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Meet Alexandra Ramirez, the New Executive Director of Los Angeles Walks
Meet Alexandra Ramirez at this Saturday's L.A. Walks Sidewalk Soirée event.
March 12, 2024
Measure HLA Fact Check: Sidewalk Costs
The city says $200 million worth of annual ADA work is "included in the cost" of Measure HLA, but the city is already on the hook for that ADA work anyway, so none of it should be included as HLA costs
February 29, 2024
Die-In Rally Calls on Mayor Bass to End Record Traffic Deaths
336 people were killed in L.A. City traffic crashes in 2023 - the highest total in over 20 years. Safe streets advocates are urging the city to take Vision Zero seriously.
January 29, 2024
Turnbull Canyon Road Grade Separation Construction Underway Soon, Includes Ped/Bike Bridge
The bridges will be built over the Union Pacific tracks where many cut through for a reprieve from the area’s busy arterials
January 17, 2024
Eyes on the Street: Safe Routes to School Improvements in Koreatown
"While the street is a little bit narrower, we're seeing a lot more kids getting to and from the school in a lot more safe and organized fashion"
January 12, 2024
Alhambra Locals Get Another Month to Review City’s Bike/Ped Plan
The release of the final plan just a few days before it was set to be adopted riled some Alhambra residents, but city officials say the sooner it’s voted on, the sooner they can seek funding
January 11, 2024
Santa Monica Considers Transportation Funding Measure for November 2024 Ballot
Santa Monica is looking to tax paid parking structures (i.e. garages and paid lots) to fund transportation projects, including Vision Zero safety improvements and maintenance of the city's parking structures
December 18, 2023
Street Services asks CD8 stakeholders to weigh in on light poles for Western Ave. by December 27
Formal community engagement around the larger slate of improvements planned for Western will begin in February 2024
December 15, 2023
Eyes on the Street: Pasadena’s New Cordova Street Bike Lanes
Pasadena's 1.5-mile long Cordova Street Complete Streets project includes about 0.9 mile of new road diet bike lanes between Lake Avenue and Arroyo Parkway
December 13, 2023
“Watch Out, Amsterdam” Santa Monica Cuts Ribbon Opening Ambitious Curb-Protected 17th Street Bikeway
Santa Monica's recently completed 17th Street bikeway improvements have a "region leading design" featuring Southern California's first protected "Dutch-style" intersections, plus concrete curb protection, and makes great connections to the city's growing bikeway network
December 4, 2023
