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Report: “Multi-Modal Level of Service” Metrics Not Quite Up to the Challenge
Livability proponents celebrate that car-centric Level of Service (LOS) is finally on its way out, at least in California.Wouldn't it be great if there was a similar bike- or walk-centric metric that could be used instead? UCLA Lewis Center and Institute for Transportation Studies researchers have studied some of the published metrics for evaluating how well streets serve pedestrians and cyclists. The researchers' conclusion: in all of the bike and ped metrics they reviewed, there is no silver bullet. Moreover, adapting LOS doesn't look like a fruitful approach.
October 17, 2014
Councilmember Cedillo Adds Stop Sign In Response To Fatal Hit-and-Run
On September 14, a hit-and-run driver killed 57-year-old Gloria Ortiz. Ms. Ortiz was walking in a crosswalk in the Northeast Los Angeles community of Highland Park. The hit-and-run crime took place at the intersection of Avenue 50 and San Marcos Place, adjacent to Aldama Street Elementary School. According to KTLA5, witnesses stated that the driver "just ran her over, didn't even turn back."
October 10, 2014
Happy Walk To School Day! Share Your Stories
It's Walktober, and today is International Walk to School Day! The L.A. City Department of Transportation (LADOT) set up a helpful Los Angeles Walk to School Day website with supportive tips, a map of participating schools, and other great stuff. 85 schools are participating in this second annual citywide Walk to School Day LA with 66 of them participating today.
October 8, 2014
SCAG Staff Release ATP Bike/Ped Project Funding Recommendations
The first year of the state's new Active Transportation Funding (ATP) program is drawing to a close. ATP is the main source of funding for walking and bicycling projects and programs in L.A. County.
September 29, 2014
An Underwhelming Sidewalk Repair Day at L.A. City Hall
Elvis did not necessarily have Los Angeles sidewalks in mind when he asked for less conversation and more action, but that is certainly what I had in mind at this week's sidewalk repair session. Billed as "L.A. Sidewalk Day" it was, in fact, just a joint meeting of the Los Angeles City Council's Public Works and Budget committees.
August 20, 2014
Editorial: Respect Your Advisory Committee, Build a Safer Hyperion Bridge
There has been quite a bit of proverbial water under the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge. Under a great deal of community displeasure in 2013, the city of Los Angeles set aside an outdated bridge retrofit plan and formed an advisory committee to decide the future of the historic span.
August 12, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Faulty Pedestrian Detour at Expo Phase 2 Construction
Yesterday, Michael MacDonald @topomodesto tweeted two images that highlight L.A.'s lack of accomodation for pedestrians.
August 8, 2014
Glendale-Hyperion Bridge Traffic Projections Favor Bike Lanes Option
As the saga of the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge retrofit project continues, it becomes clearer that, even under the city's car traffic growth assumptions, it will be viable to add bike lanes to the new project and to keep two sidewalks.
August 4, 2014
Metro Committee OKs Dismal Walk/Bike Plan Now, Funding Report Later
More than fifty people showed up at this week's Metro Planning and Programming Committee to urge the Metro board to support active transportation. Metro's proposed $88.2 billion, ten-year Short Range Transportation Plan (SRTP) includes only $500 million for active transportation funding. Though walking and bicycling make up nearly 20 percent of L.A. County trips, Metro allocates less than one percent of its budget to those modes.
July 18, 2014
40% of Proceeds from ExpressLanes Going to Active Transportation
While much of the attention on yesterday's Metro Board committee hearings was on the showdown over active transportation in the Short Range Transportation Plan, some good news emerged in the Congestion Reduction Committee tasked with overseeing Metro's ExpressLanes Program.
July 17, 2014