A mile-plus of new road diet bike lanes in Happy Valley (Lincoln Hts/Montecito Hts) are perhaps the first new bikeway installed during the Measure HLA era la.streetsblog.org/2024/04/24/eye…

📢 ACTION ALERT 📢

Call in to Metro Board Thursday, 4/25 for fareless transit and cash riders!

Info/Instructions: GO.ACT-LA.ORG/ACTIONALERT

March 2024 LA Metro update on Lone Hill to White Ave Metrolink double-track project. Pre-final design (90%) looks to be complete by Summer 2024 (previously expected for Summer 2023). They say they can finish construction by Olympics.

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LA Metro report on ridership undercounting discovered by misken67 and reported on Reddit. Light rail ridership at end-of-line stations was underreported by ~5%. Metro was trying to subtract security/cleaning/supervisor boardings but over-subtracted.

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'Brightline West should offer a domestic proof of concept that can spur completion of high-speed rail systems in California and throughout the United States.' StreetsblogLA on the latest high speed rail groundbreaking. cal.streetsblog.org/2024/04/23/bri…

Around 2030 Angelenos will *almost* be served by two awesomely fast (~200MPH!) high-speed rail lines that *almost* get to Los Angeles! cal.streetsblog.org/2024/04/23/bri…

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Join us for #ActiveStreets : Mission-to-Mission this Sunday! 🚴🚶‍♀️🛴🛼 Enjoy biking, walking, and more on a car-free route from 9 AM to 3 PM. Kick-off with us at 8:20 AM at South Pasadena City Hall.

More info: activestreets.org

#openstreets Metro Los Angeles San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (SGVCOG)

April 2024 LA Metro on southern section of La Brea bus lanes. Delayed for over 2 years, Metro is now looking to pay community-based organizations to assist with more community outreach on the project.

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Who’s excited for concrete protected bike lanes on Overland!!?? All the way from Venice Blvd to Fox Hills! culvercity.org/betteroverland

“The Brightline Las Vegas to LA project is what we should expect from rail travel in the U.S. — union-built, high-speed, convenient, and with great customer service. Today is an important day for changing how we travel in this country,” said Eli Lipmen executive director of MoveLA.

LA Metro received $337.9m in sales tax revenue in April 2024, 5.4% more than last year. Trending to be $4.4b for fiscal year, $459m less than originally expected and $91m less than new estimate. Original budget estimated $4.8b and reforecasted estimate was $4.532b.

In *theory* LAPD HQ's OIS vids are meant to help the public understand how an incident unfolded. The narratives & images don't often match, but claiming a man was shot for pointing a gun at👮 when the 👮shot him *after* he tossed the BB gun & walked away is a new one. 🧵+ story⤵️

Santa Monica's strategic short gap-closure MANGo bikeway is nearly completed la.streetsblog.org/2024/04/22/eye…

The LAPD HQ's briefing depicts Robles as non-compliant & claims Gomez-Magallanes shot him for pointing a gun at the officers, but BWV shows Gomez-Magallanes continued to fire at - & ultimately hit - Robles *after* he turned away & tossed the BB gun aside. la.streetsblog.org/2024/04/19/lap…