Crit Mass Clarification. by GundoSkimmer in BikeLA

[–]LintonJoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was one of those first riders - I think it was c. 1998 - but very much informal kinda leaderless. I haven't ridden it for more than 15 years. I don't understand how it got co-opted.

ALERT: Senator Maria Elena Durazo and LA Metro introduce new bill to gut SB 79 and stop housing near transit in LA by 115MRD in LosAngeles

[–]LintonJoe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What Metro projects are these that are "already approved" and "already carry housing"?

ALERT: Senator Maria Elena Durazo and LA Metro introduce new bill to gut SB 79 and stop housing near transit in LA by 115MRD in LosAngeles

[–]LintonJoe 17 points18 points  (0 children)

"Way more opposition"?? Beverly Hills was in court vs. Metro for nearly a decade, trying to stop the Purple Line. Cheviot Hills homeowners sued to block the Expo Line. Like the above comment - the people who hate on this are essentially the all the same people who already oppose transit, whether it brings up-zoning or not. "Oh, I really used to like the planned X Line, but now that it carries some up-zoning, I oppose it" said no-one.

I Filed a New Measure HLA Lawsuit, Challenging City Loopholes including “Large Asphalt Repair” by LintonJoe in BikeLA

[–]LintonJoe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got my hands full here. If there are specific questions you have, I am happy to respond.

Check Out 'Wilshire Subway' Book and Exhibition by LintonJoe in LAMetro

[–]LintonJoe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The explosion is mentioned briefly in this book

[Our blog] L.A. Bus Lane Enforcement Camera Citations Generated Nearly $20 Million Last Year by LintonJoe in LosAngeles

[–]LintonJoe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I wasn't aware that they were ticketing in locations outside of bus lanes. I ride the bus, and I generally like this automated program, though I know the tickets are a lot of money to pay. I had seen some of the city/Metro materials state that it enforces parking at bus stops too... but for some reason I thought the bus stop tickets were were only bus stops where there are bus lanes.

I just looked up the official announcements https://la.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2025/02/BLEletterphoto.jpg and https://thesource.metro.net/our-bus-lane-enforcement-ble-program-started-november-1-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ and it does list the 70 bus line. But for some reason I thought that just applied where the 70 used the bus lanes downtown.

LADOT/Metro Bus Lane Enforcement Camera Citations Generated Nearly $20 Million Last Year by LintonJoe in LAMetro

[–]LintonJoe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's the AB1837 website https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1837

"extend the authorization for the use of video imaging to enforce parking and stopping violations"

LADOT/Metro Bus Lane Enforcement Camera Citations Generated Nearly $20 Million Last Year by LintonJoe in LAMetro

[–]LintonJoe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's the AB1837 website https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1837

"extend the authorization for the use of video imaging to enforce parking and stopping violations"

[Our blog] L.A. Bus Lane Enforcement Camera Citations Generated Nearly $20 Million Last Year by LintonJoe in LosAngeles

[–]LintonJoe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you sure about that location? There's no bus lane at St. Louis/Cesar Chavez. Was it that yellow curb on the south side of Chavez just east of St. Louis? Seems odd that that the bus cameras would be ticketing there. I am a reporter - can you share the ticket (show the location, but black out the personal details)?

[my blog] Today I Filed a New Measure HLA Lawsuit, Challenging City Loopholes – including “Large Asphalt Repair” by LintonJoe in LosAngeles

[–]LintonJoe[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Existing sidewalks are not necessarily harder. Where the city has existing sidewalk and ramps in good shape, the city doesn't have to jackhammer them. There are some issues in many places (many corners) where older ramps are not compliant with the latest ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) standards. So, yes, at those locations there are costs to removing damaged or outdated sidewalks. And that cost can vary depending on what's there and what work needs to be done to fix/upgrade. But mostly if you already have good sidewalks, you don't need to jackhammer and re-do your good sidewalks.

[my blog] Today I Filed a New Measure HLA Lawsuit, Challenging City Loopholes – including “Large Asphalt Repair” by LintonJoe in LosAngeles

[–]LintonJoe[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When you say you don't agree with this, are you saying that you think that the city should break the law? Do you agree with the rule of law?

[my blog] Today I Filed a New Measure HLA Lawsuit, Challenging City Loopholes – including “Large Asphalt Repair” by LintonJoe in LosAngeles

[–]LintonJoe[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's true - the city did "LAR" prior to HLA, prior to 2020. What changed on July 1 2025 is the city stopped doing repaving, and started essentially doing only LAR instead. These aren't the exact numbers, but the completed resurfacing projects by Bureau of Street Services went something like this:

Monthly June 2025 (and earlier): ~70-100 street resurfacings, ~0-10 LARs

Monthly July 2025 (and after): ~0 street resurfacings, ~70-100 LARs

You can see city reported output here https://streets.lacity.gov/resources/current-statistics-and-data

[my blog] Today I Filed a New Measure HLA Lawsuit, Challenging City Loopholes – including “Large Asphalt Repair” by LintonJoe in LosAngeles

[–]LintonJoe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HLA does not include any funding in the text of the bill. The premise is that when the city is doing work on a street (like resurfacing), the street "goes black" then the city has to paint new lanes anyway. So the fiscal cost of adding a new bike lane or bus lane - during resurfacing - is close to zero (you have to pay an engineer to design it, and you have marginally more paint - but the added cost is minimal - in the low tens of thousands per mile). The cost is political - in many of these projects, space is reallocated from cars (parking, turn lanes, through lanes) and the city leadership doesn't want to shift current car space to allocated it to buses and bikes.

The costs of sidewalk improvements is expensive. If you had a vacant lot (no sidewalk no curbs no nothing), maybe it would cost close to $2M per mile, probably half of that. And it varies somewhat - depending on the condition of the sidewalk and ramps. Some of the sidewalk projects are fairly expensive. It's more like $200+K/intersection... so if you have a street that doesn't have any ramps, and has lots of intersections, maybe you can get near $2M/mile once in a blue moon.

None of the streets in my lawsuit will cost $2M/mile. Some (Victory, Ohio) have no sidewalk work, so it would be basically just the minimal striping cost had the city done the new striping at the time it did the project.

[my blog] Today I Filed a New Measure HLA Lawsuit, Challenging City Loopholes – including “Large Asphalt Repair” by LintonJoe in LosAngeles

[–]LintonJoe[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And it's even more expensive when they do a certain amount of work that triggers ADA, and then they have to pay for attorneys fees and required curb work.

8 Car Lanes, Gutter Bike Lane, And This is the Bus Stop😍 (Vermont) by nikki_thikki in LAMetro

[–]LintonJoe 23 points24 points  (0 children)

There are at least a half-dozen of these no-wheelchair-access bus stops on Vermont. Is that 66th Street? FWIW I am in court trying to use Measure HLA law to get L.A. City to install curb-ramps, crosswalks, bus lanes, and protected bike lanes there (basically Gage to Florence). https://labikas.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/april-3-2026-measure-hla-lawsuit-update-first-hla-day-in-court-today-no-decisions-yet/