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StreetsLA Street Sweeping Changes

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StreetsLA Street Sweeping Changes
Due to the current fiscal crisis the City is experiencing and impacts to the department’s staffing and resources, StreetsLA will be conducting street sweeping on a biweekly, instead of weekly, basis. StreetsLA remains committed to doing their very best to continue to meet the needs of the residents of Los Angeles during these challenging times. StreetsLA also launched a new street sweeping noti...
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LA Gets Serious About Sepulveda Pass Toll Lanes

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The LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will vote on funding a study for the proposed $27 million Phase 1 Sepulveda Pass ExpressLanes Drivers with means may soon be able to bypass the famous bottleneck that is the Sepulveda Pass. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will vote Thursday on whether to fund a study examining the merits of charging people to use its...
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North San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit Project Moves Forward with Board Approval

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Planning for the North San Fernando Valley BRT Project is Moving Forward
The North San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit Project will Move Forward into Environmental Review Thank you to all who attended Thursday’s Board meeting and provided feedback. Metro’s Board of Directors received and filed staff’s recommendation to begin the environmental review for the project. The feedback received at the meeting will continue to help shape the project. If you were unable t...
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LA Metro Board Report on North San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit Now Available

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Planning for the North San Fernando Valley BRT Project is Moving Forward
Metro Board Report on the North San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit Project Available Online Metro’s staff report and agenda for the North San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project is now available on the Metro Board page. You are encouraged to check out Metro’s blog The Source article for more information. The Board meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 24 at the Metro ...
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NSFV Transit Corridor Project Postponed from Metro’s September Board Meeting

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Planning for the North San Fernando Valley BRT Project is Moving Forward
Presentation of the North San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project to be Rescheduled Metro staff was scheduled to appear before the Metro Board of Directors on this project in September, but has deferred the item to a later meeting, largely due to the big response to the outreach efforts. Metro Staff expects to return to the Metro Board on the project as soon as October. Metro thanks eve...
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Sepulveda Basin Fire Scorches 5 Acres, Displaces Homeless Camp

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Los Angeles Firefighters are working to get the upper hand on a blaze that displaces a large homeless encampment in the Sepulveda Basin. A fast-moving brush fire in the Sepulveda Basin scorched five-acres Monday afternoon and displaces a massive homeless encampment. Los Angeles Firefighters are working to get the upper hand on the blaze as homeless aid workers are being called in to help reloca...
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Planning for the North San Fernando Valley BRT Project is Moving Forward

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Planning for the North San Fernando Valley BRT Project is Moving Forward
The Measure M sales tax initiative, approved by voters in 2016, included funding for a bus rapid transit (BRT) project in the North San Fernando Valley.  Planning for the project began in July 2018 with the initiation of an Alternatives Analysis (AA) that evaluated three alternative routes stretching from the Chatsworth Metrolink Station to either the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station or the N...
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Celebrate LA! LA Phil 100 x CicLAvia

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On Sunday, September 30th, CicLAvia is partnering with the LA Phil and Community Arts Resources (CARS) and clearing the roadways between Walt Disney Concert Hall and Hollywood, transforming them into an auto-free zone where you can walk, run, skate, scoot, bike, and wander however you like! Six hubs along the route will feature art, food trucks, screen-printing, kid-friendly fun, and dancing, as w...
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Reminder: Balboa Boulevard Earthquake Resistant Pipeline Replacement Project Begins this Week

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The Balboa Boulevard Earthquake Resistant Pipeline Replacement Project is scheduled to begin this Monday evening, (2/26) along Balboa Blvd. (between Burbank Blvd. and Ventura Blvd.) The purpose of this project is to replace approximately one mile of water mainline that was first installed in 1932 with earthquake resistant ductile iron pipe. This is part of LADWP’s plan to install 10 miles of ear...
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Los Angeles Transit Neighborhood Plans (LATNP) Program Workshops

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The City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning is exploring ideas to encourage vibrant communities and employment hubs around the region’s growing transit network through the Los Angeles Transit Neighborhood Plans (LATNP) program. The planning effort looks out to the year 2040 and considers how new land use and zoning regulations for the neighborhoods around five Orange Line stations can prom...
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The Tripping Point Summit – The Valley Edition

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9:30AM – 2PM (breakfast served at 9AM) Panorama High School – 8015 Van Nuys Blvd, Panorama City, CA 91402 For over 40 years, our sidewalks, crosswalks, and bus stops have gone mostly unimproved in the City of Los Angeles. The Tripping Point goal is to highlight the importance of these public amenities on our quality of life. Come join the movement to support an even better Los Angeles with safe,...
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Sepulveda Basin Work

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LA Sanitation, Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Los Angeles Conservation Corps, the Los Angeles Police Department (Valley Bureau, HOPE Team, and Off Road Unit Officers), Los Angeles Recreation and Parks, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), and the United States Army Corps of Engineers began restoration of the stormwater channel in the Sepulveda Basin. Crews continue to remove ...
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Senator Hertzberg Calls on Metro to Amend its Expenditure Plan, Include Project for CSUN

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The $120 billion plan for LA County transportation improvements over the next 50 years provides no guarantees for state’s largest CSU campus SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, issued a call today to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan (Metro) Board to consider amending its expenditure plan for a proposed sales tax measure scheduled to be placed on the November ballot and include speci...
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Metro Unveils Ballot Proposal to Transform LA Transit

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Metro released the details of a proposed measure for the November 2016 ballot that aims to raise as much as $120 billion for new highway and transit projects in LA County. The spending plan includes improvements to existing infrastructure and programs to facilitate active transportation, including bicycling and walking paths to be built over the next four decades. According to Metro, the potent...
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City Aims to Cut Annual Traffic Deaths by 200

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More than 200 people die on LA streets each year, and most of those deaths happen on just six percent of streets. Sitting at a desk in the middle of a Boyle Heights street, Mayor Eric Garcetti today signed an executive directive aimed at cutting traffic fatalities in the city to zero by 2025. The directive calls for reaching the goal, dubbed “Vision Zero,” by creating safer streets, enforcing ...
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