Brigham Yen
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Op/Ed: Yes on Downtown Streetcar
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(We’ll resume our Measure J op/ed series tomorrow. During our one-day break, enjoy this piece by DTLA Rising author Brigham Yen’s view on the vote on the Downtown Streetcar funding measure. You can still vote by mail before November 28. – DN) The deadline to register to vote for the L.A. Streetcar in Downtown L.A. […]
Buffered Green-Painted Bike Lane Coming Soon to Spring Street in DTLA
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(I was on the road yesterday and missed the big announcement of L.A.’s first buffered bike lane coming this December. Streetsblog contributor Brigham Yen caught the news first and announced it on his personal blog at BrighamYen.com – DN) Valerie Watson, the At-Large Director of DLANC (Downtown LA Neighborhood Council), who has been heavily involved […]
Pasadena May Be More Bike Friendly Than L.A., But It Needs More Parking!
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(This is the last part of our Bike Week 2011 Series on people’s biking experiences in different corners of L.A. County. Our last entrant is from our “Pasadena Correspondent” Brigham Yen, who is a little different than our other writers this week in that he doesn’t represent a formal biking organization but still brings a […]
How Can We Increase Pedestrian Activity on South Lake Avenue in Pasadena?
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For awhile now, I’ve contemplated the perplexing question of “What can improve South Lake Avenue (an underperforming shopping district)?” and I’ve come up with my own conclusions as to why the moribund district performs so poorly. Let me also start off by saying “Thank you” to those who took the time yesterday to email me […]
Fair Oaks Corridor Improvement Project Begins in South Pasadena
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I have been saying for years that Pasadena needs to give Fair Oaks Ave an extreme pedestrian-cyclist make-over along the street from at least the South Pasadena border (by the Raymond Restaurant) to Old Pasadena. The need for this make-over seems obvious when you consider: 1) Fair Oaks Ave looks like a mini-highway as you […]
Pedestrian Friendly Ralphs Needed for Pasadena
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Back in Jan 2010, I wrote about my disdain for the current suburban-styled Ralphs supermarket that sits in the middle of Pasadena’s urban downtown financial district along Lake Ave. This particular Ralphs that many of us Pasadenans shop at is surrounded by anti-pedestrian characteristics that actually harm the built environment as it pertains to pedestrian […]