Column: Can Los Angeles lead the world on climate? We’ll soon find out "When the eyes of the world turn to Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympic Games, will they see a smog-choked city full of traffic jams, gas furnaces and fossil-fueled power plants? Or a beacon of light in a polluted world, bursting with solar panels, electric cars and induction stoves?...The short answer: probably both." (LA Times)
LACCD Plans To Build Campus Housing. It'll Take Years, Leaving Students Wondering About The Present "The Los Angeles Community College District hosted a series of town halls this month to discuss building student housing on three campuses in the district — L.A. City College in East Hollywood, Pierce in Woodland Hills, and West L.A. in Culver City." (LAist)
Project corridor for Sepulveda Boulevard Line 234 Bus LanesMetro
Eyes on the Street: New Bus Lanes on Sepulveda and Ventura Boulevards "6.5 miles of new bus lane on Sepulveda and Ventura Boulevard - the first bus-only lanes in the San Fernando Valley. More bus lanes and lane enforcement on the way" ( Streetsblog LA)
How a new complex of houses-turned-restaurants is changing this ‘forgotten edge’ of Chinatown "The neighborhood, now mostly residential, is in the midst of changes with an influx of new developments in the area. What has been a working-class neighborhood with largely Chinese and Mexican residents is now home to condos worth over a million dollars that stand alongside old Victorian apartment buildings and bungalows with affordable rents." (LA Times)
Judge upholds Measure ULA to pay for housing, homeless prevention programs "Lawsuits challenging the legality of the so-called 'mansion tax' were dismissed this week" (Daily News)
View from train crossing US-101 Viaduct while department Union StationMetro
Los Angeles Is On a Transit-Building Tear. Will Riders Follow? "The time-saving benefits of the Regional Connector offers glimmers of a radically improved transit experience. But for many Angelenos, the promise of a future on rails is tempered by the inherent disadvantages of transit in a megacity where the car is still king. Parochial politics, questionable planning decisions and concerns about safety threaten to undermine the success of the city’s growing rail network." (Bloomberg CityLab)
Protesters gather in Venice to push back on self-driving robotaxis The Teamsters push back on self-driving vehicles (KTLA)
New Vista Canyon Metrolink Station Opens with Increased Antelope Valley Line Service 'Metrolink's CEO noted that added service signifies a big shift "from commuter railroad, to regional passenger railroad service where we're providing trains throughout the day and into the evening."' (Streetsblog LA)
Rendering of the Vista Canyon Metrolink stationMetro
Metro wants riders back. Those green-shirted ‘transit ambassadors’ are part of the plan "The unarmed ambassadors ride the transit system and help riders on train platforms or Metro hubs, pointing them in the right direction during major disruptions or helping elderly people navigate when an escalator is broken. They do not issue citations, but they report problems to law enforcement and document vandalism or other crimes." (LA Times)
LA Rents Have Been Frozen Since Early 2020. Some Council Members Want Another Six-Month Pause "The rent freeze applies to housing covered by the city’s rent control ordinance. That law generally applies to rental housing built before 1978, and it covers about three-quarters of all apartments within city limits." (LAist)
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