Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Car Culture

Anti-parking posts like these (which didn't prevent the car from its spot) are proliferating in Koreatown. All photos: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: Posts Against Cars Parking on Koreatown Sidewalks

By Joe Linton | Mar 2, 2017 | 38 Comments

In 2015, I posted about what appeared to be a relatively new situation: a seemingly increasing number of cars parking on Koreatown sidewalks. I mentioned that I basically never saw this in my neighborhood only 5-10 years ago. Note that Koreatown is Los Angeles’ most population-dense neighborhood. It is among the most heavily walked neighborhoods […]

Eyes On the Street: Cars Parking On Sidewalks

By Joe Linton | Dec 2, 2015 | 35 Comments

The latest reports show that L.A. County has 18.6 million parking spaces, a whopping 14 percent of developed land. But apparently drivers want even more. It may be just anecdotal in my neighborhood – which is Koreatown near East Hollywood – but it seems like I am seeing more and more cars parking on sidewalks and curbs. […]

Charles Crumpley Should Stop Talking About Transportation

By Damien Newton | Oct 6, 2015 | No Comments

When I got an email pointing me to “Stop the War on Drivers,” a new piece by Charles Crumpley, I was giddy. Crumpley’s fact-free transportation writing is easy fodder. I knew I had my story for the day. The last time Charles Crumpley, the main editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal, wrote about transportation and […]

LADOT Announces “Year Three” Bike Lane Projects To Study and Ignore

By Joe Linton | Apr 1, 2015 | 4 Comments

Los Angeles City Transportation Department (LADOT) engineer Leffel O’Serviss announced that his department has selected 40 new miles of approved bike lane streets that will be part of the department’s “Year Three” bikeway projects. O’Serviss announced that, following on LADOT’s Year One and Year Two projects, these forty miles will be studied vigorously and will […]

L.A. Weekly Claims the Mantle of Defender of Dangerous Drivers

By Damien Newton | May 8, 2014 | 10 Comments

There was a decent amount of outrage aimed at Hillel Aron at L.A. Weekly for his web-exclusive op/ed boasting about his driving prowess and defending his habit of texting-while-driving. I’ve considered myself something of a Hillel fan since his “Bikeroots” piece in 2011, so I was both surprised and a little dismayed while reading a […]

The Teachable Moment Everyone Is Ignoring

By Damien Newton | Dec 3, 2013 | 35 Comments

By all accounts, Paul Walker was a great person. He was a movie star who cared about people. He raised millions for charity. He loved his daughter. He did all the things that one hopes celebrities do in their lives, by using his money and fame to make the world a better place. Except for […]

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