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Firefighters Oppose L.A. City Safe Streets Initiative Measure HLA
"I hate to tell you," California Professional Firefighters President Brian Rice said, "California and Los Angeles in particular, this is a car community. You may not like it, but it is."
February 15, 2024
At New Wilshire Subway Stations, Metro Ignoring L.A. City Street Standards
Metro rail construction appears to follow city street standards only when they mandate increasing car capacity, not when standards mandate safety and walkability
January 25, 2024
Zombie Street Widening Strikes Topanga Canyon Blvd Today, based on 2011 Approval
Why do zombie street widenings killed in 2015 and again in 2019 still roam the streets in 2024?
January 18, 2024
For Transit, Walk, and Bike, 2023 Still Has Unfinished Business
Stuff that didn't happen yet: Metro was going to install safe connections to stations and build BRT and bikeways, L.A. was going to end road widening and improve street safety
January 3, 2024
It’s 2023 and L.A. City Is Still Widening Lots of Roads
L.A. City street widening is expensive, and adversely impacts safety, health, climate, air, water, noise, housing, historic preservation, and more.
August 25, 2023
Modest Bike Improvements Along Downtown Connector Stations, Though Mostly Missed Opportunities
Metro and City ignored approved bikeway plans - again. Alameda Esplanade and 5th Street bus queue jumper still on the way.
June 21, 2023
Astonishing City Planning Department Mobility Plan Status Report Ignores Mobility Plan
The progress report is actually difficult to report on because there is so little substance to it - but it is clear that the city is in no hurry to implement its own multimodal Mobility Plan.
April 13, 2023
L.A. Public Works Committee Approves Motion to End Automatic Road Widening
The Raman-Bonin-Blumenfield motion would "eliminate spot road widenings" instead prioritizing the "pedestrian experience" and "pedestrian safety and visibility" by minimizing crossing distance at intersections
January 25, 2023
Drivers Dismantle Modest Plastic-Bollard Vision Zero Improvements at Silver Lake and Temple
If L.A. is to move toward Vision Zero, the least the city can do is maintain the safety improvements already installed
January 25, 2023
With Healthy Streets Initiative Looming, City Departments Say Plans Aren’t Plans, Just Guidance
When is a plan not a plan? When it's "a policy foundation... [with] no... specific projects."
December 20, 2022
