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Joe Linton

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Die-in for Vision Zero. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog
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Safe Streets Advocates Stage Die-In at L.A. City Hall to Protest Record Traffic Deaths

By Joe Linton | Jan 25, 2023 | No Comments
More than 200 people attended last Saturday's die-in rally on L.A. City Hall steps. Attendees held 312 white roses, one for everyone who was killed by traffic violence last year in Los Angeles.
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With Healthy Streets Initiative Looming, City Departments Say Plans Aren’t Plans, Just Guidance

By Joe Linton | Dec 19, 2022 | No Comments
Bus lanes? Guidance. Bike lanes? Policy foundation. Safe walking? Aspirational. Car capacity? Build it exactly as the plan specifies.
Protected bike lanes and dedicated bus lanes installed as parts of the MOVE Culver City project. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog
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Culver City Transforms its Downtown

By Joe Linton | Nov 4, 2022 | No Comments
Six months in, MOVE Culver City resulted in a 52 percent increase in bus ridership, a 32 percent increase in bicycling, and an 18 percent increase in walking
The Metro K Line. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog
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Meet The K: New Light Rail Line Opens in Los Angeles

By Joe Linton | Oct 12, 2022 | No Comments
Last week, Metro opened its newest light rail line to the public: the 8.5-mile $2-billion K Line.
Palmdale-Burbank section graphic - via California High-Speed Rail Authority fact sheet
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High-Speed Rail Plan for Palmdale to Burbank Section

By Joe Linton | Sep 14, 2022 | No Comments
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.
Metro and Caltrans 5 Freeway widening through Burbank. Everybody talks about  how we can't keep widening freeways. And everybody keeps doing it. Photo by Joe Linton
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L.A. Keeps Expanding Freeways

By Joe Linton | Aug 23, 2022 | No Comments
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
Cyclists take to the newly car-free stretch of Griffith Park Drive. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.
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Griffith Park Opens Newly Car-Free Street, More To Come

By Joe Linton | Jul 7, 2022 | No Comments
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
LinkUS Union Station run-through tracks rendering - via Metro
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Update on Major High-Speed Rail Investments in L.A.

By Joe Linton | May 25, 2022 | No Comments
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.
Metro-funded construction widening the 71 Freeway from 4 lanes to 8. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog
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L.A. Metro Lies about Freeway Expansion

By Joe Linton | May 24, 2022 | No Comments
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."
Adonia Lugo speaking in 2010 at the first CicLAvia open streets festival. Photo by CicLAvia
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Newsom Appoints Adonia Lugo to Transportation Commission

By Melanie Curry and Joe Linton | Apr 29, 2022 | No Comments
Lugo is a longtime transportation equity advocate, a professor at Antioch University Los Angeles - instrumental in the Untokening and CicLAvia
Photo from Crosswalk Collective L.A.'s How to Paint a Crosswalk page
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Crosswalk Collective L.A. Posts Instructions for DIY Crosswalks

By Joe Linton | Apr 28, 2022 | No Comments
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"
Metro is spending $679 million to widen the 5 Freeway through Santa Clarita. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.
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L.A. Keeps Widening Freeways

By Joe Linton | Mar 21, 2022 | No Comments
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
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