Joe Linton
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Meet The K: New Light Rail Line Opens in Los Angeles
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Last week, Metro opened its newest light rail line to the public: the 8.5-mile $2-billion K Line.
L.A. Collective 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"
Ghost Train Podcast Explores Denver’s Troubled Rail Expansion, with Lessons for Other Locales
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Ghost Train is "the story of how one polluted, traffic-choked city went all in on trains, and what happened when that plan jumped the track.
Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti Approves 177 Miles of Speed Limit Reductions
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Enabled by state law reforms, Los Angeles is reducing speed limits to save lives. What is your city doing?
L.A. City Council Transportation Committee Approves Unprecedented Speed Limit Reductions
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LADOT General Manager Reynolds stated that though "this is a great day" speed limit reform advocacy is not done, because "the 85th percentile rule needs to go away entirely."
Analysis Shows Racist Harms of Freeway Projects
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In five states — California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas — the paper found that large highway building projects demolished homes predominantly in Black and Latino neighborhoods.
Why California Needs to Talk About Induced Travel
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UC Davis scholars Susan Handy, Jamey Volker, and Amy Lee created a online Induced Travel Calculator tool to project how road expansion projects would increase driving
LA Metro CEO Phil Washington Named To Biden Transition Team
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Washington is the Team Lead reviewing the federal Department of Transportation, National Transportation Safety Board, Amtrak, and Maritime Commission
L.A. Cyclists Ride for Justice for George Floyd
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More than a thousand cyclists, mainly Black and Latinx, commemorated the death of George Floyd via a peaceful South L.A. RIde for Justice
Puny Right-Wing Gridlock Protests Don't Speak For L.A.
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Attendance peaked at about 60 cars, carrying about 90 people. Drivers were outnumbered by a large contingent of LAPD officers, and by press camerapersons and photographers.
Yes, You Can Bike During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Yes, you can do it. Yes, you should be careful.
Before You Vote This Super Tuesday, Read This Cartoon
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Editor’s Note: A version of this post originally appeared on Streetsblog LA. For your Election Day funnies, let’s revisit a classic Boston cartoon about where the real socialism lies in these United States: on the open road. The cartoon is by Dan Wasserman of the Boston Globe. The “T” is Boston’s public transportation systems operated […]