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. This morning Metro launched its new on-demand electronic bike locker system. Smart lockers, operated by BikeLink, are currently available at nine stations (below), with additional stations being rolled out. Metro’s parking chief Deputy Executive Officer Frank Ching told Streetsblog that the newly installed smart lockers are already being used around a hundred times ..read more

More On Metro Scaling Back G/Orange Line Upgrades (Urbanize) Metro 605/5 Freeways Expansion Plans Expected To Be Shared This Month (SBLA Twitter) New (Draft?) Metro 605 Freeway Site Shows Proposals (@numble Twitter) Lopez: Older Adult Transit Expo Attendees Express Concerns About Metro Safety (LAT) Beverly Hills Scraps Proposed Additional Subway Station Entrance (Beverly Press) State Officials Tout Malibu PCH Safety Efforts (Daily Breeze, LAist, Fox11) South L.A. Pocket Park Nearly Completed (Urbanize) L.A. Council Moves To Plug Orphaned Oil Wells (Daily News) Carnage: Hit-and-Run Driver K ..read more

Culver City recently installed new bike lanes on Centinela Avenue. The project includes a short stretch of protected bikeway, some green pavement, and a bicycle traffic signal. The project added about a half mile of new bike lanes – from near Bristol Parkway to the boundary with L.A. City (near Mesmer Avenue). The new section extended Culver City’s existing Centinela bike lanes that used to end east of the 405. The lanes were striped 4-6 months ago. The bike signal, uncommon in Southern California, was added soon after. The signal gives cyclists their own phase at the busy intersection of Cent ..read more

Metro Guard Shoots, Kills Man Who Stabbed Him At Sunset/Vermont Station (LAT, Daily News, KABC) Torched Debunks Some Transit Violence Claims, Explores Solutions Today Is Bike To School Day (Biking in L.A.) Family Awarded $3.4M Settlement In LASD Killing Of Dijon Kizee (Daily News, CBS) Housing Advocates Submit Signatures For County Half-Cent Sales Tax (Pasadena Now) Find Measure Info At Bold New Way Website Or @thebravenewway Port Announces Fleet Of 50 Electric Amazon Trucks (LAT, Daily Breeze) West Hollywood Hosting Input Meeting For Complete Streets Project (WeHo Times) Pasadena Plans To ..read more

Half-Cent Sales Tax To Reduce Homelessness Could Be On November Ballot (LAist) Revitalize North Lake Street By Repurposing Space Away From Driving (Pasadena Now) LAT Editorial: Metro Is Doomed If It Can’t Keep Riders Safe Transit Riders Fear Safety After Prominent Attacks (KTLA) Lots Of Backpedaling In L.A. City (Including Metro) Climate Agenda (LAT) West L.A. Civic Center Redevelopment Faces Funding Gap (Urbanize) More On $200M LAX PeopleMover Overrun (LAist) Diamond Bar Golf Course Cut 5% For 57/60 Freeway Expansion Re-Opens (SGVCOG Facebook) Oil Industry Fighting Well Clean-Up Legislati ..read more

Bike Month continues, Metro 91 Freeway widening, Destination Crenshaw, Culver City Bus, Santa Monica MANGo, Metro bike lockers, Metro Sepulveda Transit, Metro G Line upgrades, and more. May is Bike Month. Find events in Beverly Hills, Pasadena, some hosted by Metro. Find additional SoCal Bike Month events at LAist. 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 ..read more

Do you ride a bus or bike in the San Fernando Valley? Below are three recent updates on Valley projects. Metro G Line Improvements Scope Scaled Back, Construction Soon Metro watcher @numble recently tweeted modified Metro plans for G (Orange) Line busway/bikeway improvements. The changes are detailed in a project scope amendment report scheduled to be decided by the California Transportation Commission later this month. In brief, Metro had extensive plans to add a mile-plus-long grade separation bridge, rail-type gate arms, various station and bikeway upgrades, and more. Then construction cost ..read more

Proposed Bass Budget Does Not Step Up To Meet HLA Mandates (Streets for All) Friday Metro Bus Operator Brown-Out Impacted Service (LAT, LAist) DASH Bus Driver Assaulted In South L.A. (LAT) LAX PeopleMover Budget Grows As Testing Gets Underway (Urbanize) LAist Lists Bike Month Events LB Looks To Reconfigure Downtown Street To Add Car Parking (LB Post) Carnage: Driver Killed Crashing Into South L.A. Church (LAT) Driver Struck And Killed Student Walking Home In South L.A. (KTLA) Driver Struck And Killed E-Scooter Rider In LB (LB Watchdog, LB Post) Hit-and-Run Driver Struck And Killed Cyclist In ..read more

It should not come as a surprise that L.A. City continues to neglect sidewalk accessibility. A couple months ago, city leadership claimed otherwise, but results on the ground show that claim to be false. In the lead-up to voters approving Measure HLA, city leaders (ones opposed to HLA) floated wildly inflated HLA cost figures. They further asserted that HLA expenses would impact various city programs – from ADA compliance to Vision Zero to first/last mile improvements at Metro stations. CAO presentation slide claiming that HLA-mandated Mobility Plan implementation would impact city ADA ramp wo ..read more

Some Metro Bus Operators Doing Sick-Out Over Assaults (Fox11, @numble Twitter) Metro Responds (Pasadena Now, Spectrum1), Alerts Riders To Expect Delays On Numerous Lines (@metroalerts Twitter) Commission Approves $200M For LAX People Mover, Now Total $2.9B (LAT) New 405 Freeway Toll Lanes Saw 4.8M Trips Taken In First 4 Months (OCTA) LAT and Urbanize Look Into Vegas High-Speed Rail Trainsets Metro Art Journeys Bike Ride Tomorrow Starting Hollywood/Western (The Source) In Santa Clarita, Nearby Businesses Oppose Apartments Over Parking (SC Signal) No Metrolink County Fair Service (Twitter ..read more