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.
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Bike-Share Round-Up: Multiple Motions At Tomorrow’s Metro Board Meeting
Last month, after a fairly lengthy debate, the Metro Board of Directors approved an $11 million contract to bring bike-share to downtown Los Angeles....
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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Santa Monica celebrates 150 years with citywide events, microgrants and a summer kickoff at State of the City
The following is a submission from the City of...
Pacific Park’s Ferris Wheel to Shine with 90-Foot-Tall Animated American Flag for Fourth of July
Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier will celebrate...
A View on the Ongoing Attack on Southern California
I was doing my weekend jog on the beach...
Metro Responds to Issues Resulting from ICE Raids and Protests
This article also appears at Streetsblog. All images via...