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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 10h

Going through some Donald Shoup stuff - remembered I made these two Parking Comics one-pagers a decade ago #shoupista

Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 11h

It's worth mentioning that these meetings are being promoted by an L.A. City neighborhood council with the word "hills" in its name - so some anti-bus-lane folks are very likely to show up. Join the meeting and express your support!

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Damien Newton @damientypes.bsky.social · 14h

Mea cupla on me. I wrote in this piece that legislation the governor doesn't sign or veto receives a "pocket veto." While that's true in D.C. and New Jersey (where I once worked as a lobbyist), but not in California. If Newsom doesn't act on leg., it becomes law.

cal.streetsblog.org/2025/10/06/l...

Legislative Update: The Final Countdown - Streetsblog California

With one week left, we're waiting for word on five pieces of legislation

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 13h

Metro is planning bus lanes on Sunset Blvd through Hollywood - attend a virtual meeting today-Wed 3pm or next Tues 10am www.hhwnc.org/news/metro-p...

Metro Plan for Bus Lanes on Sunset Blvd Wants Stakeholder Input – Hollywood Hills West

News from Metro Metro is planning improvements to make traveling on Sunset Boulevard easier and more reliable. As a valued stakeholder, you are invited to join an upcoming virtual stakeholder brief...

www.hhwnc.org

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 1d

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

Streetsblog L.A. @streetsblogla.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 1d

Most of you just have to fill in one circle - the easiest vote in years. Please vote Yes on 50. If you're a voter, mark and send your ballot back today. Do it early! la.streetsblog.org/2025/10/07/s...

Streetsblog California Endorsement: Yes on Prop 50 - Streetsblog California

Prop 50 reaffirms Californians’ desire to set higher clean air standards, and build transportation projects that don’t worsen the global spiral into climate disaster.

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Streetsblog L.A. @streetsblogla.bsky.social · 1d

New SGV Podcast: the City of Baldwin Park supports residents harmed by ICE, and a preview of Nicola Pieper's documentary film #AllThatShe, a poetic portrait of 67 women, including many from the SGV la.streetsblog.org/2025/10/07/s...

SGV Connect 142: Baldwin Park Responds to ICE and All That She - Streetsblog Los Angeles

Baldwin Park’s immigrant relief efforts and a San Gabriel Valley filmmaker’s global portrait of women highlight this week’s SGV Connect podcast

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 2d

Long Beach has selected locations for its Speed Camera pilot program - they now anticipate installing cameras in Spring 2026, and issuing actual citations in Fall 2026 longbeach.primegov.com/viewer/previ...

PDF Viewer - OneMeeting

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Streetsblog L.A. @streetsblogla.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 2d

Reflections on last week's #WeekWithoutDriving in a city that still refuses to acknowledge the existence of its nondrivers — which a comprehensive new report claims make up one-third of LA's population

One-third of Angelenos do not drive

Walking back the "car-free" games promise is unconscionable in a city where the people who don't drive are also the most vulnerable users of our streets

www.torched.la

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 2d

Read more about Donald Shoup, his life and his work at luskin.ucla.edu/remembering-...

Remembering Donald Shoup

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 5d

My sketch of most of the speakers

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 5d

More Shoup memorial photos

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 5d

At UCLA for the celebration of the life and work of Donald Shoup 1938-2025 #DonShoup #shoupista #shoupistas

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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 5d

Tragedies like this are a reminder of the need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. Let's electrify our trains, run more service, and get people out of their cars so we can rely less on refineries. #ElectrifyMetrolink

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

A fireball lit up the sky across the Los Angeles area on Thursday night after an explosion at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, alarming nearby residents who said it felt like an earthquake. The cause of the explosion was not clear. No injuries were reported. nyti.ms/42pPCaW

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 5d

Semantics of car crash headlines sad dark humor #232: fatal crash "involving power pole". I wonder how the power pole got involved? (Language is reminiscent of the "officer involved shooting" euphemism) www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/2...

2 killed, 2 injured in crash involving power pole in North Hollywood

Two people were killed in a crash involving a power pole in North Hollywood early Friday.

www.nbclosangeles.com

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 5d

This is messed up on a bunch of levels, but basically:

1) New gov rules usually require a public comment period unless there's an emergency, which this ... isn't.
2) NY is basically now being punished for *following laws* re: hiring minority contractors, which the Trump admin can't just rewrite

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 5d

BG: Sec. Duffy put out a release saying that "the Democrats' shutdown" will prevent him from conducting a civil rights review necessary to keep the 2nd Avenue Subway and Hudson Tunnel projects moving, because a government rule requires it.

But Duffy *wrote that rule* just hours before the release.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 5d

I hasten to say: that RC opening is a really good thing - more 1-seat rides, fewer transfers - a big benefit to riders. But it contributed to somewhat fewer B/D riders, so B/D did not (yet) recover from pandemic ridership loss.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 5d

Alongside remote work, a factor that accounts for some B Line ridership plateauing (since 2023) is opening of Regional Connector. Prior to RC, some trips (including to Union Station) sort of forced a transfer onto B/D Line "trunk". The Regional Connector eliminated those transfers onto B Line.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6d

Make your own Metro ridership graphs here: data.streetsforall.org/blog/ridersh...

It’s hard to use LA Metro’s ridership dashboard. We built a new one.

Visualize, filter, and download LA Metro ridership data with our new dashboard. We made it easy see how bus and rail lines have changed over time - a significant improvement over Metro's antiquated do...

data.streetsforall.org

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6d

This @streetsforall.org Metro ridership graphing tool is nice. Here's all Metro rail ridership graphed for the last decade. I can see pandemic, regional connector opening, etc.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6d

Oh boy - another bike survey! I'm still waiting for a single Metro Freeway survey... nonetheless... you can now take a survey about Metro Bike Share www.surveymonkey.com/r/MBS2025_em...

Metro Bike Share 2025 Survey

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

www.surveymonkey.com

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6d

Ooooh! @streetsforall.org built a handsome new interface for viewing graphs of Metro ridership data data.streetsforall.org/blog/ridersh...

It’s hard to use LA Metro’s ridership dashboard. We built a new one.

Visualize, filter, and download LA Metro ridership data with our new dashboard. We made it easy see how bus and rail lines have changed over time - a significant improvement over Metro's antiquated do...

data.streetsforall.org

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Families for Safe Streets @familiesforsafestreets.org · 6d

Who are non drivers?

@nrdc.org repport finds:

-34 million disabled people
-47 million young people (over 10 who don't own cars)
-5.6 million people who are 75+
-Millions of others who don't own their own vehicle

#WeekWithoutDriving

www.nrdc.org/resources/wh...

Who Doesn’t Have a Car?

A new NRDC map shows car-free living and the factors affecting car usage in United States.

www.nrdc.org

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