river bike activist author artist dad + comics fan. Currently editor at Streetsblog L.A. where I tweet a lot - this personal account isn't checked every day
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JoeLinton retweeted
Reseda Blvd is getting complete streets upgrades! Construction is well underway - and expected to finish April 2023 la.streetsblog.org/2022/07/2…
I won a Press Club award- for coverage of how @metrolosangeles & @CaltransDist7 tore out homes to widen the 5 Freeway la.streetsblog.org/2021/01/0… Happy to be on the winning @StreetsblogLA team!
But the biggest news is the first press club award for @joelinton! First place in non-political commentary for Metro/Caltrains Neighborhood Erasure Along the Lower 5 Freeway.
JoeLinton retweeted
shout out to @contrerasforca @_amy1ee @volkerj2 @JoeLinton for being part of/helping research the video - and also for continuing to hold our 🤡 of a transit agency accountable
Ding dong, the Metro/Caltrans 23 year push to widen the lower 710 Freeway is dead! Kudos to CEHAJ (esp @EYCEJ @LASmogGuy) for decades of resistance!
Big news: Metro just canceled 710 Freeway widening project. The board just undid its 2018 approval of a $6+B widening that would have torn down neighborhoods to add two more lanes. xitter.cf/StreetsblogLA/status/1…
JoeLinton retweeted
Maybe declare a climate emergency, and freeze the Metro highway widening budget at the current level.
JoeLinton retweeted
In 2022, there are these climate and housing emergencies, so perhaps Metro board could - similar to 2020 - just freeze the highway expansion budget? Tell Metro Highway Program to work within the existing budget total approved last year, instead of continuing to increase funding
JoeLinton retweeted
Back in 2020, when there was this pandemic emergency thing, Metro froze its budget. The board told departments to just stay within the dollar amounts that they had been approved for the year before.
JoeLinton retweeted
First, credit the Coalition for Environmental Health and Justice - @EYCEJ @CBECal @Earthjustice @LegalAidLA @LBACA_ @LiBRE_justice @NRDC & @UEPI. #CEHAJ has been fighting against harmful 710 Freeway widening for more than two decades.
JoeLinton retweeted
This morning, Metro Board Planning Committee voted to adopt a "No Build" alternative for Metro/Caltrans 710 Freeway widening project. It's unprecedented for these agencies to do this - abandoning decades of work ($60+M worth) of designs/studies/engineering on widening. (a thread)
JoeLinton retweeted
This is MAJOR. Local EJ advocates have pushed for years. TY @EYCEJ, @CBECal, @Earthjustice, @LegalAidLA, and others for your leadership. TY to @SupJaniceHahn for listening to advocates, and to the many stakeholders, including @Gateway_COG Ad Hoc, willing to listen and learn.
JoeLinton retweeted
.@CityofPomona recently opened the Valley Blvd bikeway, "the first significant-length curb-protected bikeway in all of @CountyofLA" 🥳❤️🚲 writes @JoeLinton for @StreetsblogLA. ow.ly/FaJ350J7RAw
JoeLinton retweeted
California’s Democratic Governor wants to give car owners 15 times what he wants to give transit riders. ($11.5B vs $750M)
Gonna think about that next time someone says “transit isn’t good enough so I have to drive.”
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JoeLinton retweeted
Something kinda minor that pisses me (@JoeLinton) off. The Metro highway program says stuff like "we need to widen freeways because that's what Measure M/R voters approved" -- but then they turn around and use M/R funding for stuff that doesn't really match M/R. (a short thread)
“Must build MOAR FrEEwAyz!!” - said the zombies holding sway at @metrolosangeles #destructionfornada la.streetsblog.org/2022/05/1…
JoeLinton retweeted
Lots more coverage and some beautiful photos by @JoeLinton at @StreetsblogLA. It was hard not to get a little emotional down there! xitter.cf/StreetsblogLA/status/1…
Am I too nitpicky about the implications I see in @metrolosangeles graphics?
JoeLinton retweeted
Infill development in a parking requirement world. You can’t mandate this sort of thing and then be surprised when units are expensive.
#BikeLA - be there tomorrow-Wednesday 8am Mulholland Fountain- grand opening of new protected bike lanes!!
Who's going to @cd4losangeles @nithyavraman's grand opening of the new Riverside Drive protected bike lanes - tomorrow-Wednesday 8am Mulholland Fountain (at Riverside Dr/Los Feliz Blvd)?
JoeLinton retweeted
What the heck is this @latimes? This framing directly implies that the DA himself is responsible for a violent crime surge which, btw, is happening in every part of the country, including in areas with very different DAs.
