river bike activist author artist dad + comics fan. Currently editor at Streetsblog L.A. where I tweet a lot - this personal account isn't checked every day
@topomodesto@StreetsblogLA Not always the minimum (tho I agree that another foot or two would be even better). Too often LADOT has done even less, saying that the minimum is unfeasible. The minimum here would have been a sharrow or a Bike Route sign.
I won a Press Club award- for coverage of how @metrolosangeles & @CaltransDist7 tore out homes to widen the 5 Freeway https://t.co/QCGqNIr7ju Happy to be on the winning @StreetsblogLA team!
But the biggest news is the first press club award for @joelinton! First place in non-political commentary for Metro/Caltrains Neighborhood Erasure Along the Lower 5 Freeway.
shout out to @contrerasforca @_amy1ee @volkerj2@JoeLinton for being part of/helping research the video - and also for continuing to hold our 🤡 of a transit agency accountable
Big news: Metro just canceled 710 Freeway widening project. The board just undid its 2018 approval of a $6+B widening that would have torn down neighborhoods to add two more lanes. https://t.co/cXiUemo7Ep
In 2022, there are these climate and housing emergencies, so perhaps Metro board could - similar to 2020 - just freeze the highway expansion budget? Tell Metro Highway Program to work within the existing budget total approved last year, instead of continuing to increase funding
Back in 2020, when there was this pandemic emergency thing, Metro froze its budget. The board told departments to just stay within the dollar amounts that they had been approved for the year before.
This morning, Metro Board Planning Committee voted to adopt a "No Build" alternative for Metro/Caltrans 710 Freeway widening project. It's unprecedented for these agencies to do this - abandoning decades of work ($60+M worth) of designs/studies/engineering on widening. (a thread)
This is MAJOR. Local EJ advocates have pushed for years. TY @EYCEJ, @CBECal, @Earthjustice, @LegalAidLA, and others for your leadership. TY to @SupJaniceHahn for listening to advocates, and to the many stakeholders, including @Gateway_COG Ad Hoc, willing to listen and learn.
.@CityofPomona recently opened the Valley Blvd bikeway, "the first significant-length curb-protected bikeway in all of @CountyofLA" 🥳❤️🚲 writes @JoeLinton for @StreetsblogLA. https://t.co/apLeuDz8hK
California’s Democratic Governor wants to give car owners 15 times what he wants to give transit riders. ($11.5B vs $750M)
Gonna think about that next time someone says “transit isn’t good enough so I have to drive.”
Something kinda minor that pisses me (@JoeLinton) off. The Metro highway program says stuff like "we need to widen freeways because that's what Measure M/R voters approved" -- but then they turn around and use M/R funding for stuff that doesn't really match M/R. (a short thread)
Lots more coverage and some beautiful photos by @JoeLinton at @StreetsblogLA. It was hard not to get a little emotional down there! https://t.co/TZ9IX2TWko
Metro lower 710 Freeway flow chart color choices (from presentation last night):
Red = comply with clean air law
Blue/Green = widen freeway, more driving, more pollution, demolish homes/businesses