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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Leaving Cynwyd and CHW at hourly is a big mistake. Majority of CHW does not share a walkshed with CHE, plus better CH station. Just connect it to the main line at 16th Cynwyd has low ridership bc of low service, has good TOD potential, and best line for a Girard infill as trips are already short

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Quick reminder that @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is siphoning billions of dollars previously earmarked for affordable housing and transit and giving it to refineries and other polluters, resulting in disastrous cuts to our main statewide funding mechanisms

Chart showing approximately 80% funding cuts for various state-wide affordable housing, transit, clean air, and drinking water programs due to reduced funding for Tier 3 cap-and-invest programs

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thank you for pushing so hard for this bill. It’s extremely disappointing that it died in the final hours, but in my opinion it succeeded in drawing more attention than ever before to the need for condo defect reform. Please keep iterating!

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Why is @asmrickzbur.bsky.social hosting a fundraiser for Karen Bass with former Ticketmaster CEO Fred Rosen, who is opposing the Sepulveda line in AD51 and has a long history of berating civil servants and electeds with misogynistic hate— including these messages to @lindseyphorvath.bsky.social?

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Jacob Wasserman @jacoblwasserman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

More crosswalk improvements from @lacity.bsky.social in Westwood Village and the North Village in response to the North Westwood Neighborhood Council's requests, in support of both the @la28games.bsky.social Olympic/Paralympic Village and the many car-less students there: @connorwebb.bsky.social

Sidewalk Repair Program Package No. 88 (LA28) Gantt chart

Sidewalk Repair Program Package No. 88 (LA28) locations

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Literally the only time I want to be treated like a car is when I am waiting at a light and drivers feel the need to honk at me to move over so they can turn right on red around me (which is illegal anyways). Or just ban right on red like a functional society

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

“Biking advocates are not good people, unlike me, a guy who killed someone while driving”

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Cordilleran Margin @cordilleranmargin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

From 2008: [David] Halberstam’s daughter, Julia, in a letter to the court. “But Kevin Jones has shown chronic carelessness behind the wheel and his behavior must change.”

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I keep shouting this from the mountain tops. When a transit project touts an “average” 7.5 min wait/transfer time for their 15 min headways, that is irrelevant info— we have to plan for 15! If the E line takes 46 min on average but 6 trips every rush hour are taking an hour, we plan for an hour

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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 26/06/2026

The E Line takes 47 minutes to go from DTLA to Santa Monica - often slower than driving. Ten years ago, it took 46. This is not an accident - it's a policy failure. A group of volunteers, including me, decided to do something about it. 🧵

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The train slower than a cyclist

A grassroots group of volunteers - including me - is working to speed up LA's transit.

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Jacob Wasserman @jacoblwasserman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The first Safe Sidewalks LA improvements the North Westwood Neighborhood Council asked for, on a particularly atrocious section of sidewalk on Gayley, are constructed! @connorwebb.bsky.social

BEFORE
AFTER

SIDEWALK REPAIRS
ON GAYLEY AVENUE

RECENT PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
IN NORTH WESTWOOD

THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD
MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY
FOR ADVOCATING FOR
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUED SIDEWALK AND
STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

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Jacob Wasserman @jacoblwasserman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Exciting: newly painted crosswalk and newly added stop line at the mid-block crossing connecting both halves of Westwood Park across Sepulveda Boulevard, on a major bike and ped route. Now to get the curb ramps added! @connorwebb.bsky.social @ladotofficial.bsky.social

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Jacob Wasserman @jacoblwasserman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

And now the North Village sidewalk improvements NWWNC called for are part of the @lacity.bsky.social @la28games.bsky.social Games Capital Infrastructure Program: apps.engineering.lacity.gov/uprs/report/... Reported by @awalkerinla.bsky.social: www.torched.la/today-feels-... @connorwebb.bsky.social

Capital Infrastructure Program (CIP)
Project Information Report
Athletes' Village Venue Approach Project

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The Washington alignment never made sense. 90% of the benefits will be achieved with 15 min metrolink service (including HSR-enabling projects like LinkUS, commerce flyover, electrification, etc) + Pico Rivera Station and Rosemead BRT. Whittier Blvd would be complementary rather than duplicative

