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Trick or Treat: LADOT Gets It Right on Halloween
This year the LADOT released its annual safety guide for Halloween, a tradition that dates back to 2008.
October 31, 2014
New Chamber of Commerce Excited About Great Streets on Venice Blvd.
Mike Bonin is not someone who is known for thinking small.
October 30, 2014
Leimert Park People St Plaza: Making a Cookie-Cutter Program Fit a Cultural Community’s Aspirations
On my way to a meeting of the Leimert Park Village stakeholders at the Vision Theater a few weeks ago, I poked my head into the art space known as the KAOS Network looking for founder and artist Ben Caldwell.
October 29, 2014
Councilmember Cedillo Adds Stop Sign In Response To Fatal Hit-and-Run
On September 14, a hit-and-run driver killed 57-year-old Gloria Ortiz. Ms. Ortiz was walking in a crosswalk in the Northeast Los Angeles community of Highland Park. The hit-and-run crime took place at the intersection of Avenue 50 and San Marcos Place, adjacent to Aldama Street Elementary School. According to KTLA5, witnesses stated that the driver "just ran her over, didn't even turn back."
October 10, 2014
LADOT’s Bold New Strategic Vision: Eliminate L.A. Traffic Deaths By 2025
Today, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) released its new strategic plan, entitled Great Streets for Los Angeles.
September 30, 2014
Thanks For a Great Reception for LADOT GM Seleta Reynolds Last Night!
Last night's capacity crowd reception honored the city of Los Angeles Transportation Department's new General Manager Seleta Reynolds. Not only is Reynolds a champion for safety and for great places, but she even committed to scheduling this reception though it coincided with her birthday.
September 24, 2014
Meet Seleta Reynolds, the Safe Streets Advocate Running LADOT
(If you want to skip the article and the editing and just listen to our half-hour conversation, click here. - DN)
If you spend some time with the newly minted General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, you would think she was an LADOT lifer not a recent transplant from the San Francisco MTA.
September 15, 2014
Five Things I Learned at This Week’s L.A. Transportation Committee
Here are the top five things I learned listening in to this week's Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee meeting. The public meeting took place Wednesday, August 27, at Los Angeles City Hall. If you're nimble and/or having trouble sleeping, catch the full audio here.
August 29, 2014
LADOT Seeking Input on Plan to Offer Discount to TAP Users
Are reduced fares on the way for users of LADOT’s TAP on DASH bus service?
August 27, 2014