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Astonishing City Planning Department Mobility Plan Status Report Ignores Mobility Plan
The progress report is actually difficult to report on because there is so little substance to it - but it is clear that the city is in no hurry to implement its own multimodal Mobility Plan.
April 13, 2023
The Seething Anti-Blackness of Kevin de León and Other Takeaways from the Fed Recording
It had been just three days since KNOCK-LA and the L.A. Times published the racist recordings that emotionally ransacked the populace, and things were not going well at City Hall.
November 4, 2022
Nury Martinez, Kevin de León, Gil Cedillo, and Ron Herrera Must Resign
Streetsblog joins with numerous organizations, elected officials, and individuals calling for the immediate resignations of all four of the participants on the call. It's time to resign, Nury Martinez, Kevin de León, Gil Cedillo, and Ron Herrera
October 10, 2022
City Council Declines to Approve Healthy Streets L.A., Pushing It to 2024 Ballot
Many speakers and most councilmembers favored the alternative "Safe Streets" proposal being shepherded by Council President Nury Martinez
August 24, 2022
Healthy Streets L.A. is Qualified for the Ballot. What Happens Next?
Healthy Streets L.A. paving-mandated implementation would be slow and ineffective - but it's a lot faster than seven years of heel dragging!
August 10, 2022
Eyes on the Street: San Fernando Road Bike Path Nearly Complete
When this phase is completed - expected in late 2022 - the San Fernando Road bike path will extend a total of ten miles
March 1, 2022
Activists Urge L.A. City Expand Project Roomkey Via Unlimited Federal Funds
The FEMA is offering 100 percent reimbursement, but L.A. City is having difficulty finding up-front funding to use hotels as homes for unhoused neighbors
March 4, 2021
Councilmember Koretz Calls E-Scooters “Anti-Vision Zero,” Pushes to “Get Rid of These”
Koretz expressed plenty of anti-scooter sentiment, but L.A. City's dockless mobility pilot remains unchanged
June 12, 2019
L.A. City Public Works Committee Approves Proposed Regulations for E-Scooters, Bike-Share
Rules for shared e-scooters, e-bikes, dockless bike-share next go to the full city council
August 15, 2018
Councilmember Martinez Opens L.A.’s First 4-Way-Stop Scramble Crossing
This morning, Los Angeles City Councilmember Nury Martinez opened the city of Los Angeles' first four-way-stop scramble crossing intersection. L.A.'s first non-signalized stop-sign-controlled scramble is located at the intersection of Sylvan Street and Sylmar Avenue in the community of Van Nuys. SBLA readers may already be aware that L.A. has other diagonal scramble crosswalks at signalized intersections in Hollywood, and along USC and UCLA.
August 14, 2017
