Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Livable Streets

Mini-roundabout at Willoughby and Curson Avenues in West Hollywood. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

2023 will bring Slow Streets and Open Streets programs to San Gabriel Valley

By Chris Greenspon | Aug 23, 2022 | No Comments

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

Streets for All Announces L.A. 25×25 Challenge to Re-Allocate Public Space for People

By Joe Linton | Nov 1, 2021 | No Comments

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

Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León - via de León

Some Actionable Transportation Ideas for City Councilmember Kevin de León

By Joe Linton | Feb 10, 2021 | No Comments

Here are some ways de León can "prioritize bikes, pedestrians, electric buses" - from dedicated bus lanes to protected bikeways to freeway removal

Streetsblog editor Joe Linton riding a streetcar in Rome. All photos by Joe Linton (photos of the author by Carrie Lincourt)

Some Urban Observations From My Italy Vacation

By Joe Linton | Jan 24, 2020 | No Comments

Rome, Pisa, Calci, Lucca, Venice and Florence are conducive to car-free travel. High-speed trains are great for travel between cities.

Seagulls circle overhead at 6th and San Pedro in the Skid Row neighborhood in 2012. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Homelessness Coverage that Punches Down: Could We Just Not?

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 23, 2019 | No Comments

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 […]

Bike Talk: What Bike Advocacy Needs to Understand about South Central

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 18, 2016 | 24 Comments

“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. Both Malcolm Harris, Director of Programs and Organizing from TRUST South L.A., and […]

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