It's been an exciting time at @metrolosangeles.bsky.social, with much more to come!

Excited to share this year's My Metro Budget activity: mybudget.metro.net @metrolosangeles.bsky.social wants to hear your thoughts on topics ranging from amenities in stations, code of conduct enforcement, joint development policy, and more! Be entered to win a TAP or gift card 💳

A county environmental regulator has fined Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunneling venture, nearly $500,000 after the company dumped “drilling fluids” into manholes around Las Vegas, which led to “substantial damage” to the broader county’s infrastructure. fortune.com/2025/11/08/b...

California will spend $31 billion on transportation this year with about 3% of that budgeted for support for transit agencies. lao.ca.gov/Publications...

Charlotte is likely to pass a one-cent sales tax to fund transportation in the region, including new light rail, commuter rail, and extensions to existing lines. Current tally: 52.7% for, 47.3% against, with 171 of 195 precincts reporting.

Oddest LA find from the Census Mobility Map - there is a funicular to get to a UFO house in the Hollywood Hills.

California Urban Rail Lines by Distance

Still working out some bugs, but the census mobility map is now accessible to all at orenbj.com/censusmobilitymap

Plans call for adding two miles of trail from Culver City to Mid City https://la.urbanize.city/post/state-awards-6-million-ballona-creek-bike-path-extension

lmao amazing that even LAWA's own fact sheet says their $2 billion roadway won't reduce travel time

SF by % of people who walk/bike to work

Tell LADOT to build the Ohio Ave protected bike lanes HLA demands, and keep traffic violence from ruining your Halloween: bikinginla.com/2025/10/28/t... #bikeLA

Why does the densest part of LA county have the worst bike network?

Checked out the Rail-to-Rail Trail in South LA this morning!

VenHub spotted at Union Station East 👀

Metro board approves item 10 - approves #LinkUS Union Station run-through-tracks project environmental clearance [!]

LADOT is planning for bike lanes, pedestrian improvements, and transit improvements along Westwood Bl. Take their survey and ask for protected bike lanes, and that the project be extended to National Bl, to connect with existing bike lanes! Details: mailchi.mp/streetsforal...

Culver City backs plan for 20-minute Westside-to-Valley Metro route

I can't wait for this whole area to just be exclusively for pedestrians, buses, and bicycles. A real oasis in West Los Angeles.

Two years after a speeding driver killed Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart, Asha Weir, & Deslyn Williams - Malibu & Caltrans have made some progress toward a safer PCH. Usually around 3-6 traffic deaths there each year, so far 0 in 2025. la.streetsblog.org/2025/10/21/m...

This is insane - and it happens weekly here in Southern California. One of my coworkers was run down while cycling less than 6 months into his well earned retirement. @bikinginla.bsky.social #BikeSky

New elevated bike lane, bus bays, and development next to Culver City E Line station.

New research from the Data/Dev team! SB 79 will eventually zone nearly 1.5 million (1,456,150) new units of housing in the City of LA. Enough to double LA’s current housing stock of 1.37 million homes Read more: data.streetsforall.org/blog/sb79_impact/

LA's official homeless count has become less accurate in the last 2 years, according to a new RAND study. www.rand.org/pubs/researc...

DTLA CicLAvia!

Finally got to go on the Metro HQ helipad!

BART successfully completes installation of Next Generation Fare Gates at all 50 stations four months ahead of schedule. That’s 715 fare gates across the system that spans five counties!

I concur with this assessment of CAHSR.

I was shocked when I heard Scott Wiener say LA City Council's divided SB 79 vote helped convince state reps to vote yes on the bill. So I mapped it - sure looks like he's telling the truth! The only state reps from LA who voted for SB 79 overlap with city councilmembers who supported the bill. A 🧵:

Farmdale Station on the E Line seeing a decent amount development.

Glendora 1951 vs 2025 Frequent transit service is back after 70-something year hiatus A Line now open for business!

Oof - "Starting in January 2026, peak service will be reduced from 15 to 20 minutes on the light rail and some buses, while seven bus routes will be eliminated entirely." www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

The VenHub at LAX/MTC has already sold over 10k items in 100 days! Would love to see more of this around the system. thesource.metro.net/rider-storie...

New @metrolosangeles.bsky.social map at 7th St Metro Center, plus friendly Metro Ambassadors Agustin & Kate! Less than a week until the A Line extension to Pomona opens!

SB-79 HAS PASSED THE SENATE AND IS ON ITS WAY TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK

What is the point of investing billions of dollars into transit expansion if local governments just continue block density around it? It is time for a much-needed state intervention. Call your California State Senator to support SB79! plaza.streetsforall.org/mailto/out/*...

The room where it has to happen, if we're going to solve our housing crisis in California. #SB79

8 years working at @metrolosangeles.bsky.social as of today! It's been a great ride, with more excitement ahead.

25 seconds of 👀 from A Line Ext btwn Pomona-Azusa Opening 9.19.25 at high noon Please join us: food & music at new stations (Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne/Fairplex, Pomona North) from 11:30am-3pm metro.net/alinetopomona/

If your downtown still has many wide and fast one-way streets, then your priority is to move cars as fast as possible thru a weak downtown. It’s NOT to create a vibrant downtown, help downtown retailers, keep people safe, support walkability and accessibility, reduce pollution, etc. #TrafficSewers

San Bernardino County transportation agency votes down Montclair light-rail extension trib.al/FyvItvC

I maintain that LA is the perfect ebike city, tons of 3-5 mile trips, some hills, good weather but heat is an issue, etc The dent we can do on traffic & parking issues in LA by getting people to e-bike travel is huge. should be encouraging this on a mass scale

SF Muni faces a $322M deficit, cutting budgets 5-7% across divisions, slowing maintenance and janitorial hiring, but preserving routes and headways. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...

Sound Transit’s 30-year expansion plan now tops $185B, up $35B (23%), amid inflation, falling tax revenue, and reliability upgrades. Completion pushed to 2046, with debt into the 2060s. seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

California's four largest cities rank among world's least affordable housing markets by price-to-income ratio: 3. San Jose 5. Los Angeles 8. San Francisco 10. San Diego Local governments have failed to address housing crisis for decades, necessitating state-wide intervention.

Starting tomorrow, you can pay for BART in a whole new way. Introducing: Tap and Ride. At the start of Wednesday morning’s commute, you can simply walk up to the fare gates and tap your contactless debit or credit card or use mobile payments, like Apple Pay and Google Pay.

See you all at CicLAvia today! 🚲🌴

Open payment coming to BART next week. sfstandard.com/2025/08/13/b...