Joe Linton
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Joe Linton is editor of Los Angeles Streetsblog. He is also a longtime urban environmental activist. His main areas of interest have been restoring the Los Angeles River and fostering bicycling for everyday transportation. He’s worked for many Los Angeles livability non-profits, including Friends of the L.A. River, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, C.I.C.L.E., Livable Places, and CicLAvia. He also served as deputy to Los Angeles City Councilmember Ed Reyes.
Competition for Breeze? Metro Bikes Coming to Venice
On Wednesday, the Metro Planning and Programming Committee approved funding to expand Metro Bike Share in 2017. Operated by Bicycle Transit Systems, Metro Bike...
Previewing This Week’s New Urbanism Film Festival
This week the annual New Urbanism Film Festival returns to Los Angeles. The grand opening is Thursday night! There are plenty of screenings, plus walking tours,...
We’ve Had a Hundred Years of Zoning and the World Is Getting Worse
This article originally appeared on Streetsblog Los Angeles.This week marks a noteworthy anniversary. The first city-scale zoning law in the United States was enacted on...
Eyes on the Street: Metro Expo Line 2 Has Parking Available
Someone get the word out to all those eager Metro Expo Line riders that the L.A. Times, Los Angeles Magazine and KTLA5 were so concerned...
L.A. and Santa Monica Finalize Terms For Five Venice Bike-Share Stations
This piece originally ran in Streetsblog Los Angeles.Yesterday, The Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee approved terms for five Breeze bike-share stations to be located...
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The following is a submission from the City of...
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