Also Switzerland: buses can turn left from the right-turn lane, effectively using it as a queue-jump lane, because our actuated and adaptive traffic light will take care of emptying it before the bus arrive.

Support bus lanes on the Westside: - Santa Monica Blvd west of Beverly Hills - Sepulveda Boulevard between UCLA & LAX - combined north-south La Cienega Blvd & Jefferson Blvd corridor from West Hollywood to Westchester [cont'd]

Most L.A. voters undecided about mayor's race, with support for Bass at 20%, poll finds

Today is probably the first time I feel this thing is not that far away from being ready for prime time. Still a lot of work, but I hope we can have this online by the end of April 🤞🤞🤞

"I don't believe that anyone in the city knows what the books are now." Zev Yaroslavsky warns state legislators that LA28's opaque budget could stick the city and state with a huge bill — his construction metaphor is very good as is his reminder that in 1984 there was no financial backstop from LA

"Major transit stop": how these 3 words are defined determines what can be built where, throughout CA. Thrilled to share my latest (wonkiest?) @uclaits.bsky.social & @uclalewiscenter.bsky.social research—an interactive site at the intersection of transit & zoning: its.ucla.edu/major-transi... (1/12)

Now that incentives for zoning liberalization are out, and build-to-rent single-family housing is effectively banned, I think the ROAD to Housing Act might do more harm than good. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Endorsing literally the worst big-city mayor in the country—who doesn’t just oppose new housing, but actively fights it—is completely disqualifying. He is shameless. He needs to be trounced in 2028.

Gov. Newsom says he ‘broadly’ supports L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’ reelection bid

I don't know what to call this...a map, a hierarchy, something else? Either way, putting some thoughts on transit signal priority together. I think this covers all the strategies used in Madison, but there are likely more.

Yimby Ur-Text

Look at the size of the waterway reserve for the Tamsui River and wildlife in Taipei. 10-20 story housing building everywhere it is safe, clustered density at MRT transit stops.

Today's detailed deep dive by Maylin Tu @maylin.bsky.social on the long struggles for streets/sidewalks accessible to disabled Angelenos la.streetsblog.org/2026/02/27/d...

My ChatGPT prompts: “It should have the promise of meaning, it should be decipherable, everything should be spelled right and it should make sense”

An interesting example of how reconnecting the street grid for cars isn't the go-to solution for urban design in Italy. When this large former industrial precinct was redeveloped in the early 2000s, the cul-de-sac roads that ended at the factory walls were reconnected just for peds, with small gates

A concentration camp that meets ADA requirements. Very professional and ethical of the architect of record.

Buy American requirements that lead to setting up bespoke plants with workforces with no previous experience producing the kind of vehicle made at the plant lead to this problem, it's how American railcars wind up having all sorts of bizarre problems too.

#headwayposting: nearly 30 minutes delay on the E Line wb from Atlantic due to some sort of delay that was already supposedly cleared by the time I boarded the train

Santa Monica is upgrading Broadway bike lanes - concrete curb protection on the way. Construction now from 4th to 9th. (Will extend to 26th)

hard to communicate how shattered many basic functions in the City of LA are. we've stopped repaving streets, streetslights are dark, sanitation pickups take weeks. departments bleeding staff bc of budget cuts are also being raided to staff the mayor's pet projects. we can't even spend FREE money

When they say "millions" here, they mean over $100M! Together these awards totaled to: Wilmington Safe Streets: $32M Skid Row Connectivity Project: $39M Boyle Heights Connectivity Project: $32M (it's notable that the motion omits the embarrassing total)

Every lawyer looking at a 5,000 or a 5,000,000,000 contract: "they are the same picture, the level of legal liability is the same. They should be held to the same scrutiny and standards." Please, teach lawyers how to count.

on the other hand:

That number does not mean "1 minute away", it means something like "you have to arrive at the stop in 1 minute to have an X% chance of catching the bus". Is that a useful number to put into a UI? Opinions differ! BART clearly puts the former definition into platform signage.

