Greta Thunberg Headlines L.A. Youth Climate Strike Urging Newsom to Reject Fossil Fuels
Youth Climate Strike Leaders called on Newsom to enact a safety buffer to protect frontline communities from oil drilling, to stop issuing new fossil fuel permits, and oversee a just transition to clean energy.
November 5, 2019
Driver Killing Koreatown 4-Year-Old Sparks Protest Push for Vision Zero
As traffic deaths rise, L.A.'s Vision Zero program survives in name, but as a hollow shell robbed of its early promise
October 21, 2019
Los Angeles Might Give Transit Signal Preemption
Los Angeles look at maybe, just maybe, giving transit priority over private cars
October 15, 2019
Six Months in, Metro/Via Mobility on Demand Pilot is an Expensive Flop
With free rides and $1.75 million Metro subsidy the pilot is serves about a third of the ridership a low-performing bus route. Per ride cost is well over $20.
October 10, 2019
Caltrans Settles Environment Lawsuit, Cancels High Desert Freeway Project
Thanks to a Climate Resolve lawsuit, Caltrans has agreed to halt work on the Metro-funded High Desert Corridor freeway
October 2, 2019
New L.A. Metro Report: Understanding How Women Travel
Metro's new report lays the groundwork for Metro efforts to improve women riders' experience via an upcoming Gender Action Plan.
October 1, 2019
Interview with Melinda Hanson, Bird’s Sustainability Chief
Streetsblog recently met up with Melinda Hanson, the head of sustainability for Bird.
August 22, 2019
L.A. Installing Rainbow Halo Memorial Art at Traffic Death Sites
Ryu criticized distracted drivers, and called the memorial "a solemn reminder of the lives lost to traffic collisions and the ongoing work to make Los Angeles streets safe for all.”
August 19, 2019
Upgrades Coming To TAP: Mobile App and Greater Multi-Modal Integration
This Winter riders will be able to pay by phone using Metro's TAP app. But that's not all...
July 19, 2019
Wrongheaded High Desert Freeway Named a Top National Boondoggle
Proponents have smeared a lot of lipstick on their $8 billion, 63-mile highway project, but it's still a pig
June 19, 2019
