Joe Linton
Recent Posts
Metro Operations Update: Operator Pay Raise, Another Motion to Restore Service Later
| | No Comments
Metro is currently canceling ten to fifteen percent of bus runs because of staff shortages, so staff recommends temporarily cutting service by ten percent - starting Sunday February 20.
Councilmember Raman Making Good on Pledge to Expand Bike Infrastructure
| | No Comments
Raman is currently working to install seven new CD4 bikeways, the first few of which - Riverside Dr. and Burbank Blvd. - are due in the next couple months.
LA Metro Staff Recommends 10+ Percent Temporary Service Cut
| | No Comments
The Metro board faces a choose your poison dilemma: bus service cancellations (unreliable spontaneous cuts) vs. officially reducing bus service (somewhat reliable planned cuts.)
Remembering Dana Gabbard – 1962-2022
| | No Comments
Los Angeles lost one of its most knowledgeable, passionate, and persistent transit advocates: Dana Gabbard
Councilmember Cedillo Is the One Who Yanked Approved Spring Street Bridge Bike Lanes
| | No Comments
"The council office has safety concerns over the lack of continuity of bicycle lanes... Therefore final restoration signing and striping will be deleted from this contract and addressed... at a later time."
Freeway News Round-Up: 710 Widening and Aesthetics, 71 and 5 Widening Snags, and Bakersfield’s Centennial Corridor
| | No Comments
Metro's 710 widening task force met, the 710 aesthetic plan is ridiculous, 71 and 5 Freeway widening hitting snags, and mass home demolition for a Bakersfield freeway
Looking Ahead: Some L.A. Transportation Predictions for 2022
| | No Comments
SBLA editor Joe Linton predicts Metro ridership, freeway widening, a new DTLA subway, new bus lanes, and more
Looking Back at Some Stories that Shaped 2021
| | No Comments
COVID, new Metro leaders, resistance to freeway widening, new bus lanes, and unsuccessful recall campaigns
SGV Connect 88 – Looking Forward and Backwards with the Streetsblog Editors
| | No Comments
Melanie Curry and Joe Linton offer their insights on the big stories that shaped Streetsblog coverage in 2021 and predictions for 2022
L.A. City Wins Fix the City Lawsuit Against E Line Development Plan
| | No Comments
“We urgently need more housing and we should put it close to public transit to reduce traffic congestion. This victory is an essential step in dramatically reimagining how Angelenos live, work, shop and play.”
Metro’s Student Fareless Pilot Gathering Momentum a Couple Months In
| | No Comments
Even with a difficult roll-out - and a program that falls well short of universal fare-free transit - Metro and its partners are providing much needed free trips to many students through L.A. County.
Adams Boulevard Receiving Safety Upgrades, Including Bike Lanes
| | No Comments
Though Adams is changing - in several ways - a lot of work is still needed before current residents can safely cross the street.