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.
Reps Pelosi, Lieu Tout “Grow” Transportation Bill
Elected officials, labor leaders, and Metro's CEO assembled this morning to call on Congress to pass a long-term transportation bill. In order to highlight the...
Butts Stands Up for Santa Monica, Metro Approves County-Wide Bike Share Plan
(Note: This story originally appeared in Streetsblog Los Angeles)This morning, the Metro Board of Directors approved its $11 million contract with Bicycle Transit Systems...
Opinion: Let Bike-Share Flourish in DTLA, Santa Monica, and Long Beach
Earlier this week, we ran an editorial by Assemblymember Richard Bloom with other Westside elected officials calling on Metro to "delay its decision" on a 1,000-bike bike-share...
Metro Planning Committee Approves Bike Share Contract
Santa Monica Next Editor Jason Islas contributed to this report, which originally appeared in Streetsblog Los Angeles.As expected, at yesterday’s meeting the Metro Planning...
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The following was first posted by Santa Monica DOT.The...
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