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josh vredevoogd

3 years

Spent the last few weeks on this overview of LA's freeway expansion for Hope it's as radicalizing to watch as it was to make

The real cost of freeways in LA

Across LA County communities have been decimated trying to fix traffic with wider roads - even when research tells us it doesn't help. Learn more: https://ww...

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

1 year

designed some pride shirts for @streetsforall 🌈 crops not included but recommended 😈 grab them at:

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@jawshv

2 months

honestly don't think anyone is ready for how much this project is going to shrink LA

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wilshire/fairfax

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@jawshv

2 months

still not really processed that a month ago LA voted to change *a third* of the city's streets to add: 300+ miles of protected bike lanes 250+ miles of bus only lanes 800+ miles of better neighborhood streets 500+ miles of pedestrian improvements 400+ miles of painted bike lanes

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@jawshv

5 months

In 2022 more pedestrians died on Vermont Ave in LA than in the entire state of Vermont

Yes on Measure HLA

@healthystreetla

5 months

fact check: sad, but true

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@jawshv

5 years

“Unlike the vacuum cleaner, the radio, or the bicycle, which retain their use value when everyone has one, the car, like a villa by the sea, is only desirable and useful insofar as the masses don’t have one.”

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@jawshv

1 year

“LA riders bail on metro”

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@jawshv

4 years

In 2018 LAHSA studied what it would cost to house every unhoused person in the City of LA: $657 million to ramp up for the first year then $354 to maintain That's 22% and 12% respectively of the $3B we spend annually on the LAPD. To house EVERYONE in LA. #PeoplesBudgetLA

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@jawshv

1 year

santa monica’s new concrete protected bike lanes slap

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@jawshv

2 years

the high of passing traffic on a brand new protected bike lane

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@jawshv

11 months

starbucks as wayfinding for the 2nd busiest train station in LA

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

5 years

I've spent so many hours getting angry about how much room LA wastes with parking that I decided to just make a website about it. We don't have enough homes but we do have more than 18 million parking spaces!

No Parking Here

Los Angeles has the space to solve it's housing and transportation problems, it just needs right priorities. LA County has more than 110,000 acres of parking, enough to pave over Manhattan 7.5 times....

noparkinghere.com

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

3 years

god LA used to have such cool shit

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@jawshv

4 years

Tokyo subway in LA

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

1 year

i'm sorry a fifth of car trips in LA are less than a mile????

(((Matthew Lewis))) progressive federalism SOS

@mateosfo

1 year

The top 10 U.S. cities with the greatest e-bike potential, where most car trips are under 3 miles (and LOL, New Yorkers driving less than a mile is 22% of all car trips in NYC):

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@jawshv

1 year

was worried about how the Bunker Hill station entrance would work without any escalators but it might be my favorite in the system?? just beautiful

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@jawshv

2 years

what Metro's map could look like in 2025

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@jawshv

10 months

this is turning into such a funky map i love her

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@jawshv

10 months

still cleaning her up but I think we have the grid locked in

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@jawshv

1 year

TONIGHT WE ARE CELEBRATING THE REGIONAL CONNECTOR

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@jawshv

10 months

this is a little idea that i think turned out really nice - LA Metro rail and busway map with stops spaced by travel time instead of distance every grid cell is about 1 minute of travel, background shading is travel time from 7th/Metro

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@jawshv

1 year

REGIONAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM MAP REGIONAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM MAP REGIONAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM MAP REGIONAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM MAP

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@jawshv

1 year

can't believe the regional connector killed june gloom

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

2 years

1st street protected bike lanes and bus island!! East LA now has one safe route across the river to downtown

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

2 years

obviously examples of this all over the LA but just so irresponsible that there are no shade shelters at any of the stops around Santa Monica and Vermont - where people transfer between two of our busiest bus lines (4, 204) and our busiest rail line

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@jawshv

1 year

the skylight allowing sun all the way down to the platform makes the Little Tokyo station so airy and inviting

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

3 years

wild how much of Downtown LA was erased for cars - and it only took 10 years (1947/1959)

Ed Mendoza 𓊍

@orangutanagram

3 years

Ever wonder what all of those surface car parking lots in downtown LA used to be?

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

4 years

turned 24 last week and going to celebrate with the very dumb idea to bike to every dicks today starting at broadway @ 10:30am

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@jawshv

2 years

wow union station to burbank airport via metrolink is such a dignified way to catch a flight in LA

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@jawshv

1 year

👀

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@jawshv

10 months

making a map to feel something

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

2 months

i made the first version of this google map before the City of LA had released any public mobility plan geospatial files by hand drawing every line

Some Blue Wolf

@ThunderWolf08

2 months

While Florida is busy banning bus and bike lanes, the "Woke shithole" Los Angeles was busy voting to fund a MASSIVE bus and bike lane network.

