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Metro Committee Approves $200M Cost Overrun for Purple Line Subway Extension

By Joe Linton | Aug 24, 2020 | No Comments

Tunneling under the La Brea tar pits area is slow and expensive. The overrun of $200M - a seven percent increase - takes the project budget from $2.8 billion to $3.0 billion.

Metro Looks to Shift High Desert Freeway Funds to High-Speed Rail

By Joe Linton | Aug 19, 2020 | No Comments

The way L.A. is approaching the High Desert Corridor represents an important turning point: from prioritizing environmentally destructive car-centric transportation to environmentally-friendly rail transportation

New “Everyone In” Video Shows Homelessness’ Disproportionate Harm to Black Angelenos

By Joe Linton | Aug 19, 2020 | No Comments

Everyone In tells stories of Black unhoused persons, and offers solutions, including funding from the November Reimagine L.A. ballot measure

SGV Connect 69: Stormwater Planning in East L.A. and a Look at the Transit Picture Across the Country

By Kristopher Fortin and Damien Newton | Aug 14, 2020 | No Comments

Kris interviews Paul Alva about East L.A. Sustainable Median Stormwater Capture Project. Damien talks to Streetsblog USA editor Kea Wilson about the state of transit during the ongoing pandemic.

L.A. City Is Nixing Metro’s Pedestrian-Priority Plans for Union Station

By Joe Linton | Aug 14, 2020 | No Comments

If L.A. won't prioritize walkability at the front door of the region's most heavily-used transit hub and at its historic walkable core, is there anywhere where Angelenos can expect safe and convenient places to walk?

Eyes on the Street: Downtown Culver City Expanded Outdoor Dining, New Bus Lane

By Joe Linton | Aug 13, 2020 | No Comments

Culver City converted former car space to outdoor dining and bus/bike lanes - to allow people to safely distance during COVID-19

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