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Eyes on the Street: Posts Against Cars Parking on Koreatown Sidewalks
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.
March 2, 2017
Eyes On the Street: Cars Parking On Sidewalks
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.
December 2, 2015
Charles Crumpley Should Stop Talking About Transportation
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.
October 6, 2015
LADOT Announces “Year Three” Bike Lane Projects To Study and Ignore
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 not be implemented.
April 1, 2015
L.A. Weekly Claims the Mantle of Defender of Dangerous Drivers
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 piece that seemed so wildly tone-deaf.
May 8, 2014
The Teachable Moment Everyone Is Ignoring
By all accounts, Paul Walker was a great person.
December 3, 2013
Asm. Gatto: Don’t Turn Hyperion Bridge Into Highway
As reported on Tuesday, Assemblyman Mike Gatto is now the first elected official to publicly oppose the currently proposed redesign of the Hyperion Viaduct over the Los Angeles River. Critics of the redesign argue that the proposed widening the lanes and adding crash buffers will only encourage more unsafe driving both on the bridge and through the connecting communities.
October 10, 2013
The Looming Disaster of the Hyperion-Glendale Bridges Re-Design
Earlier this week, Streetsblog published an article about how the Hyperion-Glendale Complex of Bridges Rehabilitation Project was giving short shrift to bicyclists and pedestrians and everyone that lived in the area. At the time, based on information provided to us by the Bureau of Engineering, I assumed that the issue could be resolved by arguing for a complete streets approach to the right people.
September 27, 2013
Southern California’s roadway terror is back in the news
Evidently, the Terror of Calabasas is at it again.
August 28, 2013
L.A.’s Real Growth Is in Car-Free and Car-Lite Families
I've never made it a secret that I'm one of the few Streetsblog editors that owns a car. But in the new Los Angeles, the one that prioritizes transit projects over highway expansion, that my family of four only has one car that we barely use is becoming the new normal.
August 1, 2013