Pedestrian Safety
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It Took a Village to Make This Overland Avenue Crosswalk Safer
Several modest improvements - new signage, pedestrian head-start signal, flashing yellow right-turn arrow - made one well-used Westside crosswalk much safer
July 10, 2019
New Safe Streets Advocacy Guide from L.A. Walks and Best Start
Safe Streets, Healthy Families Advocacy Guide is a new jargon-free step-by-step guide for neighbors wanting to improve their streets
June 25, 2019
Eyes on the Street: Rosewood’s New Diverter Crossing
Cyclists and pedestrians can now safely cross La Brea at Rosewood. Drivers get a right turn only.
June 11, 2019
LADOT Hosts Traffic Safety Pop-Up Installations
LADOT hosted pop-up traffic calming installations in Koreatown and Westlake - hopefully these will lead to permanent upgrades
May 16, 2019
Interview with John Yi, New Executive Director of Los Angeles Walks
Yi: "If there is any connective tissue in my career, it is that I'm a community organizer. ...my passion is in building grassroots power to push for systems change."
May 13, 2019
Silver Lake Area Street Safety Efforts Gain Momentum on Several Fronts
After favorable neighborhood council elections and LADOT report, discussions are shifting from defending existing safety improvements, and instead looking to expand them.
April 12, 2019
L.A. County Seeks Input on Draft Vision Zero Action Plan
Submit comments by March 31 on L.A. County's Vision Zero Action Plan which identifies collision corridors and improvements to make them safer
March 6, 2019
L.A. Anti-Road-Diet Conspiracy Trolls Trying to Go National
Should Streetsblog be giving street safety denier crackpots more attention than they deserve?
February 4, 2019
Reward Offered for Information on Hit-and-Run at Lorena/Whittier
Surveillance video shows the driver plowing into the woman, tossing her to the side of the road, and speeding away as if nothing happened.
January 10, 2019
Metro Prohibits Bicycling/Walking On First Street In Little Tokyo
Metro needs to make First Street safe, instead of expecting cyclists to take a ridiculous detour
January 8, 2019
