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Safe Streets Advocates Stage Die-In Protest Against Severe City Budget Cuts
In 2024 L.A. City traffic deaths exceeded 300 for the third straight year - with crash fatalities exceeding homicides. L.A. pedestrians are killed at disproportionately high numbers.
May 1, 2025
Eyes on the Street: New Protected Bike Lane on San Vicente Blvd
San Vicente's new stretch of parking-protected bike lane extends a half mile, from Keniston Avenue to Redondo Boulevard
April 23, 2025
Deadline For Input on SGV Greenways Implementation Plan is Saturday
The 200+ page document provides a comprehensive look at how the region’s flood control channels can be remade into walk/bike paths
April 21, 2025
New Bike Lanes on Mission Road and Bonnie Brae Street
New bike lanes are complete on Westlake's Bonnie Brae Street. New partially-protected bike lanes are being installed on Mission Road in Boyle Heights.
April 15, 2025
City Transportation Department Launches Required HLA Website, but It’s Problematic
LADOT's Measure HLA dashboard shows just seven projects, all of which LADOT claims are exempt from Measure HLA requirements
April 9, 2025
Landscaping Begins on Baldwin Park Greenway, Extended Route and Pocket Parks to Come
City council members tout the project’s positive impacts as community space through green infrastructure
April 8, 2025
CicLAvia Koreatown Meets Hollywood – Open Thread
Yesterday saw another popular iteration of CicLAvia, L.A.'s premiere open streets festival.
April 7, 2025
City Committee Approves HLA Minimum Standards, Requests Clarification for Crosswalks
A year after voters approved Measure HLA, the city approved its HLA Standard Elements Table which clarifies what minimum features will be included in bus/bike/walk facilities
April 3, 2025
Measure HLA Minimum Bus/Bike/Walk Requirements Expected to be Approved this Week
The City Planning Department released a revised and somewhat improved draft of its HLA Standard Elements Table, on the agenda for a Thursday vote of the city's Street Standards Committee
April 1, 2025
Metro Approves Vermont Avenue Bus Project, Favoring Parking Over Bikeway Plan
Metro and L.A. City are planning bus upgrades for Vermont Avenue, but current designs omit planned safety improvements (mainly bike lanes) now mandatory under Measure HLA
March 28, 2025
