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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 14h

Finally got to go on the Metro HQ helipad!

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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 9d

Sam Platinum

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BART @bart.gov · 11d

BART successfully completes installation of Next Generation Fare Gates at all 50 stations four months ahead of schedule. That’s 715 fare gates across the system that spans five counties!

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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 12d

I concur with this assessment of CAHSR.

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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 13d

I was shocked when I heard Scott Wiener say LA City Council's divided SB 79 vote helped convince state reps to vote yes on the bill. So I mapped it - sure looks like he's telling the truth! The only state reps from LA who voted for SB 79 overlap with city councilmembers who supported the bill. A 🧵:

Oops! City Council helped pass SB 79

...and in the process showed both our ugly segregationist past and our promising prohousing future.

futureis.la

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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 15d

Farmdale Station on the E Line seeing a decent amount development.

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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 18d

a man is taking a picture of himself with a cell phone and the words `` guess who 's back ... back again '' .

ALT: a man is taking a picture of himself with a cell phone and the words `` guess who 's back ... back again '' .

media.tenor.com

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Metro @metrolosangeles.bsky.social · 18d

Glendora 1951 vs 2025

Frequent transit service is back after 70-something year hiatus

A Line now open for business!

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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 20d

Oof - "Starting in January 2026, peak service will be reduced from 15 to 20 minutes on the light rail and some buses, while seven bus routes will be eliminated entirely."

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

In Dallas, Transit Cuts Reflect Long-Simmering Suburban Tensions

A suburban funding standoff has brought service cuts on Dallas Area Rapid Transit and an uncertain future for public transportation in the Texas city.

www.bloomberg.com

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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 22d

These are great!

Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 22d

The VenHub at LAX/MTC has already sold over 10k items in 100 days! Would love to see more of this around the system.

thesource.metro.net/rider-storie...

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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 23d

I believe it's this:
Alameda
Los Angeles
Orange
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco
San Mateo
Santa Clara

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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 24d

New @metrolosangeles.bsky.social map at 7th St Metro Center, plus friendly Metro Ambassadors Agustin & Kate!

Less than a week until the A Line extension to Pomona opens!

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Streets For All @streetsforall.org · 25d

SB-79 HAS PASSED THE SENATE AND IS ON ITS WAY TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK

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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 25d

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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 25d

What is the point of investing billions of dollars into transit expansion if local governments just continue block density around it? It is time for a much-needed state intervention.

Call your California State Senator to support SB79!

plaza.streetsforall.org/mailto/out/*...

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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 26d

Likewise Greg! See you around 🚲🌴

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Ethan Elkind @ethanelkind.bsky.social · 26d

The room where it has to happen, if we're going to solve our housing crisis in California. #SB79

Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 26d

It’s finally here! #SB79, Senator Scott Wiener’s bill to legalize multifamily housing near major public transit stops across California, is now up on the floor of the state assembly!

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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · 26d

8 years working at @metrolosangeles.bsky.social as of today! It's been a great ride, with more excitement ahead.

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Metro @metrolosangeles.bsky.social · 28d

25 seconds of 👀 from A Line Ext btwn Pomona-Azusa

Opening 9.19.25 at high noon

Please join us: food & music at new stations (Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne/Fairplex, Pomona North) from 11:30am-3pm

metro.net/alinetopomona/

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29d

If your downtown still has many wide and fast one-way streets, then your priority is to move cars as fast as possible thru a weak downtown. It’s NOT to create a vibrant downtown, help downtown retailers, keep people safe, support walkability and accessibility, reduce pollution, etc. #TrafficSewers

Picture of wide, blank, dead downtown street

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dailybulletin.bsky.social @dailybulletin.bsky.social · Sep 4

San Bernardino County transportation agency votes down Montclair light-rail extension trib.al/FyvItvC

San Bernardino County transportation agency votes down Montclair light-rail extension

Increasing costs and limited input cited by policymakers in their move to defund the Metro A Line extension across county lines.

trib.al

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Hunter Owens @hunterowens.net · Sep 4

I maintain that LA is the perfect ebike city, tons of 3-5 mile trips, some hills, good weather but heat is an issue, etc

The dent we can do on traffic & parking issues in LA by getting people to e-bike travel is huge. should be encouraging this on a mass scale

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Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · Sep 4

Horrifying

Oren Ben-Joseph @orenbj.bsky.social · Sep 3

SF Muni faces a $322M deficit, cutting budgets 5-7% across divisions, slowing maintenance and janitorial hiring, but preserving routes and headways.

www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...

‘It’s gutting:’ Muni to make cuts in all divisions

Regional and local ballot measures won’t be enough to patch Muni’s $322 million deficit, which will start next year.

www.sfchronicle.com