North Hollywood

Silver Los Angeles Metro Silver Line bus.

California TOD Law Gives NIMBYs a new Weapon Against Bus Lanes

A new law that allows rezoning for higher density near transit lines is fueling opposition to a Burbank bus rapid transit line.

October 28, 2025 - CALmatters

Transit Planning

Details of the North Hollywood-Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit Line

Still under environmental review, plans are still being made for the bus rapid transit line that would connect North Hollywood and Pasadena.

November 15, 2020 - Urbanize Los Angeles

Los Angeles Bus Rapid Transit

Another Proposed Bus Rapid Transit Route Provokes Controversy in Los Angeles

Los Angeles transit planners wants to connect two of its rail lines with a bus rapid transit line. The idea has critics.

June 28, 2019 - Curbed

Bus Rapid Transit

Public Outcry Greets Plan to Connect L.A. to Pasadena via Bus Rapid Transit

Voters might have approved transit funding multiple measures by wide margins in Los Angeles County in recent years, but actual project proposals still have trouble appealing at the hyper-local level.

June 24, 2019 - Los Angeles Daily News

Bus Rapid Transit

Another Bus Rapid Transit Planned for L.A.—Connecting North Hollywood to Pasadena

More details have emerged for yet another large transit project in Los Angeles County.

October 2, 2018 - Urbanize LA

Orange Line Bus

Los Angeles May Upgrade Orange Line BRT to Rail

The San Fernando Valley's Orange Line bus rapid transit enjoys solid ridership. For an area of the city especially under-served by trains, investing in light rail might be a viable option.

April 22, 2015 - Los Angeles Times

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold

The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

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