Joe Linton

The North Westwood Neighborhood Council has voted to reaffirm its support for two vital safety projects: the Ohio Avenue bike corridor and Westwood Boulevard transit and bike lanes. Each will save lives and better connect West Los Angeles: cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2...

My first attempt at being a food vlogger! (Not really)

Yah - the NoHo part of the bike-share system in kind of stranded from the larger service areas in central LA and on the Westside

New closed session coming up in LA city council about the Willits settlement and "significant exposure to litigation."

cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2...

It needs more analysis, but I expect LA bike-share has lower usage due to unsafe streets. Many Angelenos don’t see themselves on a bike because of (actual and perceived) dangers.

He cited Wilshire/Vermont as a development that worked while avoiding putting certain things right over the station box.

Hopefully Metro posts a recording. I didn’t entirely understand Lindholm’s point. KYY was supporting more development at stations. Then his response was kinda “yes, but some sites (construction staging) are better, other sites (on top of station box) are difficult.

Dedication: Crenshaw and Slauson to Forever be Known as 'Nipsey Hussle Square' - Streetsblog Los Angeles “Age fourteen on up, my whole life took place on these four corners...This really was my foundation," Hussle told Current TV back in 2010. Now renamed in his honor, they pay tribute to how he transfor...

Dedication: Crenshaw and Slauson to Forever be Known as “Nipsey Hussle Square” - story and photos from the day by @sahrasulaiman.bsky.social la.streetsblog.org/2026/03/05/d...

I suspect that you both agree transit is vital for So Cal.

One critique: the place has a multi-story (~5 stories) car parking, but they couldn’t pay for theft-proof bolts on the bike parking. These racks should also be sited maybe a foot further from the buildings, so one can lock a bike against it without the bike touching the adjacent window.

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Metro Talent Hub is a “career resources center is focused on creating opportunities for job seekers and Metro employees.” www.metro.net/about/metro-...

Pics of the Vermont/Manchester Evermont development which Metro partnered on: SEED School, some housing & retail, & Metro Talent Hub

Metro budget meeting closing remarks now.

Sounds like LA talk “assuming we preserve every inch of car lanes/parking, bike lanes would cost millions of dollars because we have tear down buildings”

Now on to discussion of public-private partnerships P3. Metro doing a ‘Tiger Team’ P3 assessment - also Sepulveda Transit DBFOM design-build-operate-maintain. Bonus jargon: “market soundings” & “OSI study of international models”

Yaroslavsky wants development above stations - praises Tokyo shopping, restaurants at stations. Lindholm speaks somewhat supportive, but cautions against building in and over “station box” - build around and along it - build in construction staging lots.

No idea - I was going to ask you!

Now to ‘asset monetization’ - mostly TOD including along future transit lines.

Discussion of ease of payment… Dutra says San Diego easy to pay. Metro staff: launching easy credit card payment- before World Cup. Clock is ticking!

Discussion veers into fare enforcement… CEO criticizes “misinformation out there.” Chief Scott speaks about fare checks - Metro TSOs using fare validator machines- some part of that is increasing this week. Terms it “robust fare compliance” effort.

Metro lists fare opportunities, including raising base fare to $2-$2.50

And now on to fares. Metro bus/rail $1.75 fare lower than other systems listed

Now on to discussion of ad revenue: new opportunity ads on Metro park&ride structures, corporate sponsorship station naming

Discussion of what is and isn’t Metro’s core functions - how funding these has impacts on transit operations. Non-core stuff mentioned: bike, Seed school, homeless outreach. [no mention of costs of Metro Micro, park&ride - much less highways - the latter generally separate non-ops-eligible funds]

It’s just Metro Bike Share

Poll of board: basically asking how to defund Metro Bike Share? Leading response: send it entirely to local cities & private companies

CEO Wiggins says “Metro didn’t bring community along” in building Rail2Rail path - infers that this contributes to vandalism, higher maintenance costs

Discussion of O&M costs for Rail2Rail path - costing $2M/year

Boardmembers asking bike-share demographics, purpose questions. Metro graphic shows no black bike-share riders, shows bike-share riders higher income than train riders than bus riders

Afternoon budget meeting agenda - has quite a bit of pitting bikes vs. transit. Can Metro cut bike-share funding, and/or cut maintenance costs on Rail2Rail bike/walk path?