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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

probably related to CAHSR changing their engineering requirements to allow for steeper max grades. Looks like a lot less tunneling

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Metamodernism @metamodernism.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

But the craziest part to me is that Metro is spending nearly $1 billion to extend the A line one stop that’s already served by Metrolink, using $800 million in SB 125 transit bailout funds meant to preserve service through COVID

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Metamodernism @metamodernism.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If I try to tell the average person that Metrolink is nuking service during record-high gas prices because the OCTA and Metro CEOs hate the Metrolink CEO, they probably won’t believe me, but it’s true

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

also Ayala should be a huge improvement over Ara. Excited about Rex, he unprompted brought up signal preemption on the A Line in his recent interview with Bonin

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

it’s such a good highway to boulevard candidate

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wow! Former LA city heat officer Marta Segura brings receipts after Karen Bass' statements in last week's environmental policy mayoral debate. Bass said Segura was removed due to her office's supposed failure to complete a climate action plan. Read here: martaspeaks.medium.com/the-real-cit...

What the record shows
Three facts, all in public documents linked at the end. 1. The ordinance that created my office never assigned the Climate Action
and Adaptation Plan to CEMO. 2. When the City funded that plan in 2024, the $1.5 million went to the City Administrative Officer to hire a consultant to get it done through our CAO's budget office, and a Climate Impact Team was created there. This
Mayor signed that budget. 3. The Mayor's own climate plan, published in April 2026, states that the CAO's budget office was instructed to develop the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. (A consultant also created this, with minimal
community input.) So the Mayor put the climate plan in another department, paid for it there, and wrote that decision into her own climate plan. Then, at the forum, she said my office failed to finish it, when it was never our assignment, and gave that as the reason to cut the office and remove the founding Chief Heat
Officer. Both accounts cannot be true.

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

maybe I'm a cynic but I can't imagine this not leading to half the board being freeway expansion boosters

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

yeah i populated the wrong year, this is 2025 dates

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Kirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Mayor Bass is pushing the state legislature to put into *state law* that cities with over 2 million people (only LA) cannot reduce the # of car lanes of a road that leads into a cemetery without mayoral approval. Just to kill this desperately needed bike lane project.

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

it's just a coincidence that the 'community voices' Bass listens to are the same ones that have spent hundreds of thousands on lobbyists trying to kill this 1 mile road safety project www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Bass hit brakes on new bike lanes near Forest Lawn. Raman is now slamming her for it

Mayor Bass paused a traffic safety plan on Forest Lawn Drive after community pushback. Safety advocates and Councilmember Raman say a fatal crash shows that was a bad decision.

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Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

So when Bass, with an almost unimaginable tone-deafness, bragged tonight that Sherman Oaks Homeowners Assn members have her cell number, I must point out that we have evidence direct from her mouth on how these calls influence her. In January, while public comment was ongoing in the metro board-

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We're working on a handful of improvements but ridership.streetsforall.org now has D Line ridership data (starting from mid 2025)

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Ryan Fonseca @ryan-fonseca.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Los Angeles' public safety approach in a nutshell: $20 million settlement vs. $250K for crosswalk safety upgrades added too late to make the difference for this young boy and his family.

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Los Angeles to pay $20 million to teen who lost leg in Boyle Heights hit-and-run

Joshua Mora lost his leg at 13 years old after being hit by a motorcycle in a crosswalk. He sued the city, saying officials knew the intersection was dangerous.

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

the council charter reform votes have resulted in some very strange schisms

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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

So why can't we have people in charge of transit that really truly believe in it? Read my deep dive on what to consider when rethinking transit governance -- and the one change we could make right now to get true transit champions.

ericacbarnett.substack.com

How Do We Get Transit Champions on Transit Boards?

Sound Transit's board is dominated by elected officials who don't use the system they oversee. But it doesn't have to be that way.

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

great write up on E line delays - signal preemption advocacy is one of my favorite projects to emerge organically out of the SFA slack

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Fair Rep LA @fairrepla.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

If you have time today, we advise also calling the offices of the members of City Council's Rules Committee to tell them which reforms you want on the November ballot (*especially* Council expansion, RCV, and LAPD accountability!) Phone numbers below & in alt text:

IF YOU ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE CALL, PLEASE CALL:
COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON’S OFFICE

Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Council President, Council District 8:
213-473-7008
Nithya Raman, Council District 4: 213-473-7004
Katy Yaroslavsky, Council District 5: 213–473-7005
John Lee, Council District 12: 213-473-7012
Hugo Soto-Martinez, Council District 13: 213-473-7013

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

fun fact, Metro can preserve all the outdoor seating on Broadway if they get rid of about 14 parking spaces

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Alternatively, we could limit vehicle traffic on Broadway while still allowing high quality transit and local business access. There are examples of successful Transit Malls in SF, Seattle, Portland, and more Between 3-4th (Grand Central Market) is the no-brainer spot to test this

A streetmix example of a transit mall, where only buses and local access is allowed

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

What's wild is that Metro is doing all of this to preserve street parking in what is probably the most walkable and transit rich area in all of LA. If you remove the parking, then you can keep the entire pedestrianized seating area

A streetmix screenshot showing no parking, and a full pedestrianized seating area

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Some advocated have been asking Metro to stick bus lanes on a parallel street, like Hill, but IMO that's a bad idea, mostly because it makes turning onto Cesar Chavez to get to Sunset or Union Station very awkward due to the grade separation. It would slow down the BRT

A screenshot showing Hill St passing over Cesar Chavez, while Broadway intersects allowing left and right turns

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Even worse, these improvements were a rehearsal for LA's long delayed Broadway Streetscape Plan. This would have expanded the sidewalk space permanently Instead, funding for Broadway Streetscape plan is now planning on being spent to remove pedestrian space and help build the bus lanes!

