Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit Oriented Development

The 124-unit mixed use project replacing the car wash at 4218-4248 S. Crenshaw Blvd. was just approved by the Planning Commission. It will next head to City Council for final approval. It is one of several changing the landscape along the corridor.

124-Unit Project at 4242 S. Crenshaw Approved by City Planning

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 10, 2020 | No Comments

The largely market-rate project is one of over half a dozen that were recently completed or are in the works along Crenshaw between Exposition and 61st.

A view of the courtyard of the SEED school looking northward. The lots the project will rise on stood vacant for nearly 30 years. It will open its doors to students in the fall of 2022.

Metro’s Transportation Boarding School Breaks Ground at Vermont/Manchester

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments

"Groundbreaking celebrated without construction to follow had been the norm at a certain point," said Ridley-Thomas. "But no more."

L.A. mixed-use affordable housing - photo via L.A. Dept. of City Planning

L.A. City’s Transit-Oriented Communities Affordable Housing Incentives Are Working

By Joe Linton | Feb 28, 2020 | No Comments

In 2019 the Transit-Oriented Communities program accounted for 42% of all proposed housing in L.A. City - more than 14,500 permitted units

Pasadena City slide explaining implications of VMT/LOS. Image via PCSC

Pasadena Re-Examining Key Environmental Metric – Vehicle Miles Traveled

By Joe Linton | Jan 13, 2020 | No Comments

Pasadena is looking at a key planning tool "Vehicle Miles Traveled," with big implications for walkability, bikeability, transit, and housing

New renderings of the Crenshaw Crossing project planned to rise on two lots at Expo and Crenshaw. Source: Watt Companies project page

Revised Crenshaw Crossing Project Heads to Metro Planning Cmte; Affordability Still a Concern

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 19, 2019 | No Comments

Is a project meant to serve as the gateway to a historic Black corridor reserving enough space for the people that make it so special?

The Metro Expo Line through downtown L.A. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

City Council Approves Expo Line Signal Prioritization and Final Expo Line Neighborhood Plans

By Joe Linton | Nov 5, 2019 | No Comments

L.A. City Council approved maximizing Expo Line signal prioritization, and the Exposition Corridor Transit Neighborhood Plan which fosters affordable housing, jobs, and walkability at five stations

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