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LA Metro’s $72.5M Sheriff Contract Clash: A Public-Contract Cautionary Tale
LA Metro is moving to end its $72.5M LASD policing contract, reassigning 269 deputies. A public-procurement cautionary tale for logistics…
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Willowbrook Station Shooting: Deputies Return Fire on Suspect
A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy shot a man at the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Metro station after a fatal Green Line…
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California Risks Losing $12B in Transit Funds Over 2013 Pension Law
The US Department of Labor is withholding $12B in California transit funding, citing a 2013 pension reform law that courts…
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Gas Car Sales Bans Go From Fringe to Mainstream in Four Years
Coltura's poll shows 50%+ of US voters back a 10-year gas car sales ban, and EU and US states are…
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Culver City Opens MOVE Culver City Bus and Bike Corridor
Culver City cut the ribbon on its MOVE Culver City bus and bike corridor, with new electric shuttles and a…
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LA’s Sidewalk Crisis: A Cautionary Tale for Urban Logistics
Los Angeles pays millions in sidewalk injury settlements while repair progress lags—here's what urban logistics operators need to know.
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LA Sheriff Warns Replacing Transit Cops With Ambassadors Risks Crime Spike
LA's sheriff warns that swapping armed patrols for transit ambassadors could fuel crime on Metro buses and trains, as ridership…
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LA Metro Set to Vote on Swapping Cops for Unarmed Ambassadors
Sheriff Villanueva calls the plan to replace armed Metro patrols with unarmed ambassadors an "impending disaster." A December 2 board…
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LA’s Sidewalk Repair Program Is Stuck, and the Bill Is Coming Due
A city controller report says LA has repaired under 1% of broken sidewalk panels despite $1.37 billion pledged, leaving 50,000…
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Los Angeles Lines Up Rail Megaprojects as the Infrastructure Bill Lands
Garcetti details where $1.2 trillion could land in LA: Sepulveda Transit Corridor, Metro bus fleet electrification, LA River restoration.
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Greyhound’s Move to Montclair Hits a Local Suspicion Snag
A Montclair city council member citing 200-300 police calls in 2020 delays a Greyhound expansion from Claremont into the Montclair…
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California Already Hosts 128 Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Companies
EDF report counts 128 companies with 181 California locations in the MHD ZEV supply chain and $3.8 billion in announced…