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Jacob Wasserman
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Transportation research @uclaits.bsky.social 🚌 • UCLA Luskin alum 🐻 • Planning Commissioner @cityofsantamonica.bsky.social 🎡 • formerly @sfgov.sf.gov SFMTA 🌉 and New Haven DOT 🍕 • he/him/his • views my own

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Could Trump Funding Cuts Doom BART Extension? | KQED
Officials working on the BART extension through downtown San José are creating a backup plan in case federal funding is delayed or cut off.
www.kqed.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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New: As South Bay transit officials work to bring the long-awaited BART extension through downtown San José to life, they’re also scrambling to form a “Plan B” for how to keep the project moving if President Donald Trump derails a massive chunk of federal funding.

www.kqed.org/news/1206302...
South Bay Transit Officials Working on Plan B in Case Trump Cuts BART Funding | KQED
Officials working on the BART extension through downtown San José are creating a backup plan in case federal funding is delayed or cut off.
www.kqed.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Protected bike lanes coming to 1.3 miles of Ohio Ave.
Protected bike lanes are coming to an east-west corridor connecting the Westwood and Sawtelle neighborhoods under new plans being developed by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT).
la.urbanize.city
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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The project corridor would connect Westwood, Sawtelle, and Santa Monica
Protected bike lanes coming to 1.3 miles of Ohio Ave.
Protected bike lanes are coming to an east-west corridor connecting the Westwood and Sawtelle neighborhoods under new plans being developed by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT).
la.urbanize.city
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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One of the hundreds of homes purchased by Caltrans that sat empty for decades during the 20-year interim in construction.
Black-and-white photo of a small, vacant house with peeling paint, boarded-up windows, and an overgrown yard. Photo credit - Mid-City Press Collection, San Diego History Center
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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An artist rendering of City Heights Community Development Corporation's Visions Project.
Sketch rendering of a proposed freeway cap park and community center, showing a pedestrian bridge, cars on the freeway below, and surrounding buildings and palm trees. Photo credit - San Diego Free Press
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Teralta Park, California's first freeway cap park and a hard fought win by community activists.
Aerial image of Teralta Park, a freeway cap park above the 15 freeway, surrounded by homes and businesses in the adjacent neighborhood. Photo credit - City Heights Community Development Corporation
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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After being impacted by nearly 50 years of construction, City Heights residents pushed for a comprehensive, 8-block cover over Route 15. While the full vision is yet to be realized, they've made major gains with lasting legacies along the way. More here arcg.is/WKSbb0
The Fight for Teralta Park
The history behind state Route 15 and California’s first freeway cap
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November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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San Diego's Teralta Park made history in 2001 as California’s first freeway cap park. Since then, two more have been completed and six others have been proposed. Discover the grassroots activism that paved the way for communities long divided by freeways.
The Fight for Teralta Park
The history behind state Route 15 and California’s first freeway cap
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October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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LAX Wants to Spend $1.5 Billion to Make Traffic Worse
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October 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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LADOT is working on adding protected bike lanes on Ohio between Westgate and Westwood, and traffic calming on other surrounding streets, providing a safe way to cycle between Westwood and areas West of the 405.

Learn more and take their survey:
mailchi.mp/streetsforal...
October 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Professors react to new law, potential impact on LA housing, transport - Daily Bruin
This post was updated Oct. 25 at 2:16 p.m. UCLA professors said a new state law allowing higher-density housing near major transit stops – including in Westwood – could make housing more affordable ov...
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October 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Next July, LA City Council @lacity.bsky.social will be required to take remote public comment, under SB 707:
(b) (1) In addition to any other applicable requirements of this chapter, a meeting held by a eligible legislative body pursuant to this chapter shall comply with both of the following requirements: (A) (i) (I) (ia) All open and public meetings shall include an opportunity for members of the public to attend via a two-way telephonic service or a two-way audiovisual platform, except if adequate telephonic or internet service is not operational at the meeting location. If adequate telephonic or internet service is operational at the meeting location during only a portion of the meeting, the legislative body shall include an opportunity for members of the public to attend via a two-way telephonic service or a two-way audiovisual platform during that portion of the meeting. (ii) If an eligible legislative body elects to provide a two-way audiovisual platform, the eligible legislative body shall publicly post and provide a call-in option, and activate any automatic captioning function during the meeting if an automatic captioning function is included with the two-way audiovisual platform. If an eligible legislative body does not elect to provide a two-way audiovisual platform, the eligible legislative body shall provide a two-way telephonic service for the public to participate in the meeting, pursuant to subclause (I). (B) (i) All open and public meetings for which attendance via a two-way telephonic service or a two-way audiovisual platform is provided in accordance with paragraph (1) shall provide the public with an opportunity to provide public comment in accordance with Section 54954.3 via the two-way telephonic or two-way audiovisual platform, and ensure the opportunity for the members of the public participating via a two-way telephonic or two-way audiovisual platform to provide public comment with the same time allotment as a person attending a meeting in person. (2) “Eligible legislative body” means any of the following: (A) A city council of a city with a population of 30,000 or more. (B) A county board of supervisors of a county, or city and county, with a population of 30,000 or more. (C) A city council of a city located in a county with a population of 600,000 or more. (D) The board of directors of a special district that has an internet website and meets any of the following conditions: (i) The boundaries of the special district include the entirety of a county with a population of 600,000 or more, and the special district has over 200 full-time equivalent employees. (ii) The special district has over 1,000 full-time equivalent employees. (iii) The special district has annual revenues, based on the most recent Financial Transaction Report data published by the California State Controller, that exceed four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000), adjusted annually for inflation commencing January 1, 2027, as measured by the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index from January 1 of the prior year to January 1 of the current year, and the special district employs over 200 full-time equivalent employees. (3) “Two-way audiovisual platform” means an online platform that provides participants with the ability to participate in a meeting via both an interactive video conference and a two-way telephonic service. (4) “Two-way telephonic service” means a telephone service that does not require internet access and allows participants to dial a telephone number to listen and verbally participate. (f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
October 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Task Force calls for more funding, but rushed final meeting produces few specific reccomendations.
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/10/17/s...
State Transit Transformation Task Force Concludes Its Work with Unsatisfying Final Meeting - Streetsblog California
Task Force members were disappointed in the scope of the final recommendations, but hope they serve as a starting point for greater reform.
cal.streetsblog.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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streetsforall.org
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...
October 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Senate Bill 79 makes it easier to build homes near major public transit stops.

