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jawshv.bsky.social
lmao amazing that even LAWA's own fact sheet says their $2 billion roadway won't reduce travel time
This project will remove over 500 cars from Sepulveda Boulevard at any given time, queuing on dedicated airport roadways. This will provide additional capacity for local traffic to get to non-airport destinations. Travel time in and out of LAX will remain roughly the same.
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
jawshv.bsky.social
honestly shocked how quickly the G Line bridge is going up over Van Nuys
Construction site showing a half built bridge of metal I bars over a road
October 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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my favorite part of this project was realizing a short 24/7 bus lane though the Los Angeles Country Club qualifies and the 1/2 mile catchment will upzone a ton of mansions in Holmby Hills (falling just short of the Playboy Mansion)
Map of Sb 79 upzoning in the City of Los Angeles near UCLA
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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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
August 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
jawshv.bsky.social
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.
August 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
jawshv.bsky.social
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”
June 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
jawshv.bsky.social
some screenshots (everything drawn and animated by me)
An animated character in a dark room in front of a strange machine and various screens a sailing ship above the grounds against a desert backdrop a large red and orange sunset sky with sea birds a character stands in a town with a storm raging around them
May 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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I know Ktown has a reputation for a terrible place to find parking, but it also is immensely walkable and transit rich and I can't imagine many people would choose a few parking spaces over spending that money on *more parks*

lacountyparkneeds.org/wp-content/r...
Screenshot of Ktown's park score compared to the average LA County neighborhood - almost the entire area is colored red for "very high need" - the worst tier A rendering of a new park in Ktown with an underground parking garage below it
May 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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without adjusting for inflation this new pocket park/underground garage is costing more than LA State Historic park which is more than 32 acres (and I think one of the best urban parks in LA)
LA State Historic Park near sunset, a large grassy field lined by trees with people walking and picnicking. The Downtown LA skyline sits in the background
May 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Of what we are calling 'residential suitable land' (everything not green on the map), Multi-family housing and commercial zoning represent 47% (almost half!) of City property tax revenue but only 12% of land
Zoning map of Los Angeles
May 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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looks like we aren't getting a budget summary from the Mayor this year (row that said "coming soon" has been deleted)
Screen shot of the LA budget website with links to the proposed budget and department categories - now without a row that used to say "Mayor budget summary: Coming soon"
April 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
jawshv.bsky.social
It's actually even worse - to prevent firing 100+ staff the Bureau of Street Lighting says they will need to focus on revenue generating contracts with DWP and may not repair streetlights for more than 2 YEARS
Until projects are determined the impact to BSL will be unknown, however the revenue target can conceivably reassign most of the Bureau’s SLMAF-funded electrical crews in Maintenance, Fortification, and Restoration to DWP projects, nearly halting streetlight repairs. Relatedly, further reductions in Hiring Hall and Overtime are immediate impacts to BSL capacity. As a result, the Bureau’s response times may double to more than two (2) years. The Bureau has no alternative offset available and would require either General Fund or another flexible source in order to repair streetlights. Without the MOU or an alternative, BSL would have to eliminate over 100 positions to balance its budget. If the ballot for the Assessment were to pass in Fall of 2025, BSL would be able to return to repairing streetlights in FY26/27.
April 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
jawshv.bsky.social
uh oh
messy map of 5 mile buffers around DTLA, Burbank, and Palmdale shaded by property tax values
April 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
jawshv.bsky.social
i think we can all agree the sidewalk is too wide here and a good way to burn $3 mil would be narrowing it 25% to fit a *second* left turn lane and chopping down 7 trees
A google street view image of the sidewalk in the Valley next to a busy street and limited shade on Balboa set to be narrowed from 13ft to 10ft to fit another left turn lane.
April 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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LA Metro this month
Meme of two people shaking hands that says "Friendship ended with bike lanes now parking is my new best friend"
April 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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For no reason, I'm think about how Metro's Vermont BRT project renderings chose to highlight the exact same intersection (3rd/Vermont) where we put up a billboard to bring attention to the deadliest street for pedestrians in the City of LA
A slide from Metro's Vermont BRT project showing how it will preserve street parking at 3rd/Vermont. A yellow billboard from the Yes on HLA campaign at 3rd/Vermont that says "In 2022 more pedestrians died on Vermont Ave than in the State of Vermont"
March 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
jawshv.bsky.social
high end sports car dealership turning into 100 apartments (11 low income) in Beverly Hills 🤙
Pending development application posted on the window of a sports car dealership in beverly hills
February 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
jawshv.bsky.social
absolutely wild that most car crashes you see in LA (likely including this one at Wilshire/Normandie) are no longer reported or added to city data
A photo of a car crash on a wet street in LA, fire trucks circle a smashed blue sedan
February 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
jawshv.bsky.social
also shout out @streetsforall.org for passing AB2147 and HLA
California decriminalized "jaywalking" in 2022, with proponents noting that citations had been disproportionately written in communities of color. And last year, L.A. voters approved a ballot measure that requires the city to add long-planned safety upgrades for cyclists and pedestrians when it repaves streets. For Norton, the history lesson reveals that shaking our "car-dominated status quo" is not a pipe dream. "It's possible to change things in ways that seem unimaginable," he said, "and the proof of that is that L.A. did that in 1925."
January 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
jawshv.bsky.social
ktown needs wider sidewalks
a fire hydrant shooting water 20 or 30 feet into the air after a car drove into it
January 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
jawshv.bsky.social
interesting to compare the state’s map with wildfire risk index from zillow
map of altadena with likelihood of wildfire matching almost exactly what burned
January 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
jawshv.bsky.social
looks like metro's new subway trains are back in service after a few weeks - for anyone looking to ride one toggle the "vehicle" layer on @catenarymaps.org and look for a 400 series vehicle on the D Line to see its location
A screen shot of Catenary Maps - a live transit tracker - showing downtown LA's subway lines and vehicles
January 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
jawshv.bsky.social
metro really said merry christmas
brand new HR4000 in service on the LA Subway, it’s roomy, bright, and clean
December 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM
jawshv.bsky.social
i think this was Metro D line staging for a while but does anyone know what’s getting built on the corner of Wilshire/Manhattan
A construction site in K town Los Angeles
December 20, 2024 at 7:45 PM
jawshv.bsky.social
walking in LA is a beautiful thing
A narrow sidewalk on Melrose Ave perfectly bisected by a street sign
December 14, 2024 at 9:11 PM