The latest in development of the WSCCOG bus network. - Analysis of existing conditions continues, including deprioritizing certain segments for the earliest phase of implementation. - Engagement meetings in early March. - LAWA expresses concerns. - More solidified concept expected by April

his policy site is low key hilarious because every single policy solution begins with 'eliminate single family zoning' lol. i don't hate it!

do the two halves of the Luskin center talk to each other

Here's a new curb ramp in my home municipality of Lomita that I know for a fact was constructed purely per a standard plans reference + a general intent drawing.

Utterly, devastatingly, terribly beat by politics, the Metro Board, greedy local politicians, and self-interested landowners jockeying over a precious light rail extension we’ve fought for over 3 years. This broke me and I’m so burnt out. Will it ever be built? Torrance won’t get rail until 2050?

Speaking of, Prop 34 enforcement sure is ticking along slowly. At least there's this update since... passage 14 months ago oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

Polling for a Monterey Park ballot measure in which every argument from every direction is formulated to annoy me specifically

HOLY SHIT FUCK YES!!

Alex Lee:

Honestly, as a requirement of redeveloping corner lots on arterials, installing reinforced bollards should probably be standard practice. Our society is getting older and old people who shouldn’t be driving will be smashing into businesses with their cars

Three people are dead and seven are injured after a car driven by an elderly woman crashed into a grocery store in Los Angeles, blocks from UCLA, fire officials say.

Shortcurb revivalism among the artisans of Fresno County.

A good reminder of how impactful just a single article can be. I doubt any of this would be happening if it weren’t for the Calmatters DUI article from last October.

on a side note, I can't stress enough how much more I prefer the French way of writing guidelines as a way to practically help professionals and civil servants really understanding why they do things (here through open questions) rather than the endless list of shall and must we use in North America

Meeting round 3 today. This one just for SGV Forward. Not much new content other than the presentation of the bus lanes along Atlantic in MPK, I think this is mainly for more outreach, yay. They mentioned not many transit riders at last mtg. No alternative selected yet for Garvey project

Jesse Zwick thread on tsfka Twitter about behind-the-scenes politics/history of Measure ULA: threadreaderapp.com/thread/20159...

For Torrance light rail extension, Metro board sided with Lawndale nimbys, approved expensive difficult alternative alignment not recommended by staff. Already-delayed Torrance rail will be further delayed.

L.A. Metro, the main transit operator for Los Angeles, just voted to oppose SB 79, a law legalizing the construction of housing near stations. You can't make this stuff up. Legislators should remember this the next time they come to Sacramento begging for more money. laist.com/news/housing...

Metro presentation at SCAG this week teases major expansion of automated bus lane enforcement (!). Metro plans to use on-bus AI cameras on all bus lanes. On-bus cameras to go from 100 Metro buses to about 400. Capital cost will be included in Metro FY26-27 budget.

FTA could help but really important to have an internal engineering/planning team that is directing and interrogating what Program Management consultants are producing. And re-visiting existing standards to validate them.

Why @metrolosangeles.bsky.social has trouble doing things that help people outside of cars michaelschneider.medium.com/why-metro-ha...

It's because of the overlay of design requirements such as noise barriers, larger safety coefficients for structures (everything is bulkier), more clearances (taller viaducts), evacuation walkways etc. And the incapacity to do integrated design, so it's just a clumsy patchwork.

Read @marvistavoice.bsky.social breakdown of Metro push to gut state law (SB79) that facilitates housing near transit stations marvistavoice.org/metro-seeks-...

A few observations - Many of these places are kind of dead, with vacant storefronts because there are big box stores nearby that create competition - The treatment of the street could be much more pedestrian-friendly, which would help businesses thrive - These should be mixed use with housing

Every Southern California suburb has a "main street" like this, with 1-story commercial buildings facing the sidewalk. When considering that they are in the suburbs, is this good or bad urbanism?