For opponents of rezoning, the only way to stop the prospect of apartments is to battle the bus.

calmatters.org/housing/2025...
A new law makes it easier to build homes near buses. Guess what housing opponents are doing now
After Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law to allow mid-rise apartment buildings near major transit stops, opponents of new housing have a new reason to battle the bus.
calmatters.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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The burden of automobile debt and delinquencies is also racially disproportionate, per research we did at @uclaits.bsky.social / @uclalewiscenter.bsky.social: www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/09/18/a... @ssperoni12.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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A mini-symposium on parking — without the commute. Join us for a virtual panel series on Nov. 18 and connect with parking reform champions from across the country.

View the session schedule and register here www.its.ucla.edu/tri... #UCLATransportation100
Promotional event flyer with yellow text appears on a blue background reading "Eliminating Minimum Parking Requirements: Stories from Cities Across the Country." Below, additional text reads "A Mini-Symposium from the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies." Event details appear at the bottom: Tuesday, Nov. 17 on Zoom at 10:00 AM Pacific Time
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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🎉 Happy 100th birthday to transportation research at UCLA! 100 years ago today, the UC regents voted to establish the nation's first research center dedicated to street traffic issues. Learn more about our century-long tradition of transportation research www.its.ucla.edu/100...
Black-and-white newspaper clipping from the Los Angeles Times in 1925 with the headline “Research in Traffic for University: Studebaker Grant Gives Southern Branch First Bureau in Country.” The article announces the establishment of the first university-based street traffic research bureau at the Southern Branch of the University of California (now UCLA). A small portrait photo of Miller McClintock, the bureau’s first director, appears in the lower half of the article.
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Excited to have contributed through an interview with @iftf.org to @sfmta.bsky.social's National Transit Adaptation Strategy!: www.sfmta.com/projects/nat...

Read the reports here: www.sfmta.com/phase-i-nati...
The National Transit Adaptation Strategy
Project home page for the National Transit Adaptation Strategy (NTAS).
www.sfmta.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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West of the railroad tracks, Fresno's immigrant communities & communities of color established bustling ethnic enclaves in the late 1800s & early 1900s. Then highway engineers and downtown businesses wanted to build a highway right through them. More here arcg.is/1qaKX1
Dividing Lines: The Legacies of Fresno's Freeways
How Route 99 Reshaped Fresno’s Immigrant Communities and Communities of Color
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October 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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. @cityofsantamonica.bsky.social City Council removed the cap on the Off-site Affordable Housing Program, as recommended by the Planning Commission. This will unlock stalled, much-needed affordable housing, plus allowing for economies of scale in affordable developments:
@santamonicanext.bsky.social
Council Approves Neighborhood Association Reforms, Extends Off-Site Affordable Housing Program - Santa Monica Next
Last night, the Santa Monica City Council approved two controversial measures: reforms to how the city funds neighborhood groups and an extension of the Off-Site Affordable Housing Program first launc...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Naming contest for a new bike-powered street sweeper for Hollywood Boulevard!:
Hollywood Blvd. Bike Lane Sweeper Naming Competition
Streets Are For Everyone (known as SAFE) is teaming up with Council District 13 to keep the brand-new protected bike lane on Hollywood Blvd. sparkling clean. Twice a month, we’ll be rolling through wi...
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October 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Hey a bill I helped draft is now law! SB 707 extends the ability of Neighborhood Councils to meet virtually, allows NCs to opt in with a simple majority, and allows members to participate virtually regardless of how many other members are in person:
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
October 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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unrigla.bsky.social
Please take a minute to sign and share @cacommoncause.bsky.social’s petition asking the Charter Reform Commission to provide remote public comment at *all* meetings moving forward:
bit.ly/108crc
October 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM