“What a day to be celebrating the future of American infrastructure and to see it taking shape before our eyes,” remarked U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at yesterday’s groundbreaking for Brightline West’s high-speed rail connection between Las Vegas and Southern California. Buttigieg praised the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that contributed $3 billion to making this project happen, noting that the project spans not just two parties, but two states, and public and private sectors. Brightline West will be a 218-mile rail line from Vegas to the San Bernardino County city of Ra ..read more

Brightline High-Speed Rail From So Cal To Vegas Expected By 2028 (LAT) Police Arrest Metro Station Stabbing Suspect (LAT, Daily News, KTLA, KABC) Missing Information On Pasadena 710 Freeway Displacement (Pasadena Now) $4M To Bring Major Griffith Park Safety Upgrades (SAFE) Caltrans May Add Bike Lanes To Topanga Canyon Blvd In SFV (Daily News) WeHo Online Calls City Council Hypocritical About Parking Baldwin Park Seeks Input On New Maine Avenue Mini-Park (SGV Tribune) Santa Clarita Looks To Update Speed Cushion Process (SC Signal) Carnage: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Person In San Bernardino (Dai ..read more

Active Streets Mission-to-Mission, LAPD reports on its use of force in 2023, Pasadena Transit plans, Metro subway construction, and more. Ongoing through 5/31 – Metro is doing C (Green) Line overhead wire construction. Riders will experience delays where trains are operating on a single track between El Segundo and Redondo Beach Stations. Construction is anticipated through the end of May. Somewhat outdated information is available at The Source. Tuesday 4/23 – LAPD will present its slightly overdue 2023 use-of-force report to the Police Commission. Meeting begins at 9:30 ..read more

A version of this article first appeared at Santa Monica Next. Over the weekend, environmental activist Carter Rubin shot a video showing the “small mighty” bike path that will provide a safe connection between the Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway (MANGo) and the Expo Bike path. Watch the video on Twitter/X or below: Very exciting update on a cool gap closure project that will help reconnect two sides of Michigan Ave cut in half by the 10 Freeway in the 1960s. Small project with a big impact. Thanks @SMSpoke for leading the charge and @santamonicacity and @CaltransDist7 for making ..read more

This article supported by Los Angeles Bicycle Attorney as part of a general sponsorship package. All opinions in the article are that of the author, and do not necessarily reflect those of LABA. Click on the ad for more information. Yesterday, L.A.’s popular CicLAvia open streets event took place on Venice Boulevard from Venice Beach and Culver City. It was the fifty-first CicLAvia. Tens of thousands of people enjoyed bicycling, skating, walking, and running on six miles of quiet car-free streets. As a cool April morning gave way to warm afternoon sun, crowds swelled. As usual for these events ..read more

Brightline High-Speed Rail Breaks Ground Today In Vegas (KTLA, Urbanize) Woman Stabbed In Neck At Universal City Metro B Line Station (KTLA) Metro Looks To Postpone Bus Electrification (Politico, 2UrbanGirls) Metro Board To Vote On Southeast Gateway Line This Week (LAist) Eliminating Parking Requirements Spurring Affordable Housing, Some Upset (LAist) 61-Unit Affordable Housing Opens In East L.A. (BH Beat) Carnage: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Person In San Bernardino (KTLA) Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian on 6th Street Bridge (BH Beat) Pomona Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian (2UrbanGirls ..read more

“Hey, don’t reach for it!” LAPD Officer Jose Gomez-Magallanes shouted at 35-year-old Jose Robles as Robles buckled and convulsed his way to the ground in pain from a gunshot to his right hip. “Don’t reach for it!” The “it” he was referring to was the BB gun Gomez-Magallanes and his partner had seen Robles – who was walking away from them at the time – toss into the grass two seconds before Gomez-Magallanes fired his third bullet, striking Robles (see image at top). Robles did not reach for it. Instead, per video captured by a bystander and posted to Citizen App, for an agonizing thirteen minut ..read more

Metro Bus Operator Stabbing Raises Safety Concerns (LAT) Metro Bus Operator Injured In Assault In Santa Monica (SMDP) Caltrans Seeks Input On Regulations Governing 710 Freeway Home Sales (Pasadena Now) March Metro Daily Transit Ridership Figures Show Increase (SBLA Twitter) New Foothill Transit Schedules Take Effect This Sunday Five Recommended Eateries Along Sunday’s Venice Blvd CicLAvia (LAist) Mayor McMorrin Selected For National Pedestrian Safety Initiative (Culver City Crossroads) LAPD Officer Accused Of Stealing Items During Ped/Traffic Stops (Daily News) New L.A. River Park Breaks Grou ..read more

Metro bus riders will soon see faster bus speeds when Metro and L.A. City get a new bus lane enforcement program underway this year. Metro is adding on-bus cameras that will automatically issue tickets to drivers parking in bus lanes or at bus stops. In the past half-decade, Metro has worked with cities, mostly L.A. City, to install eleven new bus-only lane projects. Since 2019, Metro added about 20 new miles of bus lanes (about 30 new lane-miles). Metro (working with underlying cities and L.A. County) has additional bus lanes planned plus even more that were recently awarded federal funding ..read more

Two Grisly Stabbings On Metro Buses Yesterday (KTLA) Why the LAX PeopleMover Is Delayed (LAist) Divided Hearing On Caltrans Reopening Highway 39 Through SG Mountains (SGV Tribune) Pasadena Council Reviews New Citywide Parking Plan (Pasadena Now) Metro Approves Plans For Canceled 710 Freeway Widening Corridor Investments (Urbanize) includes widening 710 about 4 new lane-miles – much less than planned earlier Carnage: Northridge Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian (Daily News) Boyle Heights Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian (Eastsider) Parents of Slain Cyclist Channel Grief Into Urging Dr ..read more