Joe Linton
Recent Posts
Santa Monica Extends Pioneering E-Scooter Pilot Program
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Santa Monica is planning modifying its shared micro-mobility pilot in 2020. The initial year has yielded plenty of data on how e-scooters are working
L.A. May Nix Downtown Parking Requirements
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Downtown L.A. follows Lancaster, Santa Monica, San Diego, San Francisco, Houston, and Cincinnati in eliminating unneeded parking requirements.
Six Months in, Metro/Via Mobility on Demand Pilot is an Expensive Flop
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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.
L.A. Celebrates Passage of Law on Homeless Housing
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A.B. 1197 makes Los Angeles emergency homeless shelters and supportive housing projects exempt from California Environmental Quality Act
Caltrans Cancels High Desert Freeway Project
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Thanks to a Climate Resolve lawsuit, Caltrans has agreed to halt work on the Metro-funded High Desert Corridor freeway
New Metro Report: Understanding How Women Travel
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Metro's new report lays the groundwork for Metro efforts to improve women riders' experience via an upcoming Gender Action Plan.
L.A. Adopts People-Centered Transportation Metric
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VMT puts the E back into CEQA.
LADOT Is Still Abysmally Blowing It on Bikeways
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Though LADOT has done several worthwhile new and upgraded bikeways, overall total mileage is a dismal failure: less than 5 miles of new on-street bikeway in the past year.
Trump Wants California’s High-Speed Rail Money
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A legal fight is likely tp follow FRA's unprecedented and highly political effort to rescind $3.5 billion from the project.
What Projects Should Be Accelerated for the 2028 Olympics? How Can These Advance Equity?
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For 2028 Olympics project acceleration to foster equity, don't speed up highway projects. Instead focus on improving the bus system.
Election 2018 – California’s Mostly Good News
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Prop 6 defeated! Democratic super-majority! Plus various transportation tax measures throughout the state.
New from StreetFilms: Los Angeles: The Great American Transit Experiment
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StreetFilms and TransitCenter explore L.A. transit successes and issues, and question what is needed to make transit better serve the county's future