L.A. Times Calls California Speed Trap Law “Absurd” and Urges Reform
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California's archaic state speed law "is an absurd way to govern a public space."
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“I Can’t Go Everywhere that I Thought I Could Go”: When Black and Brown Cyclists Need Safety from More than Traffic
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"I knew where I was," muses Slimm, the 25-year-old road captain from the Los Ryderz Bike Club regarding his fateful decision to roll past 65th on Broadway - the heart of East Coast Crips territory, "but I was just riding by..."
How Can Vision Zero Work When L.A. Continues to Prioritize Speed?
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Rather than raise speed limits, let’s lower design speeds, so the mistakes are less impactful when they inevitably happen
![Officer drags Bethany Nava off the train at Westlake/MacArthur Park for not removing her foot from the seat where it was propped up. [Image: still from video taken by Brock Bryan.]](https://i2.wp.com/la.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-23-at-2.14.59-PM.png?resize=800%2C450px&ssl=1)
Teen Hauled Off Metro Train, Cuffed for Putting Her Feet Up
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As he films the scene unfolding in front of him at the Westlake/MacArthur Park station, Metro passenger Brock Bryan calmly pleads with an LAPD officer to stop manhandling a young woman he dragged off the train for putting her foot up on the seat.
Strategy Center Files Lawsuit Seeking Arrest, Citation, and Deployment Data from Metro, Law Enforcement Agencies
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Between May and September of this year, the lawsuit Public Counsel filed on behalf of the Labor/Community Strategy Center (LCSC) this past December 13 states, both Metro and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) failed to adequately respond (or respond at all) to multiple requests for public records regarding policing and fare enforcement practices, breakdowns […]
L.A. City Council Approves $27.2M For Vision Zero 2017 Budget
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Today the L.A. City Council approved $27.2 million in funding for Vision Zero, primarily for pedestrian safety improvements.