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Bike Updates: Griffith Park, Chandler, Terra Bella, and Westside Plans
Griffith Park bike upgrades partially installed. Plus: Terra Bella Street, Chandler groundbreaking, and Westside bike project meetings
March 9, 2026
Councilmember Yaroslavsky Calls for Urgent City Response to Westwood Driver Killing Three People
Councilmember Park also responds to killing of Playa del Rey cyclist, calls to "to re-assess the area for... improvements."
February 9, 2026
Police and Fire Departments Shut Down Volunteer Crosswalk Painting Event in Westwood
LAPD cited People's Vision Zero volunteer organizer Jonathan Hale for misdemeanor "vandalism on city property," the charge typically means a $250 fine
December 8, 2025
Westwood’s Broxton Avenue Pedestrian Plaza is Open
Broxton Plaza is now open, with additional People St features coming in November
October 28, 2024
Streets for All Announces ‘Westwood Connected’ Bus/Walk/Bike Campaign
No UCLA student should have to risk their life to get to/from the Expo line, or even just around Westwood Village
April 10, 2023
Listen: Scary Subway Vent Shafts Sound Off In Bel-Air Video
Darth-Vader-breath-like noises will emanate from proposed subway ventilation shafts if Metro has its way, tunneling under Bel-Air's "fragile hillside."
June 9, 2022
Homeowner Groups: Metro Sepulveda Rail Will Destroy Neighborhoods
Westside homeowners don't want subway tunnels. Valley homeowners don't want aerial trains.
February 7, 2022
Bus Lane Updates: New Red Markings – New Lanes Delayed
New red thermoplastic bus lane markings have been installed on Wilshire and Figueroa. Bus lanes expected soon on Alvarado, Grand, and Olive.
June 4, 2021
The Westwood Neighborhood Greenway Is Now Complete
The two-acre site, straddling the Metro E Line, cleanses urban runoff before it flows into the Santa Monica Bay
January 25, 2021
Sherman Oaks Nimbys Bash Sepulveda Rail Plans, Push Unrealistic Freeway Monorail
Sherman Oaks Nimbys criticize the Sepulveda line project coming and going. Trains are too expensive - and less expensive aerial alternatives are "UNACCEPTABLE."
July 30, 2019
