Pedestrian Safety
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Bike Lanes, Crosswalks, Pedestrian Signals Coming to Dahab Crash Corner
Last Friday, the Baldwin Hills Conservancy, a county agency, awarded Culver City $570,000 to improve the intersection of Jefferson Boulevard and Hetzler road, the same intersection where Christine Dahab crashed into a group of stationary Midnight Ridazz early in the morning of June 16. The improvements include the installation of a raised median near the intersection to differentiate the area surrounding the Scenic Overlook and the rest of the park from the industrial area around it, bike lanes from Duquense Avenue to the west to the City border to the east, a sidewalk on both sides of Jefferson and installation of a pedestrian signal at Hetzler.
June 28, 2011
Traffic Light Construction Begins at Deadly Intersection in North Hollywood
The past week has been a dismal one for pedestrian safety issues. One week ago, the K-Town Riders were probably peacefully planning out their ride, checking their tires, or otherwise going about their business with no idea the carnage that would be unleashed on them. One week ago the fate of our city's red light camera program was still uncertain. But one week ago, one of the deadliest intersection in the city still didn't have a traffic light.
June 22, 2011
City Council Delays Vote on Red Light Camera Until Tuesday
After a parade of public speakers rose to speak on whether or not the L.A. City Council should overrule the Police Commission and not allow Los Angeles' red light cameras to come down, Councilman Tony Cardenas motioned to delay the final vote until Tuesday so that more City Council Members could be present. At the time, there were eight Council Members in the room, and all ten would have had to vote for the Cardenas/Parks motion for it to pass.
June 17, 2011
Danish Architect Jan Gehl on Good Cities for Walking
Editor’s note: Streetsblog San Francisco is thrilled to present a three-part series this week by renowned Danish architect and livable streets luminary Jan Gehl. The pieces are excerpts are from his book, “Cities for People” published by Island Press. This is part two. Donate to Streetsblog SF and you’ll qualify to win a copy of the book, courtesy of Island Press.
June 15, 2011
Streetscast: Meet the Streetsblog Board’s Deborah Murphy
Over the course of this year, I wanted to take time ever now and then to introduce you to members of our L.A. Streetsblog team here in Los Angeles by letting you hear them discuss transportation issues in their own words. Previous articles have focused on CicLAvia's Joe Linton and the Safe Routes to School's National Partnership's Jessica Meaney.
June 1, 2011
Transportation 4 America Report: Federal and Local Governments Need to Address Pedestrian Safety
This morning, Transportation for America (T4A) released a report, "Dangerous by Design" which gives a state-by-state ranking of how dangerous each state is for pedestrians. While there are certainly worse states to take a walk in than California, 6,957 Californians died (of 47,700 nationally) while walking as result of a crash between 2000 and 2009.
May 24, 2011
How Can We Increase Pedestrian Activity on South Lake Avenue in Pasadena?
For awhile now, I’ve contemplated the perplexing question of “What can improve South Lake Avenue (an underperforming shopping district)?” and I’ve come up with my own conclusions as to why the moribund district performs so poorly.
February 18, 2011
Is the Livability Movement Doomed to Homogeneity? The CDC Says No.
The first time Adolfo Hernandez went to the National Bike Summit, he got a sense of just how monochromatic the livability movement can be.
January 14, 2011
Perils of walking in Alhambra, My near death experience!
I pressed the crosswalk button and waited until the traffic light signaled me to cross the street. Before I stepped onto the cross walk on Main Street at the intersection with Granada, heading north, I looked ahead slightly left to see if there were any on coming cars.
January 3, 2011
Concerns about Safety? Muggings? LAPD Announces “Zero Tolerance” on Downtown Jaywalkers
The Downtown LAPD is at it again.
November 30, 2010