The Eagle Rock community has pleaded for years to get a complete street option along Metro's Bus Rapid Transit line in Eagle Rock. Just as they look victorious, their brand new Los Angeles CD 14 Councilmember, Kevin De Leon (former "climate champion" with aspiration to be Mayor), has written an open letter asking for more meetings. It seems the pro-short commute crowd of Eagle Rock have his ear now that Metro's leaning to the "Beautiful Boulevard" option, which features a bike lane and slower traffic. Felicia Garcia, community organizer; Joe Linton, Streetsblog LA journalist/editor; and Seamus Garrity, not in his official role as a Field Representative for California Assemblymember Laura Friedman, analyze. Don Ward, safe streets organizer, presides.

Edited by Kevin Burton.

https://la.streetsblog.org/2021/05/14/kevin-de-leon-asks-metro-to-delay-eagle-rock-bus-project-wants-more-meetings/

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-05-19/eagle-rock-bus-project-kevin-de-leon