Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Hyperion

The Sound and the Silence, Hyperion Bridge Controversy Moves Behind the Curtain

By Damien Newton | Sep 3, 2015 | 1 Comment

For almost two years, the controversy surrounding the redesign of the Hyperion Bridge has been a leading story at Streetsblog. However, with the battle over the future road design of the bridge being decided by lawyers and judges rather than planners and politicians, the story has moved from the public spotlight to inaccessible private meeting […]

Vision Hyperion: Advocates Sue City Claiming Inadequate Study of Bridge Redesign

By Damien Newton | Jul 7, 2015 | 111 Comments

Flanked by community and safe streets advocates holding signs reading “Save Our Sidewalk” and “Safe Streets 4 All,” Don Ward leaned into a microphone to announce the battle over the redesign of the Glendale-Hyperion series of bridges was not over just because the City Council has given the project a green light. “This morning, we are […]

Who Do We Blame for the Next Death on the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge?

By Joe Linton | Jun 9, 2015 | 62 Comments

In a unanimous 11-0 vote, the Los Angeles City Council approved the city Bureau of Engineering’s (BOE) single-sidewalk pedestrian-killer design for the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge. Though the item was not approved at the Public Works Committee last week, the City Council approved the item today with no public comment, after brief misleading characterizations by Councilmembers Tom LaBonge and Mitch O’Farrell. […]

Public Works Committee Sends Unsafe Glendale-Hyperion Bridge Design To Full Council

By Joe Linton | Jun 3, 2015 | 6 Comments

The city of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering’s (BOE) sidewalk-deficient Glendale-Hyperion Bridge design was heard today in the L.A. City Council’s Public Works Committee. As at the earlier Public Works Board hearing, the BOE trotted out dire Level of Service predictions and threats that the city would lose $50 million if the project is delayed. […]

Eyes on the Bridge: What Glendale-Hyperion’s Missing Sidewalk Means

By Joe Linton | May 20, 2015 | 13 Comments

Above is a graphic created by Don Ward to show just how crappy the Bureau of Engineering’s Glendale-Hyperion Bridge plan is. The unsafe design was recently approved by L.A.’s Board of Public Works, and will soon come before City Council. Streetsblog USA profiled the board’s approval as a sign that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s commitment to great […]

Public Works Board Approves Sidewalk Deficient Glendale-Hyperion Bridge

By Joe Linton | May 15, 2015 | 25 Comments

In a hearing at City Hall this morning, the mayor-appointed Board of Public Works unanimously approved proceeding with the city Bureau of Engineering’s (BOE) recommendation to eliminate one of two sidewalks on its Glendale-Hyperion Bridge retrofit project. The latest version, announced earlier this week, has not changed significantly since 2013 when BOE pushed a similar unsafe design, leading […]

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