissions by 2.7 million MTCO2e, while Metro highway expansions would increase emissions by 2.6 million to 10.1 million MTCO2e
Healthy Streets L.A. Is Qualified for the Ballot. What Happens Next?
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Healthy Streets L.A. paving-mandated implementation would be slow and ineffective - but it's a lot faster than seven years of heel dragging!
New Bus Lanes and Upgraded Bikeway Coming to Venice Boulevard
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On the Westside, Venice Blvd will see three new miles of bus-only lanes, and upgrades to extend an existing 0.8-mile protected bikeway to just over five miles
Eyes on the Street: Culver City’s Renovated Culver Blvd Bikeway
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Recent bike/walk upgrades, part of the city's City project Culver Boulevard Realignment and Urban Stormwater Project, included resurfacing, new lighting, and extensive new native landscaping
Gateway Cities Freeway Supporters Skeptical of Metro Multimodal and Equity Objectives
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Metro's meeting with Gateway Cities engineers was like two sets of people speaking different languages at each other. Metro reps spoke about equity, buses, resilience, climate. TAC members spoke about driving, cars, roads, freeways.
Four Years Late, North Spring Street Bike Lanes Installed
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The long-delayed bridge bike lanes are part of a planned 1.8-mile bikeway connection from the Chinatown L Line Station to the L.A. River walk/bike path