Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Safety

Bike Coalition Executive Director Eli Kaufman speaking at yesterdays LAPD, L.A. Walks, SAFE, LACBC press briefing. Photo via LACBC

Friday L.A. Round-Up: Traffic Deaths Spike, COVID-19 Slow Streets, and 7th Street Lanes

By Joe Linton | May 15, 2020 | No Comments

New protected bike lanes on the way downtown, first COVID slow streets on the Westside, and LAPD reports a surge in speeding and traffic fatalities.

Air is clean, traffic is down, but speeding is up in L.A. during the pandemic. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Competing with Challenger Raman, Incumbent Ryu Claims Record of Support for Healthy Sustainable Transportation

By Joe Linton | May 14, 2020 | No Comments

L.A. isn't buying Ryu's twitter assertion of his record on "healthy and sustainable" mobility. Ryu has been pro-parking, anti-bikeway, and anti-road-diet.

Pasadena Nudges Drivers to Slow Down, Share Streets with Bicyclists and Pedestrians during COVID-19

By Kristopher Fortin | May 14, 2020 | No Comments

Pasadena's "three-tiered campaign is a reminder that roads are multi-modal and are meant to be safely shared by all” per Transportation Director Laura Cornejo.

In April parts of Fourth Street had more people on foot and bike than drivers. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Rebutting a Misleading Argument Against Healthy Streets Improvements

By Joe Linton | May 4, 2020 | No Comments

L.A. electeds are astonishingly tone-deaf in their dismissal of keeping pedestrians and cyclists safe

Del Rey "slow streets" map - via Twitter

L.A. Announces COVID “Slow Streets” Pilot then Postpones It; Program Needs Focus On Health, Equity

By Joe Linton | May 1, 2020 | No Comments

Crafted properly - prioritizing health and equity, timed right, and implemented respectfully, there could be many positive outcomes from Healthy Streets walk/bike safety improvements.

Does North Hollywood's Magnolia Boulevard really need narrower sidewalks? Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

L.A. Still Hell-Bent on Widening Magnolia Boulevard Like It’s 1999

By Joe Linton | Feb 21, 2020 | No Comments

BOE, LADOT, and Councilmember Krekorian should open their eyes. North Hollywood doesn't look like it did in 1999.

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