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In the last two months, grants have been awarded to just over two dozen planned walk/bike projects in various places throughout L.A. County. In January, Metro approved its first tranche of Measure M sales tax funded Active Transportation grants. In February, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) announced staff recommendations for the 2021 Active Transportation Program grants, though these still need to be approved by the CTC.
February 13 2021
All transit service is canceled, major roadways are closed. and hundreds of thousands are without power.
A dangerous mix of snow and ice hammered much of the region late Friday and early Saturday, forcing TriMet to cease operations, as well as shut down many roads, and knock out power for hundreds thousands of people. Mass vaccination clinics were also canceled for Saturday and Sunday in Portland.
A Winter Storm Warning remaining in effect at least through 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 13.
Early Saturday morning, TriMet announced that all MAX and bus service has been temporarily suspended until further notice due to the weather conditions, including LIFT paratransit service. Portland Streetcar service was halted Friday. The Oregon Department of Transportation has closed Interstate 84 in the Columbia Gorge, and the Portland Bureau of Transportation has closed Marine Drive. Many other streets in Portland were also closed because of slick conditions and chains are r
codes. many of the other areas of the world do have strong building codes enforced such as california. which i was going to ask you. god forbid dr. graves that if that big one that everybody has been predicting your colleagues that big earthquake to make the way to california los angeles, san francisco, where, maybe there would not be as much damage as we re seeing in the nepal situation because there s better infrastructure. or am i wrong? well it s i wouldn t say you re wrong but clearly there would be great devastation. an earthquake of this magnitude in california or any other populated even pop latted part of the world would cause great damage. we are better off, say, in california los angeles, san francisco, because of the building codes. but we have a huge infrastructure that is dependent on pipelines and transportation
relationships between the countries, not on our difficulties with this one man. people there like the fact that their girls go to school now and concerned that would end afterwards. they like having american troops around. is that still the case today? absolutely. this has been a very mixed campaign as you well know and most americans appreciate. it has not been a defeat. afghan people are much better off than they were 10 or 12 years ago. this fighting season, this he were in the lead. their forces were in the lead and they held on to all the major cities, the major transportation corridors with our role just being one of support. so they ve proven that the army and police are coming along, as well. they have a good chance to hold onto the progress and build on it. they need a little bit of help post 2014. all right. sounds like there s a way forward here. thanks very much to michael o hanlon of the brookings institution. thanks for joining us today explaining the way forward in