Joe Linton
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Santa Monica Installs In-Street E-Scooter Parking Corrals
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The city is looking for solutions to clutter from dockless shared scooters and bikes.
L.A. Mobility Advocates Protest Lack of Progress
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Mayor Garcetti touted L.A.'s "transportation renaissance" while demonstrators criticized the Mayor's lack of progress on Vision Zero
Transit Vote 2016: California’s Transportation Funding Ballot Initiatives
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We continue our overview of what’s at stake in the big transit ballot initiatives next week with a look at California. Previous installments in this series examined Indianapolis, Seattle, Detroit, Atlanta, and Raleigh. All three of Streetsblog’s west coast editors contributed to this article: Melanie Curry of Streetsblog CA, Roger Rudick of Streetsblog SF, and Joe Linton of Streetsblog LA. Twenty of 58 California […]
Awesome 11-Year-Old Defends Road Diet, Calls Out LA’s “Bullying” Drivers
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In case you need a reason to feel confident about the next generation of livable streets advocates, check out this viral video of 11-year old Matlock Grossman, standing up for a road diet in his Los Angeles neighborhood. Grossman has been bike commuting since he was seven, and now commutes five miles each way to school. […]
Sheriffs Blame Cyclist Victim in Road Rage Bottle-Throwing Incident
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On May 31, Bryan Larsen was bicycling on a crowded stretch of Pacific Coast Highway in south Orange County. He began to notice a pattern of harassment by the occupants of a large white 4×4 Ram Truck, with Texas license plate 65-500. When passing cyclists, the truck would spew thick, black, coal-rolling exhaust. Larsen got out […]