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America’s Early Bus Rapid Transit Systems Are Working Well

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 5, 2018 | 34 Comments

Now 10 years old and older, the performance of the U.S.'s first bus rapid transit systems helps explain why the model has caught fire.

The vacant lots encompassing the 8400 and 8500 blocks on Vermont have held the community hostage to blight for over 26 years. The 8300 block (from which this photo was taken) had also remained vacant for a number of years and was originally going to be incorporated into the Vermont Entertainment Village project. In the mid-2000s, Eli Sasson sold off his 8300 block parcels (helping to doom the mall project) and the County services building rose on it instead in 2007. Source: County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas

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Transit Public School Set For Blighted L.A. Lots

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 22, 2018

For black stakeholders eager to shed the despised "Death Alley" label and address the damage rooted in segregationist policies, the stakes feel especially high

Protestors form a people-protected bike lane outside the NACTO conference this morning. Photo by People Protected LA

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L.A. Mobility Advocates Protest Lack of Progress

By Joe Linton | Oct 3, 2018

Mayor Garcetti touted L.A.'s "transportation renaissance" while demonstrators criticized the Mayor's lack of progress on Vision Zero

Atlanta residents voted to expand MARTA service last fall, but the Trump budget would throw those plans into turmoil. Photo: Scott Ehardt via Wikimedia Commons

TSA Brings Body Scanning to Transit Stations

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 17, 2018 | 5 Comments

Body scans as you enter the train are coming to a city near you. But the safety benefits are questionable.

Too many LA Metro stations, like this one in North Hollywood, remain surrounded by parking. Image via Google Maps

As Transit Expands in Los Angeles, Will Walkability Follow?

By Yonah Freemark | Sep 15, 2017 | 10 Comments

Even as the region's rail network grows, too many stations remain engulfed by single-family housing and park-and-ride lots.

The loss of bus ridership as service has been cut and speeds have slowed swamps recent gains in rail ridership. Photo via David Guo/Flickr

Los Angeles Bus Service Declined as Rail Expanded

By Yonah Freemark | Aug 23, 2017 | 45 Comments

Given the tens of billions of dollars that L.A. will spend on transit over the next few decades, it's all the more important to invest it in ways that will be useful and attract riders. But since 2014, ridership has been dropping.

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