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As Public Health Prepares for Vending Crackdown, Street Vendors Call for the Cancellation of Rents
Street vendors decry having been left to fend for themselves during a disaster, seek cash assistance, the cancellation of rents, and an end to criminalization
May 1, 2020
Nipsey Hussle Understood Cities Better than You. Why Didn’t You Know Who He Was?
"I swore to tell the world if I made it out/The truth about these L.A. streets and all what they about"
August 15, 2019
“I Can’t Go Everywhere that I Thought I Could Go”: When Black and Brown Cyclists Need Safety from More than Traffic
"I knew where I was," muses Slimm, the 25-year-old road captain from the Los Ryderz Bike Club regarding his fateful decision to roll past 65th on Broadway - the heart of East Coast Crips territory, "but I was just riding by..."
May 1, 2018
Proyecto Pastoral Crowdfunds for Pico-Aliso Neighborhood Project
Squeezed in between the major thoroughfares connecting Boyle Heights to downtown, the Pico-Aliso community has long been treated by the city as an area to be passed through, and as quickly as possible, at that.
July 28, 2016
Motion to Move Forward on Rail-to-River Bikeway Project up for Vote Thursday
In a motion before the Metro Executive Management Committee last Thursday morning, County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas cited the successful "transformation of unused or abandoned rail right-of-ways into pedestrian access and bicycle routes" around the country and here in L.A. as support for his call that the Board direct Chief Executive Officer Art Leahy to move forward on the recommendations found in the 212-page feasibility study on the proposed Rail-to-River Bikeway.
October 22, 2014
Feasibility Study on Slauson Corridor Rail-to-River Project Takes Another Step Forward
How are you going to get community input?
March 5, 2014
Dear Santa, Please Bring Us an Active Transportation Corridor Along Slauson. But Don’t Forget the Community in the Process.
Flanked by industry or warehouses on either side for much of its trajectory, and running parallel to defunct and unkempt railroad tracks that are liberally adorned with debris, graffiti, and enormous mud puddles when it rains, the Slauson Avenue corridor doesn't seem like the most human-friendly place.
December 17, 2013
New Bike Lanes on Vermont: One Small Step Forward Where Three or Four Big Steps Are Needed
As a cyclist, I do my best to avoid Vermont Ave. like the plague.
March 1, 2013
Human Transit’s Jarrett Walker Appearing in L.A. This Thursday
(editor's note: We got the following invite in our Inbox last night, and while we don't usually post events that come in after our "Week in Livable Streets Events" post, an appearance from our friend, Australia's Jarrett Walker of Human Transit, seems to be a good time for an exception. The invite was written by Darrell Clarke.)
November 2, 2010
With the Fires Affecting Air Quality, Bike Safely Out There
On Monday, reader M asked for some advice while traveling outside. While some readers stepped up with some good advice, I asked some of our local bike safety experts for their advice.
September 2, 2009