Road Diet
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Transportation Committee Denies Mar Vista Venice Blvd Legal Challenge
L.A.'s Transportation Committee supported the Mar Vista Venice Boulevard great streets project, denying a legal appeal and affirming it is exempt from CEQA review.
February 27, 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
Neighborhood Council Coalition Approves Neutral Motion Calling for Community Consultation on Road Diets
LANCC calls for community input on road diets. This represents a victory for livability, as early version of motion had been strongly anti-road-diet.
January 7, 2019
Neighborhood Council Coalition Backs Away from Anti-Road-Diet Motion
At the urging of safety advocates, the L.A. Neighborhood Council Coalition has shifted a proposed anti-road-diet motion to be more neutral.
January 4, 2019
Traffic Safety Deniers Cynically Attack Venice Blvd Safety Improvements for Crash on Centinela Nearby
Two drivers struck and killed Felipe Nunez-Garcia on Centinela, then Westside trolls called for removing safety improvements elsewhere.
January 2, 2019
Councilmember Rodriguez Unveils New La Tuna Canyon Road Safety Improvements
La Tuna Canyon Road has received a safety upgrade including a road diet and 1.2 miles of new buffered bike lanes
December 14, 2018
Keep L.A. Moving Fails on Sweeping Anti-Road Diet Motion – Twice
Keep L.A. Moving has been pushing a pernicious anti-safety anti-road-diet resolution in L.A.’s neighborhood council circles
December 12, 2018
Committee Approves Motion Directing LADOT to Further Study Rowena
Safe streets advocates fear that Councilmember Ryu's motion could lay groundwork for undoing Rowena Avenue road diet safety improvements.
October 24, 2018
Temple Street Slow Jams Celebrate Improvements, Though No Road Diet
Community members held Slow Jams to bring attention to safety improvements coming to a particularly deadly stretch of Temple St.
September 25, 2018
Rowena Avenue Report: Ryu Motion, NC Meeting Tonight, Crash Nearby Last Night
Though the Rowena Avenue road diet reconfiguration has improved safety, critics are pushing to have it undone on the grounds of nearby cut-through traffic.
September 5, 2018