Metro Postpones Approving Transit Policing Cost Overruns – for the Third Time
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The proposed $36M increase to Metro's transit policing budget will be heard at this week's board meeting
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LAPD Officer Fires 8 Wildly Out-of-Policy Shots at Man Fleeing Pretextual Stop; Evolving LAPD Statements Attempt to Pin Blame on Driver
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LAPD is accusing 30yo Travis Elster of assault with a deadly weapon to justify the shooting.
Alliance for Community Transit Publishes New Report on Metro Policing
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ACT-LA's report "Metro as a Sanctuary: Reimagining Safety on Public Transit" reviews past Metro transit policing issues and offers solutions to inform Metro's current process to reexamine and reform its transit policing practices.
Eyes on the Street: Newly-Protected Bike Lane on Figueroa Street in DTLA
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The newly-protected northbound Figueroa protected bike lane extends 0.6-mile from Wilshire to 2nd
I-5 Authority Pushes to Exempt Widening Project from Mandated Equity and Environment Evaluation, Asserts Widening Freeway Cleans Air
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I-5 JPA "Metro's recommendation for a holistic, equity based examination of the project regarding induced demand and greenhouse gas emissions... is an academic debate" not pertinent to this $5B highway project.
Regional Inter-County Jockeying for COVID Transit Stimulus Monies
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L.A. County needs get somewhat short shrift in a six-county SCAG region that skews suburban. Unfortunately Metro hasn't helped its case; the agency shirked some of its transit operations during the pandemic.