Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Parklets

New protected bike lane on eastbound 7th Street in downtown L.A. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: New 7th Street Protected Lane in DTLA

By Joe Linton | May 25, 2018 | 8 Comments

Bit by bit, L.A. is slowly embracing protected bicycle infrastructure. Earlier this month, LADOT added another block of protected bike lane. It is located on 7th Street from Hope Street to Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles, in front of The Bloc. The location is directly across from Metro’s 7th Street Station. Ryan Johnson of […]

For Park(ing) Day this short stretch of Stanley Avenue became a pleasant car-free plaza. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Melrose Park(ing) Day Sets Stage For More Permanent Pedestrian Plaza

By Joe Linton | Sep 19, 2017 | 2 Comments

The Melrose BID used Park(ing) Day to showcase a space that could become a more permanent plaza.

Eyes on the Street: Motor Avenue’s New Parklets, Celebrate This Thursday

By Joe Linton | Aug 8, 2016 | 4 Comments

This week, the Motor Avenue Improvement Association will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating two great new parklets on Motor Avenue. The festivities will take place on Thursday August 11 at 1 p.m. at 3376 Motor Avenue in Palms. The parklets are part of the city of L.A. Department of Transportation (LADOT) innovative People St program, where communities […]

Eyes on the Street: Parklet Underway on Motor Avenue

By Joe Linton | Jan 20, 2016

Last week, a new parklet opened in downtown L.A.’s South Park. The next People St parklet installation is already underway on Motor Avenue in Palms. The parklet pictured is in front of C&M Cafe at 3272 Motor Avenue, a block south of the Metro Expo Line Phase 2 and the Expo bikeway’s Northvale gap. Motor was improved […]

Downtown L.A. Celebrates New Parklet On Hope Street

By Joe Linton | Jan 14, 2016 | 4 Comments

People Street meets Hope Street. Just over a hundred people attended the grand opening of Los Angeles’ newest parklet, located on Hope Street just below 11th Street in the downtown L.A. neighborhood of South Park. In case you are not familiar with the term, a parklet is a mini-park that replaces a parking space or […]

Main Street in Santa Monica Poised to Get 2 Parklets

By Jason Islas | Nov 23, 2015

Update: The Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved three locations for the city’s pilot parklet program. The three locations include the two recommended by staff and a third at Main and Hill in front of Finn McCool’s. The Santa Monica City Council next Tuesday will consider giving the go-ahead to the beachside city’s first two […]

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