Griffith Observatory DASH Shuttle Service Expands Next Week
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Starting next week, Griffith Park will use new parking revenue to provide DASH Observatory Shuttle service seven days per week.
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Metro Making Plans to Use Transit to Connect Communities with Parks
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Nearly two years ago, President Obama noted the need for greater and more equitable park accessibility while speaking at the San Gabriel Mountain national monument designation ceremony: “This is an issue of social justice, because it’s not enough to have this awesome natural wonder within your sight – you have to be able to access it.” […]
New Griffith Park Traffic Plan Promising But Flawed
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The L.A. City Department of Recreation and Parks has released a new “Griffith Park Action Plan” [PDF] designed to deal with car congestion primarily from Hollywood Sign visitors. Last night, DRP and City Councilmember David Ryu hosted a community meeting to receive public feedback on the proposal. Nearly 200 people attended the forum, where DRP and […]
City Nears Purchase of Key Parcel for L.A. River Revitalization
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A big property acquisition is underway that will set the stage for planned large-scale revitalization of the Los Angeles River. The City of Los Angeles is expecting to complete the purchase of a former railyard site that Mayor Eric Garcetti and others describe as the “crown jewel” of any large-scale restoration of the river. While there’s a long lineage […]
Dead Spaces Make for Dead (and Unwalkable) Places
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I’m feeling sorta trashy. Not in that way. I’ve just had trash on the brain lately. Even as L.A. is celebrated for moving toward being more walkable and livable, trash seems to be the one constant, particularly in lower-income areas. One of the reasons is that there is a lot of dead space in places […]
The 2014 Los Angeles River Kayak Season Is Open!
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I got a chance to do a preview kayak tour of the Los Angeles River yesterday. The tour was part of the Los Angeles Conservation Corps Paddle the L.A. River program. It took place in the most natural stretch of the 51-mile-long L.A. River: the Sepulveda Basin. The river runs through the middle of the 2000-acre Sepulveda […]