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@jawshv

1 year

fucking love LA

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@jawshv

9 months

Los Angeles rail and busways in 2023 vs 2035 (if Metro opens a new BRT route every year until then)

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

3 months

got hit by the community note 💀

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

3 years

just wild that landlords in California aren't required to give tenants a working fridge

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

9 months

tesla getting towed for parking in the bus lane 🥵

Metro Los Angeles

@metrolosangeles

9 months

Some most excellent news today: 5.7 miles of new bus priority bus lanes are now officially open on La Brea in both directions between Sunset and Olympic in cities of West Hollywood & L.A.

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

5 years

data viz

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

1 year

almost a 20 minute faster trip 👀

Christopher Michel

@chris24michel

1 year

Apple Maps can now plan routes for the regional connector 🤩🤩🤩 today vs tomorrow

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

2 years

just had an insane LA transit run Pershing Square → Santa Monica/Westwood → back to DTLA in less than 90 minutes almost every transfer was less than a minute my heart is racing

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

5 months

The buses that run on these streets currently move more than half of all metro riders (including trains!) Now imagine if they had - dedicated bus lanes - bus shelters - off-board fare collection - Real time arrival info It’s all on the mobility plan!

Yes on Measure HLA

@healthystreetla

5 months

Did you know that Measure HLA would improve a 330 mile transit network, making public transit faster and more efficient for everyone in Los Angeles? #YESonHLA

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@jawshv

1 year

screaming crying throwing up

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

2 years

sometimes u just need to feel something

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

4 years

made a quick timelapse of the Bobcat Fire from the Mt Wilson Observatory webcam 😳

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

4 months

which mobility plan network are you most excited for

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@jawshv

2 months

designing this shirt may be my legacy

midwest woke mob boss

@rustbeltenjoyer

2 months

the filthy, unwashed masses cried out in unison with a voice of rage for they feared the truth, their feeble minds unable to comprehend that Buses Do So Much

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@jawshv

1 year

going to be such a happy boy tomorrow

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@jawshv

3 years

Here are all 6000+ bus stops in the City of LA that lack shelter. On the left just stops serving over 100 daily riders.

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@jawshv

1 year

first regional connector escalator outage? (historic broadway)

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@jawshv

3 years

LA is so big

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@jawshv

3 years

thinking of a pedestrianized 6th st in Koreatown

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

4 months

one week till LA votes on Measure HLA 💛 honored to be creative directing this campaign and very proud of the work we've made

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@jawshv

1 year

cold take but maybe LA should have more public bathrooms than there are members on our infamously small city council

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1 year

@jawshv @zozoaloft @BSSLosAngeles Here to help!

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@jawshv

4 months

Working on this campaign has really taught me how normalized traffic violence is in LA. Everyone either knows someone who's been hit by a car or has been hit themselves. It's happening all around us every day

Yes on Measure HLA

@healthystreetla

4 months

Teachers and students shouldn’t fear for their lives while walking to school. We can do better than that. Vote YES on Measure HLA by March 5th.

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@jawshv

2 years

new stretch of freeway being born in bakersfield

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@jawshv

2 years

I JUST WANT TO RIDE THE REGIONAL CONNECTOR

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@jawshv

2 years

my hobby is sitting in la historic state park and saying train every time the gold line goes past

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@jawshv

9 months

vibes only but LA transit has been feeling a lot better recently ridership wise even at weird times

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@jawshv

4 months

this is correct- the mobility plan's EIR says that response times would be improved by hundreds of miles of transit lanes and road safety reconfigurations that add center-turn lanes so emergency vehicles can easily bypass traffic

Joe Cohen

@CohenSite

4 months

Let's get things straight: The city's own analysis found that implementing the Mobility Plan will either not effect or improve emergency response times

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@jawshv

3 years

the red line needs more than 20 minute frequency on a friday night i yell into the void

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@jawshv

9 months

LA sunrises and sunset have been going crazy lately

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@jawshv

4 months

yes on HLA 💛

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@jawshv

4 months

thinking about how cool it is that LA’s busiest bus line doesn’t have any kind of weather shelters where it meets with the subway

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

2 years

impossible to reconcile Metro starting fare enforcement during a Covid wave so bad they're forced to run hourly service on the 6th busiest bus line in Southern California because so many drivers are out sick

Kenny Uong

@_KennyUong_

2 years

Wow 😮

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

10 months

attaching my future happiness to something new

Metro Los Angeles

@metrolosangeles

10 months

Your future Wilshire/La Brea Station is taking shape...

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

10 months

also 100,000 more people are riding transit each day in LA compared to a year ago

numble

@numble

10 months

July 2023 LA Metro ridership update, includes first month of Regional Connector statistics. Ridership up 14% from July 2022 (bus +11.8%, rail +23%). Rail is 57% of 2018 ridership, 71% of 2019 ridership (half of A Line was offline in 2019).

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@jawshv

10 months

google slowly adding the regional connector lol

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@jawshv

9 months

i don’t really understand how the LA river water wheel is going to work but i’m excited for her

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

2 years

red line 15 minute frequency at rush hour is a crime

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@jawshv

9 months

i fucking love LA

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@jawshv

10 months

pre regional connector the gold line saw ~18k daily trips E and A lines have seen a combined increase of 28k daily trips in July so net 10k new daily transit trips for the first month of service?

numble

@numble

10 months

July 2023 LA Metro ridership update, includes first month of Regional Connector statistics. Ridership up 14% from July 2022 (bus +11.8%, rail +23%). Rail is 57% of 2018 ridership, 71% of 2019 ridership (half of A Line was offline in 2019).

