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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 2d

very excited for @lintonjoe.bsky.social's tiktok era

Streetsblog L.A. @streetsblogla.bsky.social · 3d

Take a quick tour of new first/last mile facilities nearly completed at #SantaMonica 26th/Bergamot Metro E Line Station

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 2d

I've seen this headline a couple times and just realized it's *literally* his upstairs neighbor

KTLA 5 @ktla.com · 2d

Los Angeles councilman's upstairs neighbor running to unseat him

Los Angeles councilman’s upstairs neighbor running to unseat him

Los Angeles City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez is facing a challenge in his reelection bid, and he won’t have to go far to find out who his rival is. In the race to represent neighborhoods…

ktla.com

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 5d

Going to check this out, thanks! We started the project by designing a scraper but realized it might just be easier to ask Metro for the data - hopeful for an official api/repo in the next few months for easy access

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 8d

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 13d

why is WSDOT running ads for a new highway on king county metro buses

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 23d

a serious agency would be preparing now so they could build it in the window after 2028 but before the Southeast Gateway opens and A line gets slammed with transfers

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 24d

obviously unending work still left to do and plenty of reasons to be pessimistic but it’s about as a good a time as any to be an LA booster

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 24d

City elections switching to a national cycle have enabled a snowball of progressive wins giving way to stronger progressive organizing (of which SFA is one of many many players), after 2026 there’s a good chance of a majority council no longer beholden to big business, SFZ, and LAPD interests

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 24d

When SFA formed LADOT was ripping out bike lanes on Vista Del Mar and Fix the City (who?) was a heavyweight killing street safety and housing projects - and that’s in the last 5 years. Before that Zev Yaroslavsky and peers spent decades neutering LA’s potential to grow

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 24d

i think in the last couple years we’ve confidently turned a corner on LA’s multi decade ‘slow growth’ political juggernaut - maybe this started with measure R in 2008? but the wave of JJJ, Measure M, HLA, now SB 79 (among others) are eroding suburban power in a serious way

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · Aug 12

pushback from homeowners in Lafyette square about digging K Line tunnels under their homes is getting Metro to study some wild alternatives

spaghetti soup of K line north alternatives through mid city

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · Aug 7

These are the guidelines. I wonder if this first round are just corridors that don’t require re-striping

cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2...

Based on the inventory and analysis, LADOT recommends that the City:
1. Retain peak-hour lanes only on streets with traffic counts above defined volume thresholds, that
are not on the HIN, and are not designated on any of the MP2035 networks, and adjust the
hours of these retained peak-hour lanes to limit restricted times to when traffic counts show
they are critical to vehicle throughput.
2. Remove all peak-hour lanes on HIN corridors.
a. Restore full-time parking where traffic volumes are below capacity, and evaluate for
bike lane feasibility based on MP2035 designations, street widths, and pavement
quality.
b. Restore full-time parking or convert to peak-hour bus lanes where traffic volumes are
above capacity, based on MP2035 designations and/or service frequency, and
implement bike lanes depending on MP2035 designations, street widths, and pavement
quality.
3. Remove peak-hour lanes on all other corridors where traffic counts are below capacity, restore
full-time parking, and implement bike lanes depending on MP2035 designations, street widths,
and pavement quality.
4. Further evaluate peak-hour lanes on corridors that are above defined traffic volume thresholds
that have MP2035 or NextGen designations and develop recommendations for future removal
or repurposing.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · Aug 3

Support Nadir Gavarrete’s family via GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/tragic-dea...

Donate to Tragic death of my little brother Nadir, organized by Valentina Deras

My name is Valentina. I am the sister of Nadir and Carlos. My 9- year-old br… Valentina Deras needs your support for Tragic death of my little brother Nadir

www.gofundme.com

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · Aug 3

that’s probably possible but a long term fix requires changing the city charter - who manages streets is already blurry enough between LADOT and BSS

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Patrick @pjrocks.bsky.social · Aug 3

I can’t believe nothing has been done at 4th and New Hampshire *still*! What happened to the mini roundabout project?? Slow walked by bureaucracy? ladot.lacity.gov/4thstreet

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · Jul 16

Trees are essential, but LA streets need cooling now. A new initiative, ShadeLA, is launching today — racing to fill shade gaps ahead of looming megaevents with a neighborhood legacy mindset

Made in the shade

"We're trying to change the way that we as Angelenos think about our neighborhoods, so that we actually look around and say, where can there be more shade — in the same way that many of us have though...

www.torched.la

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Dr Grace Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · Jul 8

14 miles of new roadway, half is expensive car bridges. A short bike surface trail that doesn't connect across the existing barriers. LAX has no bike access from the south through Sepulveda tunnel. New bike bridge is long detour to cross new car road.
I hate it. This design must not be built.

Map showing spaghetti of 14 miles of new car roadway near LAX terminal area and Sepulveda Blvd. A new pedestrian bridge across Sepulveda and short bike path to nowhere

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · Jul 7

There are very few people staying in MacArthur Park right now, so this does seem like it's just for show. But there's a summer camp at the rec center, one of the few affordable childcare options for LA families.

Glad they could make their little propaganda video while traumatizing local kids

Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · Jul 7

Border patrol now sweeping the park

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · Jul 8

in 6 months when the people mover opens most rideshare and buses will stop going through the horseshoes which is a lot of current traffic - LAX travel is already down 10% since before the pandemic who is this for

Urbanize LA @urbanizela.bsky.social · Jul 7

Construction of 14 miles of new roadway would require relocating the airport's iconic pylons

Vehicular access to LAX set for major shakeup

Starting next year, the combination of Metro's LAX Metro Transit Center and the new LAX automated people mover will offer a new way to reach the region's busiest airport without a private automobile. ...

la.urbanize.city

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Riley Silverman @rileysilverman.bsky.social · Jun 15

If you’re in LA in a public space this month and someone tries to get you to sign a petition about wages and voting DO NOT SIGN IT.

this is businesses trying to repeal an ordinance that increases wages for workers in hospitality spaces ahead of the Super Bowl, World Cup, & Olympics.

Do not sign!

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · Jun 15

this week has been a month long

Protesters at city hall in LA being hydrated by a vendor with a rainbow umbrella

Supporters section at an LAFC game holding a sign that says “Abolish Ice” and “immigrants are the heartbeat of LA”

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · Jun 15

Arturo Obrego, a 77-year-old army veteran who hitchiked from Huntington Beach is going viral for getting hit with wooden baton by officers on horses and knocked down during today’s peaceful “No Kings” protest in DTLA. @TheGlutster ran into him at Union Station a couple of hours after the incident.

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · Jun 15

jesus christ

Brianna @briannaje.bsky.social · Jun 15

From a trusted source: Train conductor at LA Union Station made an announcement that the train would not be leaving because conductor was shot in the head by a rubber bullet on the way in. #NoKings #LosAngeles

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · Jun 11

Blumenfield motion introduced yesterday calls for eliminating parking requirements

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · Jun 7

Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.

Text reading: I had to come down to Los Angeles for Work and ended up trying to help with the raid last night. As a Bernie usefully. Waited by the entrance for detainees
We were repeatedly denied access of any kind, and eventually LAPD force removed attorneys ice. Also tear gassed a baby under age two. Today they told us to come back at eight to see the clients, but they ever refused entry to us as well as politicians, including Jimmy, Gomez, and right now. They’re releasing some kind of gas, so the Attorneys can’t breathe

Text reading: Post it so everyone knows. When we were trying to chant their rights ice honked so no one could hear.

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