Recent Streetsblog LA posts about equity

An aerial view looking west of the Workman Homestead (right, center) and the San Jose Creek (left) taken by Spence Air Photos, 1921. Courtesy of the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum, City of Industry

From Rivers to Roads? A Historical Perspective on SGV Creeks

By Chris Greenspon | Mar 20, 2023 | No Comments

How did the San Gabriel Valley’s waterways shape the development of the region? Who will benefit from them being converted into greenways?

A faded crosswalk beside Potrero School in South El Monte. Credit: Chris Greenspon/SBLA

South El Monte Poised to Implement Safe Routes To School Improvements

By Chris Greenspon | Feb 6, 2023 | No Comments

The city will upgrade 23 intersections near schools with re-striping, new signage, and lights.

View of the empty lot on the corner of Maine Ave and Joanbridge St in Baldwin Park that will be developed into a mini-park. The slope in the background is the Santa Fe Dam. Credit: Chris Greenspon/SBLA

Baldwin Park to Build Mini-Park on Maine Avenue

By Chris Greenspon | Jan 19, 2023 | No Comments

The parklet will be right across the street from the Santa Fe Dam, but officials say it will provide important green space for children and seniors.

The L.A. City Council voted unanimously against adopting Healthy Streets L.A. outright, which sends the measure to the March 2024 election

City Council Declines to Approve Healthy Streets L.A., Pushing It to 2024 Ballot

By Joe Linton | Aug 24, 2022 | No Comments

Many speakers and most councilmembers favored the alternative "Safe Streets" proposal being shepherded by Council President Nury Martinez

Screenshot from yesterday's Gateway Cities Council of Governments 605 TAC meeting

Gateway Cities Freeway Supporters Skeptical of Metro Multimodal and Equity Objectives

By Joe Linton | Jul 27, 2022 | No Comments

Metro's meeting with Gateway Cities engineers was like two sets of people speaking different languages at each other. Metro reps spoke about equity, buses, resilience, climate. TAC members spoke about driving, cars, roads, freeways.

Renderings of the future of the Slauson corridor show shade trees, improved lighting, and safer crossings. Source: Metro

Rail-to-Rail Bike/Walk Path Breaks Ground on Slauson; Officials Speak to Its Significance for Corridor

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 12, 2022 | No Comments

Construction was to have begun in 2018, but the community had been waiting for something to happen there for much longer than that.

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