Oren Ben-Joseph

SLO in the winter is the best

A Tunnel to Transform Los Angeles The ambitious Sepulveda Transit Corridor project — an automated subway line underneath Bel Air — aims to do something rare in LA: Get people out of their cars.

Wow, I'm impressed. Bloomberg has the best article on the Sepulveda Line I've seen. No errors, very detailed, pushed back on nimby talking points, centered voices like Matute, Schneider, and Raman, and even mentions an EIFD! Full marks.

Thank you for writing this

At least 3 dead, 6 others injured after car crashes into Westwood grocery store At least three people were killed and six others were injured after a car crashed into a 99 Ranch Market in Westwood.

Insanity
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Gut wrenching :(

Newsom agrees to $590M loan for struggling Bay Area transit systems The deal comes after months of negotiations between the administration and Bay Area lawmakers and a previous loan promise falling through.

Newsom agrees to $590M loan for struggling Bay Area transit systems

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San Francisco speed cameras are slowing drivers down, SFMTA reports SFMTA released new data on Friday showing a 78% drop in speeding at intersections where new speed cameras were installed last year.

SFMTA released new data on Friday showing a 78% drop in speeding at intersections where new speed cameras were installed last year.

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Not at all 😎

Side project i've been working on for the LA transit nerds 🤓

City Council to Secure Funding from LA Metro for Open Streets Initiative - MyNewsLA.com The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-2 Wednesday to authorize the Department of Transportation to finalize agreements with Metro to secure nearly $3.2 million for an open and slow streets initiative....

The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-2 Wednesday to authorize the Department of Transportation to finalize agreements with Metro to secure nearly $3.2 million for an open and slow streets initiative.
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Gm LA ☀️

It's been an exciting time at @metrolosangeles.bsky.social, with much more to come!

It’s Back – Build Your Metro Budget for Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27)!  | The Source Metro is excited to invite you to participate in the FY27 My Metro Budget Activity.

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Excited to share this year's My Metro Budget activity: mybudget.metro.net

@metrolosangeles.bsky.social wants to hear your thoughts on topics ranging from amenities in stations, code of conduct enforcement, joint development policy, and more!

Be entered to win a TAP or gift card 💳

Elon Musk’s Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped tunnel drilling fluids into Las Vegas manholes—and then ‘feigned compliance’ and was caught doing it again | Fortune A Nevada regulator accused Boring of dumping wastewater into a county sewage system, the latest in a series of violations against the tunneling startup.

A county environmental regulator has fined Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunneling venture, nearly $500,000 after the company dumped “drilling fluids” into manholes around Las Vegas, which led to “substantial damage” to the broader county’s infrastructure.

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California will spend $31 billion on transportation this year with about 3% of that budgeted for support for transit agencies. lao.ca.gov/Publications...

Huge!

I had the pleasure of visiting Charlotte for the first time this year as part of an agency exchange program with CATS.

This is a huge day for the future of transit in Mecklenburg County!

Charlotte is likely to pass a one-cent sales tax to fund transportation in the region, including new light rail, commuter rail, and extensions to existing lines.

Current tally: 52.7% for, 47.3% against, with 171 of 195 precincts reporting.

Funicular in action

LA Home Spotlight: The Chemosphere Creates Magic From Rigid Reality | The HartBeat Featured image: CDernbach The next time you’re traveling southbound on the 101 freeway, take a glance upward into the Hollywood Hills. But be sure to allow yourself time for a double take. That’s beca...

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Oddest LA find from the Census Mobility Map - there is a funicular to get to a UFO house in the Hollywood Hills.

California Urban Rail Lines by Distance

Still working out some bugs, but the census mobility map is now accessible to all at orenbj.com/censusmobilitymap

Plans call for adding two miles of trail from Culver City to Mid City

https://la.urbanize.city/post/state-awards-6-million-ballona-creek-bike-path-extension

lmao amazing that even LAWA's own fact sheet says their $2 billion roadway won't reduce travel time

Still working out some bugs, but you can check it out here!
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SF by % of people who walk/bike to work

Tell LADOT to build the Ohio Ave protected bike lanes HLA demands, and keep traffic violence from ruining your Halloween - BikinginLA Demand that LADOT follow the legal mandate in Measure HLA, and put protected bike lanes on Ohio Ave between Westwood Blvd and Westgate Ave.

Tell LADOT to build the Ohio Ave protected bike lanes HLA demands, and keep traffic violence from ruining your Halloween: bikinginla.com/2025/10/28/t... #bikeLA

Why does the densest part of LA county have the worst bike network?