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Eyes on the Street: Slow Streets in South Pasadena
The city has a sampler platter of quick-build temporary traffic calming installations to experience for the rest of the year
September 20, 2023
Alhambrans Urge City Council Not to Widen Fremont Avenue and its Off-Ramps
Residents who favor multimodal investment showed at city council to sound off on what they feel is a poor use of a “once in a lifetime” pot of money from the cancelled 710 extension.
May 16, 2023
2023 will bring Slow Streets and Open Streets programs to San Gabriel Valley
Active SGV will be busy next year installing numerous temporary traffic calming, holding an Earth Day ciclovía, and renting out e-bikes on a long term basis
August 23, 2022
Streets for All Announces L.A. 25×25 Challenge to Re-Allocate Public Space for People
L.A. 25x25 pushes to give 25 percent of street space back to the people by 2025 - expanding Slow Streets, outdoor dining, plazas, green space, bus shelters, tree planting, pedestrian space, and bus and bike lanes
November 1, 2021
Some Actionable Transportation Ideas for City Councilmember Kevin de León
Here are some ways de León can "prioritize bikes, pedestrians, electric buses" - from dedicated bus lanes to protected bikeways to freeway removal
February 10, 2021
Some Urban Observations From My Italy Vacation
Rome, Pisa, Calci, Lucca, Venice and Florence are conducive to car-free travel. High-speed trains are great for travel between cities.
January 24, 2020
Homelessness Coverage that Punches Down: Could We Just Not?
Three years ago, I got an email asking me to cover the extent to which a homeless person was infringing on the rights of bus riders by taking up residence at a bus shelter. The city had posted notice it was going to do a clean-up there, the sender said, but the deadline had passed and he was beginning to lose patience.
November 23, 2019
Bike Talk: What Bike Advocacy Needs to Understand about South Central
"What is the situation in South L.A.?" is the question Colin Bogart, Education Director at the L.A. County Bicycle Coalition, posed to launch our discussion of the removal of a 7.2 mile bike lane planned for Central Avenue from the Mobility Plan 2035.
July 18, 2016
Lancaster’s Livability: An Interview with Planning Director Brian Ludicke
The city of Lancaster, population 160,000, is the fifth most populous city in L.A. County. It occupies about one hundred square miles in the Antelope Valley, separated from the L.A. Basin by the San Gabriel Mountains. Lancaster is at the northern terminus of Metrolink's Antelope Valley line, a two-hour train ride from downtown Los Angeles.
July 12, 2016
Hit-and-Run Claims Life of Beloved Nun. We Must Do Better, Los Angeles.
On Sunday, Raquel Diaz, a sister with the Los Angeles Archdiocese, succumbed to her injuries. She was seventy years old.
December 23, 2015