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Joe Linton

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Palmdale-Burbank section graphic - via California High-Speed Rail Authority fact sheet

High-Speed Rail Plan for Palmdale to Burbank Section

By Joe Linton | Sep 14, 2022 | No Comments
High-Speed Rail riders will be able to go from Burbank to Palmdale in under 20 minutes (with a non-stop travel time of 13 minutes). On Metrolink today, this trip takes just over 90 minutes.
Metro and Caltrans 5 Freeway widening through Burbank. Everybody talks about  how we can't keep widening freeways. And everybody keeps doing it. Photo by Joe Linton

L.A. Keeps Expanding Freeways

By Joe Linton | Aug 23, 2022 | No Comments
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
Cyclists take to the newly car-free stretch of Griffith Park Drive. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Griffith Park Opens Newly Car-Free Street, More To Come

By Joe Linton | Jul 7, 2022 | No Comments
The April 16 death of cyclist Andrew Jelmert is spurring Griffith Park safety improvements, including a new three-quarter-mile car-free stretch of Griffith Park Drive
LinkUS Union Station run-through tracks rendering - via Metro

Update on Major High-Speed Rail Investments in L.A.

By Joe Linton | May 25, 2022 | No Comments
The Metro board is expected to approve the terms of the $423 million CA High-Speed Rail Authority funding, as well as approving a $298 million "Partial Preconstruction Phase" Union Station run-through tracks project budget.
Metro-funded construction widening the 71 Freeway from 4 lanes to 8. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

L.A. Metro Lies about Freeway Expansion

By Joe Linton | May 24, 2022 | No Comments
Metro Planning Chief de la Loza: "[Metro Highway Program FY23 budget] predominant projects are focused on... completing gaps between the HOV system, safety improvements... they're not focused at all on just providing road widening."
Adonia Lugo speaking in 2010 at the first CicLAvia open streets festival. Photo by CicLAvia

Newsom Appoints Adonia Lugo to Transportation Commission

By Melanie Curry and Joe Linton | Apr 29, 2022 | No Comments
Lugo is a longtime transportation equity advocate, a professor at Antioch University Los Angeles - instrumental in the Untokening and CicLAvia
Photo from Crosswalk Collective L.A.'s How to Paint a Crosswalk page

Crosswalk Collective L.A. Posts Instructions for DIY Crosswalks

By Joe Linton | Apr 28, 2022 | No Comments
Crosswalk Collective L.A.'s "How to Paint a Crosswalk" includes materials, costs, selecting an intersection, and step-by-step instructions - "for educational purposes only"
Metro is spending $679 million to widen the 5 Freeway through Santa Clarita. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

L.A. Keeps Widening Freeways

By Joe Linton | Mar 21, 2022 | No Comments
While the Metro FY22-23 budget figures are still in flux, the latest proposal shows a 30 percent increase in freeway expansion and a 9 percent decrease in transit expansion

L.A. Homeowners: Sepulveda Rail Will Destroy Neighborhoods

By Joe Linton | Feb 10, 2022 | No Comments
Westside homeowners don't want subway tunnels. Valley homeowners don't want aerial trains.
Still from dashcam footage of January hit-and-run crash on Glendale Boulevard

L.A. Hit-and-Run Crash Highlights State Transpo Officials’ Disregard for Safety

By Joe Linton | Feb 4, 2022 | No Comments
If Caltrans is serious about its professed commitment to safety, multi-modal transportation, and complete streets, it should take some kind of immediate action to fix the situation.
Dana Gabbard - via Facebook

Remembering Dana Gabbard – 1962-2022

By Joe Linton | Jan 18, 2022 | No Comments
Los Angeles lost one of its most knowledgeable, passionate, and persistent transit advocates: Dana Gabbard
Some southland bike lanes drop out of projects unexpectedly. Forest Lawn Drive bike lanes photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Why Can’t Metro/L.A./Caltrans Just Add Approved Bikeways When Building Big Projects?

By Joe Linton | Dec 16, 2021 | No Comments
Recently, there has been a frustratingly continuous drumbeat of planned bikeways being left off of large-scale southern California construction projects.
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