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

You lose 10-25% parking due to the altered sight triangles and associated additional daylighting. A 3’ buffer is required, and cyclists can’t leave the lane to pass, so they need to be wider to allow passing. So 5’ for a painted bike lane vs ~9-12’ for protected. Worthwhile tradeoff nonetheless

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Those are ~3-4’ lanes (gutter is excluded from width). It’s about whats comfortable and safe for all ages and abilities. AASHTO/NACTO emphasize it for a reason. Passing in intersections, where the risk is highest, is dangerous design. Getting pressed by a commuter on an e-scooter is stressful, etc

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

NACTO and AASHTO now emphasize this need, but cities made their own outdated standards years ago and dismiss it. Broadway’s other main issue is not rebuilding curb ramps to dual unidirectional, meaning things like protected intersections/corner islands become nearly impossible to include.

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

My thing is that cities around here haven’t learned the importance of designing for side-by-side riding/passing in PBL width. 6’ is fine for a few blocks, but not entire corridors like Westwood or Broadway that need to accommodate young kids, elderly patients, commuters on e-bikes, e-scooters etc.

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

SMC is supposedly adding some student housing on their parking lot, but if they keep Airport Ave where it is now (which is what phase 3B seems to show), then that entire strip to the south also needs to be dedicated for mixed use. I’m sure the Mar vista homeowners would despise it, which I love

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Koretz also removed Westwood blvd from the mobility plan’s protected bike lane network. I’m thankful Katy has pushed it forward anyways, but the recent 99 ranch crash goes to show that those delays=lives lost

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

As a resident I’m confident that it would be supported by the current council. A few have even semi-seriously expressed interest in a Wilshire tram, but I think that is because they view D line as infeasible in the next 20 years. It’s still top of WSCCOG priorities for a reason

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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 06/02/2026

Vista Del Mar 2017: City installs then removes safety improvements 2021-2025: More people die Pershing Dr 2017: City installs then removes bike lanes 2026: Pregnant mom killed Westwood Bl 2015: Koretz removes Westwood from Mobility Plan Today: 3 killed michaelschneider.medium.com/las-darkest-...

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LA’s darkest hour

Last Saturday around 6pm, Regan Cole-Graham, a mother of two and pregnant with her third, was out on a bike ride with her husband and two…

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Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur @asmrickzbur.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Proud to introduce #AB1740 to modernize coastal permitting in urban, transit-rich cities to support climate oriented transit and housing policies. Thank you to sponsors @cityofsantamonica.bsky.social, @streetsforall.org & @abundanthousingil.bsky.social!

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Not necessarily true, the operations plan has always been that there will be an separate Merced-SF service as part of phase 1, and an SF-Sacramento service via san jose-gilroy-merced-modesto-stockton after phase 2 (Link21 could ultimately change the latter plan, but thats not certain)

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Jacob Wasserman @jacoblwasserman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

@cityofsantamonica.bsky.social Big Blue Bus becomes the 1st agency in the state to add yield signs to buses, saving time at every stop. Thanks @caltransit.bsky.social for sponsoring the state bill authorizing and @electdanhall.bsky.social and @nzernitskaya.bsky.social for moving this locally for me!

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Like @nickandert.bsky.social, I've spent too many hours with 1930s drawings to find storm sewers, pipelines, etc in LA. A county-wide unified "3D Underground" utility map seems like something that could streamline planning from megaprojects to DIY home improvements www.enr.com/articles/620...

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All-Utility Underground Map Coming for New York City

Instead of having utility representatives mark each site, 3D Underground would let project planners work more independently.

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Idk, preliminary ESFV design had dangerously wide 12’-14’ lanes and 10’-14’ “TBD Areas” that will prob end up being 8’ parking. Space for straddle bents or pillars, and I imagine catenary could be integrated into viaduct where needed to save width (like at stations). Def not $4B

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Los Angeles is almost certainly the worst governed major blue city in the entire country at this point

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

ideal would’ve been a modified alt 4 on van Nuys. Alt 4 was 4.2B cheaper than alt 5, so I’d expect modified alt 4 to be significantly cheaper, even with a more difficult portal. Could even add back a station at magnolia (instead of Sherman way for better spacing and not duplicating ESFV)

