Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Urban Design

Under-construction 7th Street Streetscape improvements include curb-protected bike lanes and transit islands. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Eyes on the Street: 7th Street Curb-Protected Bike Lanes Under Construction

By Joe Linton | Jul 20, 2022 | No Comments

The under-construction $18.7 million 7th Street Streetscape project will include a curb-protected bikeway, expanded sidewalks, pedestrian/cyclist-scale lighting, bus islands, and new trees.

Barcelona is a great place to get around on foot, bike, and transit. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Some Urban Observations from My Barcelona Vacation

By Joe Linton | Jul 7, 2022 | No Comments

Barcelona is the most walkable, most transit-oriented, and most bikeable place I've ever been to. Great transit, bikeways, walk streets and more!

New protected bike lanes on Avocado Heights' Workman Mill Road. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A. except as noted.

Eyes on the Street: Protected Bikeway on Workman Mill Road in Avocado Heights

By Joe Linton | Jun 18, 2021 | No Comments

Workman Mill Road features two noteworthy urban innovations: protected bike lanes and rain gardens - both implemented by the L.A. County Department of Public Works

Koreatown's 6th Street could become a half-mile long pedestrian plaza. Rendering via WCKNC

Koreatown Neighborhood Council Proposes Pedestrianizing Sixth Street

By Joe Linton | Feb 2, 2021 | No Comments

The seven block half-mile-long project would bring needed open space to the most park-poor neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles

Los Angeles Union Station - photo by David Wilson via Wikimedia

Editorial: Metro Board Should Press Pause on Gutted Union Station Pedestrian Project

By Joe Linton | Oct 21, 2020 | No Comments

Please give newly seated L.A. City Coucilmember Kevin de León a chance to review and revive Union Station project

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