Walking
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Eyes on the Street: Safer Shorter Crossings in Silver Lake and Echo Park
Sometimes neighborhood livability and walkability do not need to wait for multi-million dollar infrastructure streetscape re-vamps. Sometimes all it takes is paint. Or, as in the case of these streets, longer-lasting thermoplastic striping that doubles as "paint."
August 17, 2015
Transportation Committee Questions LAPD’s 8,000+ Annual Ped Tickets
This afternoon the Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee discussed a motion questioning the effectiveness of LAPD's "jaywalking" enforcement. The pedestrian enforcement motion, 15-0546, was authored by City Councilmember Mike Bonin, who chairs the committee.
June 24, 2015
Interview with Luke Klipp of Jaydancing
For as long as I can remember, Streetsblog Los Angeles has been lamenting the L.A. Police Department's targeted ticketing of pedestrians. LAPD "jaywalking" enforcement occurs mostly in downtown Los Angeles, but also outside various central Los Angeles Metro rail stations. I am excited that Los Angeles City Councilmembers Mike Bonin and Jose Huizar recently introduced a motion to begin to examine these stings, but it looks like the archaic walking law will probably need to changed at the state level.
June 16, 2015
Who Do We Blame for the Next Death on the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge?
In a unanimous 11-0 vote, the Los Angeles City Council approved the city Bureau of Engineering's (BOE) single-sidewalk pedestrian-killer design for the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge. Though the item was not approved at the Public Works Committee last week, the City Council approved the item today with no public comment, after brief misleading characterizations by Councilmembers Tom LaBonge and Mitch O'Farrell.
June 9, 2015
City Unveils First Serious Draft Plan to Address Sidewalk Repair. Public Is Split.
Following a legal settlement in the summer of 2014, Angelenos have been waiting on the city to finally announce its plan to bring the city's sidewalks into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Over three quarters of a year later, the city has released its draft plan, and the City Council is planning a series of public meetings to bring this plan to the public. The plan is available on the City Clerk's website and here at Scribd.
May 27, 2015
Healthy Kids Zone: Schools at the Center of Healthy Communities
Bike Month is here and rides and panels are in abundance. Though the anchor of the month is Bike to Work Day, let’s make some room for the youth and talk a bit about why so many kids don’t ride their bikes to school anymore.
May 22, 2015
Eyes on the Bridge: What Glendale-Hyperion’s Missing Sidewalk Means
Above is a graphic created by Don Ward to show just how crappy the Bureau of Engineering's Glendale-Hyperion Bridge plan is. The unsafe design was recently approved by L.A.'s Board of Public Works, and will soon come before City Council. Streetsblog USA profiled the board's approval as a sign that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's commitment to great streets may be illusory.
May 20, 2015
Coalition Calls For 10 Percent of Future L.A. Sales Tax To Go To Walk-Bike
There is a new twist in the path to a 2016 Los Angeles County transportation sales tax measure, tentatively being called "Measure R2."
May 14, 2015
A Tale of Two Future Bridges: New Bike/Ped Crossing on L.A. River, Fewer Sidewalks on Glendale-Hyperion
It was sort of a surreal moment. Even as Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell stood at the podium discussing the benefits of a planned new bicycle and pedestrian crossing over the L.A. River, the Bureau of Public Works released its recommendation (PDF) that the new Glendale-Hyperion Bridge would actually have fewer feet devoted to safe sidewalks than the current bridge.
May 12, 2015
At the Crossroads: In Order to Create a More Walkable L.A., Start with the Basics.
(Max Podemski is the Planning Director of Pacoima Beauftiful...but you already knew that, right? - DN)
May 5, 2015