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Not in lower density sprawl. Most new light metros (like STC) are majority elevated where feasible. Vancouver skytrain, Montreal REM, much of grand Paris express, Taipei, etc. Quicker and cheaper to build, so if we ever want to see non-measure M projects in our life we need to embrace elevated

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

That would be an awful outcome. It’s so important for the future to get those mainline connections at Van Nuys and Norwalk with rapid transit (I do not consider ESFV rapid transit in its current state)

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Not the view in this case, but the sunlight

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I don't take fully underground as a win. LA loves to keep transit and riders out of sight. Now we have to pay a few billion more dollars, get less stations, and ensure transit riders do not see the light of day because SOHA didn't want to see a train. Sets a dangerous precedent for phase 2 as well

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Q&A3: “Public entities should not structure the scope of work to avoid ADA obligations to provide curb ramps when resurfacing a roadway… resurfacing only between crosswalks may be regarded as an attempt to circumvent a public entity’s obligation under the ADA…”

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Of note, it is explicitly illegal to do this according to the DOJ/DOT joint technical guidance Q&A. And as soon as a crosswalk is touched, the curb ramp requirement still applies. 2013 DOJ/DOT technical guidance: archive.ada.gov/doj-fhwa-ta.... Follow up Q&A: archive.ada.gov/doj-fhwa-ta-...

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DOJ/DOT on Requirements to Provide Curb Ramps when Streets, Roads, or Highways are Altered through Resurfacing

The ADA Home Page provides access to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations for businesses and State and local governments, technical assistance materials, ADA Standards for Accessible Desi...

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I agree if feds don't approve an alternative plan at mixed-traffic stations, then that would definitely preempt CPUC and they will issue a ruling. But until then, CPUC was very careful in their wording of "this regulatory requirement is preempted in this instance by federal requirements"

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Caltrain must've gotten approval from feds to use mini-highs on public track, and were even building mini-highs into early 2025. As another example, metrolink newly-built Burbank airport station to 8" ATR while these 49 CFR 37.42 was in effect, on publicly-owned track shared with freight

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

In the SBCTA case there is no freight, and therefore ADA preempted by requiring level platforms (it specifically says "preempted in this instance"). With freight, ADA would not preempt because ADA requirements could be met while still complying with 26-D, so an exemption would still be needed

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Clearly not true. For example, none of caltrain's or metrolinks platform mods on public track since this requirement have included level boarding (so they meet (b) via (c) and got approved as in (d).

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Paragraph (b) and (c) seem fairly clear to me

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The ADA only requires boarding from level platforms for stations that do not share track with existing freight, like Arrow. For mixed traffic, the requirement is only 8" platforms and provisions to allow accessible boarding (lifts, mini-highs, etc), so I think CPUC would still need to approve

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I got a very different impression from the DOT study. Their point seemed to be that there is a conflict, but imperfect mitigations exist.

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 22/09/2025

Not one white elected official who represents the City of LA, at the city or state level, supported SB 79. These legislators placed themselves in a long tradition of white leaders supporting zoning rules to keep brown people out of their white constituents' neighborhoods.

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

By far the bigger issue for travel times is the removal of station bypass tracks for express service in the Central Valley after phase 1. They will have to eliminate most express service, and there’s no chance any remaining express will run close to 220 next to platforms

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I recently sent a letter to Katy Yaroslavsky showing that upzoning mostly along commercial corridors (as CHIP does) will exacerbate health disparities. Today, she was the deciding "yes" vote to oppose SB 79, knowingly reinforcing social determinants of health and health inequities in LA.

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

On the NEC, Amtrak specifies 24'6" normal contact-wire height. And double-stack already operates in the US under wires in multiple places. For example, CSX runs double stack under SEPTA wires on the West Trenton Line youtu.be/T0aIe-ZfUN8?...

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CSX & SEPTA Neshaminy Falls Action!

YouTube video by Trenton Line Railfan

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Streets For All @streetsforall.org · 17/07/2025

✅ PASSED ASSEMBLY LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: SB 79 by @scottwiener.bsky.social that would end the exclusionary housing policies that have made housing more expensive and transit inaccessible, allowing more people to live within walking distance of quality transit and boosting ridership.

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Connor Webb @connorwebb.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I think AB2503 would take care of that portion since it stays within existing ROW

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