Metro Rider Stabbing: Suspect Charged With Murder (LAT, KTLA) Suspect Had History Of Violence On Metro (LAT) Metro Urgently Installing Bus Operator Safety Barriers (LAT) Redditor Found Metro Undercounted Light Rail Boardings (@numble) Caltrans Hosting 710 Homes Meeting Tomorrow In So. Pas. (South Pasadenan) Carnage: South L.A. Cyclist Killed By Police Chase Suspect (Biking in L.A., KTLA) Street Trees Declining In San Fernando (SFV Sun) Culver City Temporarily Closing Farragut Walk Path, For Re-do (Crossroads) SBLA Photos Of Recently Completed L.A. River Path Asphalt Repair Santa Clarita Ap ..read more

The city of Los Angeles Transportation Department (LADOT) recently added 1.25 miles of new bike lanes in Northeast L.A. The project is mainly located in a neighborhood called Happy Valley, which spans the eastside communities of Lincoln Heights and Montecito Heights. LADOT recently installed 1.25 miles of new bike lanes on Lincoln Park Avenue, Flora Street, and Sierra Street. Base map via Google The facility was installed the week of April 8, arguably making it the first new city bikeway in the Measure HLA era. Planning, design and repaving were completed earlier, but installation finished aft ..read more

More On Metro/LADOT On-Bus Camera Bus Lane Enforcement Program (LAT) Learn About Mirna Soza Who Was Killed In Stabbing On Metro Train (LAT, KTLA, KABC) Metro March Ridership Increased For 16th Consecutive Month Year-to-Year (Pasadena Now) Details On LAX Wayfinding System That Renames Various Terminals (LAist) Carnage: Car Crash Victim’s Family Seeks Help (SC Signal) Two-Car Santa Clarita Crash Sends Two People To Hospital (SC Signal) Agoura Hills Freeway Wildlife Crossing Progressing (KABC, Urbanize) Loophole Allows Banks To Finance Fossil Fuel Companies (Capital & Main) Get National ..read more

“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