Joe Linton
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High-Speed Rail Plan for Palmdale to Burbank Section
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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.
L.A. Keeps Expanding Freeways
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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
Griffith Park Opens Newly Car-Free Street, More To Come
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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
Update on Major High-Speed Rail Investments in L.A.
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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.
L.A. Metro Lies about Freeway Expansion
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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."
Newsom Appoints Adonia Lugo to Transportation Commission
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Lugo is a longtime transportation equity advocate, a professor at Antioch University Los Angeles - instrumental in the Untokening and CicLAvia
Crosswalk Collective L.A. Posts Instructions for DIY Crosswalks
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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"
L.A. Keeps Widening Freeways
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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
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Westside homeowners don't want subway tunnels. Valley homeowners don't want aerial trains.
L.A. Hit-and-Run Crash Highlights State Transpo Officials’ Disregard for Safety
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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.
Remembering Dana Gabbard – 1962-2022
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Los Angeles lost one of its most knowledgeable, passionate, and persistent transit advocates: Dana Gabbard
Why Can’t Metro/L.A./Caltrans Just Add Approved Bikeways When Building Big Projects?
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Recently, there has been a frustratingly continuous drumbeat of planned bikeways being left off of large-scale southern California construction projects.