Here's what we're reading this week:
Metro will offer free rides on bus and rail from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve "All Metro Rail stations with fare gates will be unlatched, and fare boxes and validators will not deduct fare from TAP cards and fare media." ( The Source)
Five LA-Based Proptech Companies to Watch in 2022 "Real estate, like seemingly everything else in the COVID era, had a weird year. 2021 saw a continued shift to a sellers' market and an ever-increasing demand for short-term rentals. For proptech companies, there has been a lot of opportunity—and money—in high-value homes and assets." (dot LA)
Adams Boulevard Receiving Safety Upgrades, Including Bike Lanes "The street improvements are mostly complete. The street has been newly resurfaced and striped with two miles of new buffered bike lanes – created by reallocating space from one travel lane in each direction – called a road diet. Two miles of road diet make this one of the longest road reconfigurations implemented by LADOT in recent years. Other improvements include new flashing beacon crosswalks with pedestrian refuge islands, left turn signals, upgraded street lighting, and new street trees." (Streetsblog LA)
LA Has Enough Parking Spots for All of Manhattan. This Startup Wants to Make Them Easier to Find. "Though Los Angeles drivers might spend hours per week searching for parking, the truth is that the city actually has an abundance of parking spaces. In fact, according to one study, L.A. has enough parking spaces to cover all of Manhattan." (dot LA)
LA County can legally deed Bruce’s Beach back to family "Bruce’s Beach Lodge — two parcels totaling nearly 7,000 square feet at 2600 The Strand, in Manhattan Beach — was an early 20th century seaside resort for African Americans at a time when Black people had limited access to the coast....But in 1929, city leaders successfully used eminent domain to take over the land for reasons that were racially motivated. The lodge’s owners received $14,500 for the parcels, which now are worth millions of dollars." Daily Breeze)
Judge grants halt on Parking Structure 3 demolition until Jan. 7 court date "The demolition of Parking Structure 3 was approved by the Coastal Commission on May 13. Commission staff primarily based their recommendation on a study by Walker Consultants, which concluded that the loss of Parking Structure 3’s spaces would not adversely impact parking availability and coastal access in the surrounding area." (SMDP)
