Comments on: Eco-Village Reclaims Bimini Pl. with Street Party and Road Painting

By: Joe Linton

Joe Linton — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:20:45 +0000

@walker_o: I don’t quite understand the sense of your comments… but I can answer your question regarding how many of the participants take cars to work: Very few. The folks at LA Eco-Village who organized this (including me) are bicyclists who bike to work. (Overall at LAEV, we have >75% of folks who are car-free, and the rest are pretty car-lite… with a lot of bicycling walking and transit.) The kids and families who painted are mostly lower income immigrants who don’t get around by car either.

I am not sure that this question is all that relevant, though – even if many of us drove most of the time, this sort of thing could still be a good event. I think it could still help make for a better neighborhood that’s more walkable, more livable, and that has more social glue. It could work in a suburb, I think… but the one described above didn’t take place in a suburb or on a cul-de-sac, though – it took place a couple miles from Downtown LA – a fairly dense neighborhood with mostly apartments – mostly Latino, with plenty of Korean, Bangladeshi, and lots more.

If you have the time and inclination, I’d recommend watching some of the videos here if you want to learn more about these sorts of events:
http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/intersection-repair-videos/

By: walker_o

walker_o — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:46:13 +0000

Is it because my questions can’t be answered? Or because it is not comfortable to answer them? If its because the answers are obvious to you then it should be very easy for you to help me out.

By: ubrayj02

ubrayj02 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:44:41 +0000

Walker O, your “not getting it” is extremely irritating.

By: walker o

walker o — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:03:39 +0000

This is why people move to the suburbs and buy in cul-de-sacs…

I really don’t understand teh talking points about taking back our streets. I think that translates into getting rid of cars. How many of the participants at this event take motorized vehicles to work and play all week long?

By: ubrayj02

ubrayj02 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:10:19 +0000

Figueroa and Avenue 37!! (In my dreams).

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:46:55 +0000

This event was a lot of fun – really great to see so many kids and families from the neigbhorhood come out and paint the street. What intersection in LA will be next?

By: ubrayj02

ubrayj02 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:28:26 +0000

First Obama, now this. This country is going down the tubes, I tell you. What’s next? Zero pedestrian and bike traffic fatalities in LA?

I shudder at the thought.