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

3 years

7 dicks, 90+ miles, no training but matching shirts. @m41__r and I have started our second annual Tour de Dicks

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@jawshv

1 year

not enough people are talking about her

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

3 months

still doesn’t feel real

StreetsblogLA

@StreetsblogLA

3 months

L.A. City voters approved* Measure HLA (*99.9% sure) supporting for healthier safer multimodal future, with more bus lanes, more bike lanes, upgraded crosswalks and more

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@jawshv

2 years

coming back from europe like

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@jawshv

3 years

some Metrolink station locations are wild

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

1 year

it's happening

Carter Rubin

@CarterRubin

1 year

I hadn't totally grokked the impact of NextGen on the Venice Blvd bus service. Rush hour headways of 7-8 minutes and now 24h dedicated bus lanes! That rocks. Thank you Metro.

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

4 years

I love it!

Bloomberg CityLab

@CityLab

4 years

Here's an idea: Make maps for bike infrastructure as if the lanes, trails, and paths constituted a connected transit system. (from the archives)

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

10 months

this project is so sick i can't wait

Metro Los Angeles

@metrolosangeles

10 months

Rail to Rail project update: our crews are building the new 5.5-mile walk/bike paths btwn K Line’s Fairview Heights Station, J Line’s Slauson Station and A Line's Slauson Station. Pic: looking west down Slauson at walking path. Bike path will be adjacent.

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

3 years

fast train coming soon

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

3 years

when averaged over 10 years, Metro going fare-free is a more cost-effective ride generator than every rail project except the Regional Connector

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

2 years

love u LA see u later

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

3 months

as the HLA campaign comes to a close I want to shout out Gabriel Gaurano who ran video and photography. His work capturing the status quo of LA streets is beautiful and arresting. can't recommend working with him enough

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

10 months

why don’t more bus stops in LA have art on them?

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

5 years

Updating my (more and more optimistic) 2050 Metro map with all the BRT suggestions from a few weeks ago. Very much a WIP - feedback welcome! 🚎🚇🚈

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

4 years

exhaust nimby resources by proposing aerial gondolas everywhere

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

4 years

imagine the giant parks South LA could have once we ban fossil fuel wells and refineries

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

1 year

thinking about the man who got on the red line this weekend and shouted “ALL ABOARD THE TURTLE TRAIN” then held up 2 live turtles and started trying to sell them

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

10 months

so excited we don't have to keep this a secret anymore

Streets For All

@streetsforall

10 months

Announcing Marina Central Park, our vision with @SWAgroup to reimagine the space taken up by CA-90: 🏡 4,000 units of affordable housing 🏞️ Large, beautiful new park 🚌 BRT connecting Lincoln to Sepulveda 🚲 Class 1 bike path 🌤️ Cleaner and quieter air

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@jawshv

1 year

just remembered where the monorail team thinks metro's gold line goes

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@jawshv

3 years

u love to see it

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@jawshv

3 months

sometimes i forget how fast HSR will be. palmdale to burbank in 15 minutes seems impossible

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@jawshv

3 months

this is the hardest i’ve ever worked on anything

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@jawshv

10 months

valley grid, 4 BRT lines kissing 5 rail lines

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@jawshv

1 year

absolutely losing my mind that the city took more than a year to report back on Mobility Plan progress just to give us nonsense that 76% is complete or ongoing need to scream literally 300+ people died from traffic violence in LA since it was requested

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@jawshv

10 months

the best type designers in LA work in the 2nd street tunnel

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@jawshv

3 years

LA!

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

1 year

announcer says purple line but ambassadors on board say it’s the red line i’m losing my mind

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@jawshv

4 months

the craziest part to me is including a beautiful drone shot that perfectly illustrates how safer road reconfigurations add a center turn lane (like in the Mobility Plan) to create a clear route of travel for emergency responders regardless of traffic

LA City Local 112

@UFLAC

4 months

In an emergency, every second counts. Don't slow us down. Join your LA City Firefighters and vote No on HLA. #UFLAC #IAFF #LAFD #CPF #NoOnHLA 🔗:

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@jawshv

2 years

tag your favorite @kennethmejiaLA billboard

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josh vredevoogd

@jawshv

4 months

HLA would add protected bike lanes and bus lanes to about 7% of our street miles but it's not hyperbolic to say that it would allow *millions* of people to change their trips to greener and more efficient options!!!

Yes on Measure HLA

@healthystreetla

4 months

Here's a stat to make you think. The upgrades required by Measure HLA would: 👉 Put 1,265,500 people within a 5 minute walk of high quality transit 👉 Put another 1,002,000 people within a 5 minute walk of an all ages bike route Measure HLA will 👏 get 👏 it 👏 built 👏

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