Recent Streetsblog LA posts about David Ryu

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.

Last Tuesday's city council meeting was held in an empty chamber. Those hoping to make public comment were kept outside under a tent in the cold. They could see and hear the councilmembers, but the councilmembers could only hear them. [Screenshot of the live feed taken at some point during the eight hour marathon.]

As Council Heads to Chambers Today, a Plea that It Abandon the Do-No-Harm-to-Landlords Doctrine

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 27, 2020 | No Comments

While arguing to limit the grace period tenants would have to pay back any missed rent to six months during the marathon city council session last Tuesday, March 17, Second District councilmember Paul Krekorian beseeched his colleagues to consider the Hippocratic Oath – the pledge physicians make to do no harm – and not enact […]

Rowena Avenue - photo by Susan Ambrosini

Councilmember Ryu Seeks Input on Silver Lake Traffic Safety – Focused on Rowena, Waverly, Angus

By Joe Linton | May 9, 2019 | 1 Comment

LADOT and consultants recommend traffic-calming measures to curb "cut-through traffic"

Silver Lake's Rowena Avenue. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Committee Approves Motion Directing LADOT to Further Study Rowena

By Joe Linton | Oct 24, 2018 | 1 Comment

Safe streets advocates fear that Councilmember Ryu's motion could lay groundwork for undoing Rowena Avenue road diet safety improvements.

Rowena Avenue Report: Ryu Motion, NC Meeting Tonight, Crash Nearby Last Night

By Joe Linton | Sep 5, 2018 | 1 Comment

Though the Rowena Avenue road diet reconfiguration has improved safety, critics are pushing to have it undone on the grounds of nearby cut-through traffic.

Bird scooters should have approved city regulations soon. Image via Facebook

L.A. City Public Works Committee Approves Proposed Regulations for E-Scooters, Bike-Share

By Joe Linton | Aug 15, 2018 | 1 Comment

Rules for shared e-scooters, e-bikes, dockless bike-share next go to the full city council

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