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Joe Linton

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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
Screenshot from 2022-02-10 08-28-15
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L.A. Homeowners: Sepulveda Rail Will Destroy Neighborhoods

By Joe Linton | Feb 10, 2022 | No Comments
Westside homeowners don't want subway tunnels. Valley homeowners don't want aerial trains.
Still from dashcam footage of January hit-and-run crash on Glendale Boulevard
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L.A. Hit-and-Run Crash Highlights State Transpo Officials’ Disregard for Safety

By Joe Linton | Feb 4, 2022 | No Comments
If Caltrans is serious about its professed commitment to safety, multi-modal transportation, and complete streets, it should take some kind of immediate action to fix the situation.
Dana Gabbard - via Facebook
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Remembering Dana Gabbard – 1962-2022

By Joe Linton | Jan 18, 2022 | No Comments
Los Angeles lost one of its most knowledgeable, passionate, and persistent transit advocates: Dana Gabbard
Some southland bike lanes drop out of projects unexpectedly. Forest Lawn Drive bike lanes photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.
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Why Can’t Metro/L.A./Caltrans Just Add Approved Bikeways When Building Big Projects?

By Joe Linton | Dec 16, 2021 | No Comments
Recently, there has been a frustratingly continuous drumbeat of planned bikeways being left off of large-scale southern California construction projects.
Metro will building a new overpass to take Rosecrans Avenue over existing railroad tracks. Image via Metro study
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Cal High-Speed Rail is Already Funding Lots of L.A. Transit

By Joe Linton | Dec 8, 2021 | No Comments
New road/rail grade separation in Santa Fe Springs - plus updates on other L.A. projects to prepare for high-speed rail, including in North L.A. County
Governor Gavin Newsom and Assemblymember Laura Friedman - photo via Twitter
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In Veto Statement, Newsom Rebukes Friedman for Blocking Green Transportation Funding

By Joe Linton | Oct 13, 2021 | No Comments
Newsom: "I proposed $7.6 billion to make key investments in a wide variety of critically necessary [rail/transit/walk/bike] projects... I look forward to re-engaging with the Legislature to finalize and pass a comprehensive transportation package early next year."
Crew at work on the Cedar Viaduct's arches. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A., except where specified otherwise
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Streetsblog Tours CA High-Speed Rail

By Roger Rudick and Joe Linton | Oct 6, 2021 | No Comments
This week's tour focused on three large-scale structures under construction in Fresno County the San Joaquin River Viaduct, the Cedar Viaduct, and the Conejo Viaduct
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