Joe Linton

This is like one of the most important transit projects in the LA area and every time I hear news about it, it's cause it got watered down, more expensive, and/or delayed even further 😭

Give input to LADOT on their pilot Toronto Barriers concrete-bikeway protection

L.A. Union Station Run-Through Tracks Complicated By Vernon Challenge - Streetsblog Los Angeles Much needed improvements now face potential cost increases and delays over a planned relocation of a short stretch of private rail storage tracks

Would you like some new delays to go with your earlier delays on those L.A. Union Station improvements? One unsavory railroad mitigation leads to another, bogging down Metro's #LinkUS project. la.streetsblog.org/2025/10/17/l...

Full COO Operations slide show presentation now here: metro.legistar1.com/metro/attach...

The COO monthly Operations update is online now - here are the readable-resolution version of Metro ridership slides I shared screengrabs of above

Oakland's 14th Street Project Wins on Details - Streetsblog San Francisco Oakland DOT is getting praise from advocates for the attention to detail on the 14th street protected bike lane. Unfortunately, the project is also running late.

Oakland’s 14th Street Project Wins on Details - sf.streetsblog.org/2025/10/16/o...

And with just 1,000 days to go, here it is, FINALLY! mayor.lacity.gov/sites/g/file...

A 24-page document with clear vision statement from the mayor for LA's 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Exactly what we've been asking for during the past 1,000 days 🙃

Friday Video: Enter the Bike Labyrinth — Streetsblog USA No, not the David Bowie movie — it's America's most-needed roadway safety fix.

Great protected intersection video - worth 9 minutes of your day usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/17/f...

MAYOR KAREN BASS 1000 DAYS UNTIL 2028 OLYMPICS PRESS CONFERENCE 10/17/25 Please stand by

Tuning in for the press conference marking 1,000 days out from the 2028 games where LA Mayor Karen Bass is set to announce her "Games For All vision" and "sign an Executive Directive to support delivery of her Games For All vision."

Watch here: lacityview.org/live

New research from the Data/Dev team!

SB 79 will eventually zone nearly 1.5 million (1,456,150) new units of housing in the City of LA. Enough to double LA’s current housing stock of 1.37 million homes

Read more: data.streetsforall.org/blog/sb79_impact/

Staff and board discuss greatly reduced crimes against operators, attributable to new plexiglass shields. Policing item received and filed. Meeting adjourned. Next Metro meeting will be Thurs 10/23 full board meeting.

Modest Station Experience upgrades: Rail-to-Rail signage, K/E transfer stations signage (helping people tell how to get to LAX), and landscaping at El Monte Bus Station

Metro Ops Cmte mtg: now on monthy transit policing report - presentation metro.legistar1.com/metro/attach...

Bus Lane enforcement slides

NextGen Bus quarterly presentation here metro.legistar1.com/metro/attach...

Metro Ops Cmte mtg: Next Gen Bus Study report received and filed quickly. FYI presentation includes some stats of bus-lane camera enforcement boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...

Extensive discussion - pass-up report received and filed.

Auditor suggests improving bus stops - which is the responsibility of underlying cities/county (not Metro's direct responsibility)

Full bus pass-up presentation metro.legistar1.com/metro/attach...

Selected bus pass-up audit presentation slides

Metro Ops Cmte mtg: now on audit of bus rider pass-ups boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...

Metro Ops Committee: quick approval of ~2 items - I think 33 and 34 or 35?

additional Ops update on Dodgers shuttle & more

COO reports on new Foothill A Line stations - states that especially Pomona seeing many riders. Says good news is minimal drop-off to nearby stations - new riders are not people who shifted from A Line stations further west.

COO Cheung reports that overall ridership is still curbed - due to ICE terror. Cheung states that earlier ICE impact was -7% and now -3%. (sorry lo-res video screengrab)

Metro Operations Committee mtg: now on monthly operations report. Presentation not online ☹️ yet - might be here someday boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...

Committee recognizes employees of the month boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...

Ops committee approves consent calendar (contracts for railcar overhauls, uniform services, doors+)

Listening in on 1pm Metro Operations Committee meeting - underway now. Follow online at boardagendas.metro.net/event/operat...

Not a huge deal, but I was disappointed to hear boardmembers misstate the name of the #LinkUS project - calling it “Link USA” and “U.S. Link”