Screenshot from Metro's Broadway Streetscape Plan showing planters, trees, and a streetcar

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Metro is saying that that there isn't enough room to fit two bus lanes along with travel lanes and parking, and that the wider pedestrianized area need to be shrunk in half (this effectively means no outdoor dining). Screenshots from a presentation last Monday

screenshot of a metro slidedeck showing the pedestrianized space shrinking

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Metro is finally working on their Broadway "quick-build" BRT (5 years ago this was supposed to be a 2 year project). Overall it'll be a massive improvement for transit riders, but in DTLA Metro is proposing shrinking pedestrianized space which is a big issue

Google streetview photo showing pedestrianized space with tables and chairs

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

pop/job density is weirdly really similar, but Seattle definitely benefits from being a narrow isthmus which allows much more efficient transit coverage

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

maybe K Line North Phase 1 as well if we get our shit together

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

kinda astounding how close Seattle is getting to LA's total rail ridership (4.8m to 6.3m) that said by the time the next major rail project opens in Seattle we should be able to ride the D Line, Southeast Gateway Line, and NSFV light rail

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Nithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Los Angeles is failing people with disabilities. When the city neglects the basics, everyone suffers, but the people who need these services most are hit the hardest. (1/2)

A woman in a wheelchair sits in front of text highlighting LA's 30,000 sidewalk repair requests and the impact on wheelchair users, the blind, and seniors.

Colorful poster reads “Disabled Angelenos have long waits for accessible paratransit and limited accessible uber availability” with standing walker figure.

Yellow poster with “Even finding a place to live is a problem. The city’s affordable housing doesn’t meet accessibility requirements. A decade after promising to fix this, the city is still falling short.” Blind figure with seeing eye dog.

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Let's hope the city comes up with more concrete ways to honor disabled athletes, like a commitment to fixing sidewalks and installing curb ramps — as megaevent czar Paul Krekorian said, an accessibility plan is coming. I'd also like to note the length of Olympic Boulevard vs. Paralympic Way

A map of the entire length of Olympic Boulevard in LA, the former 10th Street, which stretches pretty much across the center of the entire city

39th Street between Figueroa and Main shows up as a very very tiny section on the same map

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Metti Mart | Transit Art @mettimart.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Hey all, I’m Greg, and I’m an LA-based artist that’s passionate about transit, so I illustrate posters with the hope that it inspires others to give transit a try.

A digitally illustrated poster of the Wilshire/Western station in Koreatown.

A digitally illustrated poster of LA Union Station that shows the A, B, and D Metro lines, Metrolink, and Amtrak.

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🚨 LA's park system has dropped to 93 out of 100 U.S. cities — our worst-ever rankings in the Trust for Public Lands' ParkScore index. Last year we were 90th. The year before that we were 88th. A decade ago, we were 65th. Go here for the disheartening data: www.tpl.org/city/los-ang...

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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 19/05/2026

Woohoo! @metrolosangeles.bsky.social credit/debit card payments are now live!!!

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

idk, less than $1b to cut 30% of the travel time is REALLY good. Should end up close to the trip time/length of the C Line which is the fastest light rail in LA

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

imo this is one of the cooler transit projects happening in LA right now that hasn’t gotten much attention. Metro should be doing far more low cost/high reward upgrades to the existing system

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Nithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Airbnb is the biggest funder of a PAC spending $1,000,000 to keep Karen Bass in office. Right there in the fine print. Bass delivers the policy Airbnb wants. Airbnb spends millions to elect Bass. Angelenos pay higher rents. Pay-to-play. In the open. With receipts.

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Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Today’s jubilant D Line opening really showed the promise of positive urbanism. People are starving for community and human-scale cities. The lawns of LACMA across the street were packed with people picnicking and listening to the jazz band, the neighborhoods were popping, people seeing our D line

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

flagged for me that because this is a parcel tax it will need a 2/3rd threshold to pass in November

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Nazarian submitted a banger motion to tax country clubs in LA extra to make up for Prop 13 and spend the funds on street infrastructure + other stuff quick math this would raise about $300m for the City and triple property taxes for most private golf courses cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2...

cityclerk.lacity.org

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

There’s some nuance the video doesn’t touch but the short answer is LA is both broke and underinvesting in maintenance. Last budget only funded 300 curb ramps, allowing ~60 lane miles of repaving (City has over 25k) We are also terrible at delivering the ramps efficiently which is its own problem

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Christopher Knight LAT @knightlat.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Ananda Coomaraswamy famously said museums are where we proudly display the artifacts of a way of life that has become impossible. A new mass transit subway stop nextdoor to a car museum makes a terrific A1 photo in today’s LA Times, by Carlin Stiehl.

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

hilarious parking is in the automobile museum

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

no, but taking a look at what was installed 2020-21 the only big changes would be CD9 built 4 lane miles that are now in CD14 CD4 built 1 lane mile that is now in CD2

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josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I only counted class 4 protected bike lanes

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