News Roundup: Walking in LA
by Mike Orr from Seattle Transit Blog on (#69QHE)
North of CID" station concept for the Ballard Link extension:
- Executive Constantine pushes for new Pioneer Square Station (The Urbanist)
- Stephen Fesler critiques the idea (The Urbanist)
- Mayor Harrell and Executive Constantine to announce additional funding for it (Mike Lindblom tweet)
Portland transit network review (RMTransit) Mostly MAX, a bit on fares, buses, WES commuter rail, and bikeshare.
Are urban growth boundaries effective? (City Beautiful) With examples of Seattle and Portland.
Yes, there's walking in L.A. ($) A meditation on Rosencrans Avenue. It's not a walker's paradise or pretty, but it spans several different parts of L.A. the only other way I know how to encounter so much of Los Angeles, to see so many of its diverse communities coexisting, is to go to the beach." Then there's the song.