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Pasadena Canceling Grade Separation Gives Metro Another Chance to Do Right with 710 Funding

By Damien Newton and Joe Linton | Oct 28, 2021 | No Comments

With Pasadena seeking to moving funding around, what projects Metro chooses to fund will be an early test of whether or not culture change is taking root

Is Metro Committed to an Effective Clean Truck Program?

By Joe Linton | Oct 26, 2021 | No Comments

Metro established a task force to address 710 Freeway corridor investments, advocates question why the rush for a Clean Truck Program outside that established process?

LA Metro Is Selling 605 Freeway Valley Boulevard Project as Good for Equity, Climate, Active Transportation

By Joe Linton | Oct 21, 2021 | No Comments

The 605 Freeway/Valley Blvd project isn't among the most destructive widening projects that Metro and Caltrans do, but it's bad.

Metro Plans to Close Loophole that Charges Five-Year-Olds Full Fare

By Joe Linton | Oct 19, 2021 | No Comments

The proposed revised fare language would simply read: “Children under age 6 may travel free with a fare-paying adult on bus or rail.”

710 Freeway - photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Metro and Other So Cal Freeway Builders Express Frustration About Addressing Equity

By Joe Linton | Oct 15, 2021 | No Comments

Metro leadership complain that "inclusion of equity and race impact assessment[s]" and "expanded public participation in project development" are hampering the agency's plans to widen freeways.

After July Fire, Metro Removed 180 New Buses from Service

By Joe Linton | Oct 8, 2021 | No Comments

Metro grounded 180 new El Dorado National California buses at a time when the agency is struggling to restore service to pre-COVID levels

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