Joe Linton

“Disrespectful” and “infuriating”: L.A.’s progress on making streets safe and accessible for disabled people stalled for decades - Streetsblog Los Angeles Curb ramps have been required when repaving a street since 1992. Why is L.A. only now saying it must follow the law?

“Curb ramps have been required when repaving a street since 1992. Why is L.A. only now saying it must follow the law?”

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Plan Highlights FY 25 Metrolink Reimagined: strategies applied to weekdays FY 28: strategies applied to weekends FY 29: Half-hourly SBL, Hourly VCL, AVL, OCL and other improvements systemwide, including weekends FY 32: Completion of further SCORE project segments FY35: LinkUS project completion FY35: New VCOC line FY 37 Southside island platform project completion, half hourly: OCL (part of VCOCL)

New information on Metrolink SCORE is out:
- SCORE Phase 1 not complete until after Olympics
- Half-hour service on SBL, AVL, VCL by 2032 - but not on OCL until 2037
- LinkUS will combine VC and OC lines, delivering the Tripper service we modeled in #Electrolink!

Good projects, slow timeline.

HLA doesn’t exempt Large Asphalt Repair, and the city cannot legally avoid HLA using it.

SGV Connect 146: What's Next for the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority - Streetsblog Los Angeles CEO Habib Balian joins SGV Connect to discuss the A Line’s steady ridership, transit-oriented development along the corridor, and the shift to a new delivery model for the long-anticipated Claremont e...

New SGV Connect podcast: SBLA speaks with Foothill A/Gold Line Construction Authority CEO Habib Balian la.streetsblog.org/2026/03/03/s...

Meeting tonight regarding proposed safety improvements where a driver killed cyclist Regan Cole-Graham. Tonight Tues March 3 at 6:30pm at 7166 Manchester Ave in Westchester

You'll never guess the shocking truth!

Thanks @streetsblogla.bsky.social for including me in this video! Read this brief to learn about our research (which links to the full report if you want ALL the details)

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No need to choose. Chandler serves as a great linear park and great active transportation facility - especially for the Metro B Line. Extending to the Metrolink Station will greatly increase transportation utility!

No. I presume they studied it & found some reason that made a direct path difficult. I think there's a staff report that explains it, but I haven't tracked that down. (Speculating: east of Victory it looks like the rail r-o-w goes through a private industrial site that maybe they couldn't resolve?)

NoHo to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit Project: Eagle Rock Community Open House Metro invites you to join us for a Community Meeting for the NoHo to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project.

Eagle Rock BRT in person meeting tonight from 6-730pm at Yosemite Rec Ctr 1840 Yosemite Dr. Learn about design and construction. Be nice! www.eventbrite.com/e/noho-to-pa...

Chandler Bikeway Extension and Burbank Bicycle Feedback Pop-up - City of Burbank

If you're in the area this Saturday, drop by the city's pop-up and give feedback - 9-12:30 at east end of path - Chandler/Mariposa www.burbankca.gov/calendar/-/c...

Chandler bikeway extension project info at City of Burbank project page www.burbankca.gov/web/communit...

City of Burbank alignment for the next phase of Chandler bikeway project. Not as direct as I had expected (that would be a path to the Metrolink Station), but looks ok, workable. What do you think #bikela?

I am a fan of Metro’s transit ambassadors!

Text group: "OME Chiefs, 6 members" A text message says: "In LADOT press clips: https://futureis.la/p/la-has-stopped-repaving-our-streets" Response says "A good read," Thanks for sharing"

Learned through a public records request that there is/was a group chat called "OME Chiefs" for the Office of Major Events in the mayor's office.

The next mayor (or this one) can select a GM (and Bd of Public Wks) who will prioritize street safety and multimodal transportation

But that, when asked what StreetsLA was doing for HLA, GM Mozee would bring up just this one project funded in 2021, basically shows that StreetsLA is heavily resisting HLA, not implementing it.

LADOT Livable Streets Everyone in Los Angeles deserves safe, great streets.

The MLK project looks really good project; it even appears to largely follow HLA (adding protected bike lanes) ladotlivablestreets.org/projects/MLK

And here's the form where L.A. City stated that the MLK project is exempt from HLA - due to receiving grant funding prior to the passage of HLA drive.google.com/file/d/18BLm...

Updates on L.A. City Stopping Resurfacing, Instead Doing "Large Asphalt Repair" - Streetsblog Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services GM states that budget cuts forced them to pivot to "large asphalt repair." That practice ends up resurfacing streets partially, ineffectively, and inefficiently.

Here's my #largeasphaltrepair post where I recapped that exchange la.streetsblog.org/2026/02/17/u...

Correcting something I missed - a #MeasureHLA slight. When City Council Public Wks Committee asked StreetsLA GM Mozee about #MeasureHLA work, Mozee responded saying that "related to MLA" StreetsLA was doing 1 project on MLK Blvd. But the city already claimed that MLK project was exempt from HLA.

I used to make a lot more of these transit construction timeline infographics, was kinda my claim to fame on transit tw*tter.

In celebration of the Metro D line phase 1 extension opening date being announced, here's my unfinished timeline from 2021. Cool to see the original planned timelines.

Most L.A. City StreetsLA "large asphalt repair" is shorter than 660 feet, the minimum project length to trigger Measure HLA. But some "LAR" is longer than 660 feet. L.A. City has asserted that projects "involving LAR" do not trigger HLA, but there's nothing in HLA that clearly makes LAR exempt.

Safe Streets Advocates File HLA Appeals Over L.A. City “Large Asphalt Repair” Projects Four L.A. City residents have filed Board of Public Works appeals charging that recent L.A. City “large asphalt repair” projects should have triggered accessibility/walk/bike/bus improv…

The continuing L.A. City #LargeAsphaltRepair saga: in February, four Angelenos submitted #MeasureHLA appeals to the Board of Public Works asserting that "LAR" projects over 660ft long should have triggered HLA upgrades. labikas.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/s...

“Disrespectful” and “infuriating”: L.A.’s progress on making streets safe and accessible for disabled people stalled for decades - Streetsblog Los Angeles Curb ramps have been required when repaving a street since 1992. Why is L.A. only now saying it must follow the law?

Can only write 3,000 word pieces now, sry

Incredibly deeply reported history by @maylin.bsky.social of LA's failure to build curb ramps for decades. Her discussion of the Willits settlement makes me wonder if the city stopped repaving in response to developments in that case (which has been in mediation in recent years).

"Streetsblog L.A. reached out to multiple departments for this story, including LADOT, the Bureau of Engineering (which manages L.A.’s sidewalk program), StreetsLA and the Department on Disability. All of them referred inquiries to the mayor’s office."

Why can't L.A. consistently provide working sidewalks/curbs/crosswalks accessible to folks who get around by wheelchair? (Warning: includes more of the wretched #LargeAsphaltRepair saga)

Watch this short @streetsblogla.bsky.social video (from November) for an overview of 4-mile Metro D Line subway extension project that will open on May 8

CICLAVIA WEST LA Sunday, April 26, 2026 domingo 26 de abril 2026 9:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M.

Huge news! After the North Westwood and West Los Angeles Sawtelle Neighborhood Councils called for a CicLAvia to come to these neighborhoods for the first time (cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2...), Westwood and Sawtelle are getting one this April!: www.ciclavia.org/ciclavia_wes...