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Family of Man Crushed by Train During Altercation with Police over Fare Seeks Answers, Justice
The family is afraid that a full accounting is a long ways off. Detectives told them that they may not have an answer or see the video of the incident until the investigation is complete - six months to a year from now.
September 15, 2017
The Hoover Triangle: Effort to Do Bus Riders a Solid Takes Away their Shade
Deeply imperfect as Triangle 1.0 was, it had had shade in its favor.
September 11, 2017
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza Offers Window into History of Redevelopment, Legacy of White Flight
The new complex would be a far cry from the open-air mall first built there in 1947. But it’s not the first major intervention the site has seen, either. Nor is it the first time the city is looking to the mall as having the potential to give the area an economic boost.
July 28, 2017
Eyes on the Street: MyFig Slowly Coming to Fruition
The effort to create better multimodal connections between Exposition Park, USC, L.A. Trade Tech, multiple transit lines, and Downtown via a combination of streetscape improvements, safety upgrades, and a mix of four lane miles of standard and buffered bike lanes and 2.6 lane miles of protected ones has been in the works since 2008.
July 20, 2017
Metro Offers Update on Rail-to-River Bike/Ped Path Design; Project to Break Ground Mid-2018
Metro expects to see the preliminary (30 percent) design completed shortly and to hire a design/build construction contractor to finish the plans and break ground by mid-2018. The project would be completed in late 2019, around the time that the Crenshaw/LAX Line would be opening.
July 7, 2017
Great Streets Releases Plans for Crenshaw; Offers No Real Solutions for Florence
Florence – the most dangerous intersection of the bunch by miles – won’t see too much in the way of upgrades, it appears. While the proposed signal modification might help control traffic there and give pedestrians a head start, it is genuinely surprising that more is not in the works.
June 30, 2017
Ancestors v. Polka Dots: Some Thoughts on Approaches to “Place-Making”
In many historically marginalized urban neighborhoods, decades of disenfranchisement and the repressive policing that accompanied it created great insecurity in the public space and, over time, eroded bonds of social trust between neighbors. With the public space essentially rendered off limits for too many, community had to be nurtured in private spaces.
June 27, 2017
Vision Zero Aims to Improve Safety along Main, Broadway, Western, Hoover, and More in South L.A.
The focus on South L.A. is due to the high rate at which pedestrians and cyclists are killed or severely injured (KSI) in collisions with vehicles. Case in point - sixteen of the twenty-five most dangerous neighborhoods for cyclists and pedestrians called out on the map below are in South L.A.
June 12, 2017
Gateway Cities COG Walks Away from Active Transpo Commitment; EYCEJ, Urban Health Strategies Say, “Not So Fast…”
The report is much more than just a discussion of the region's active transportation needs. It's a call to arms - a plea to the Southeast cities to take a leadership role in investing local return dollars from Measure M in infrastructure that serves the area's most vulnerable road users.
June 1, 2017
City Tests Out Low-Cost Fixes to Enhance Pedestrian Safety in South L.A.
Recently, the city has been busy testing out a number of low-cost fixes aimed at enhancing pedestrian safety along some of Los Angeles' high-injury corridors as part of the push to implement Vision Zero.
May 25, 2017
