Recent Streetsblog LA posts about pedestrians

Slimm, 25, Los Ryderz member, on his bike in Ted Watkins Park in Watts. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

“I Can’t Go Everywhere that I Thought I Could Go”: When Black and Brown Cyclists Need Safety from More than Traffic

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 1, 2018 | 33 Comments

"I knew where I was," muses Slimm, the 25-year-old road captain from the Los Ryderz Bike Club regarding his fateful decision to roll past 65th on Broadway - the heart of East Coast Crips territory, "but I was just riding by..."

The newly paved-over transit island is clean and accessible, but could really use some shade. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

The Hoover Triangle: Effort to Do Bus Riders a Solid Takes Away their Shade

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 11, 2017 | 25 Comments

Deeply imperfect as Triangle 1.0 was, it had had shade in its favor.

The legend for the maps seen below. Green circles indicate phase 1 improvements. Red circles indicate fixes that require more time and/or design and will be part of phase 2. Source: Vision Zero

Vision Zero Aims to Improve Safety along Main, Broadway, Western, Hoover, and More in South L.A.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 12, 2017 | 2 Comments

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.

New signals are going in at 33rd and Central, the site of a number of crashes over the years - most recently a horrific hit-and-run that tossed a cyclist into the air like a rag doll. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

New Traffic Signal Going Up at Central Ave/33rd, Where Jorge Alvarez Was Killed in Hit-and-Run

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 17, 2017 | No Comments

Central Avenue has long been known as one of the more pedestrian- and bike-unfriendly streets in the city. It is a fast-moving thoroughfare (especially at night) whose traffic patterns are made more complicated by the number of heavy trucks that trundle down it around the time that school lets out.

Segment A of the Rail-to-River bike and pedestrian path will run along the Slauson corridor (in green), between the Crenshaw and Blue Lines. Source: Metro

Metro Seeks Input on Design Options for Segment A of Rail-to-River Bike/Pedestrian Path

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 31, 2017 | 2 Comments

Last Thursday, Metro and Cityworks Design held two meetings to lay out the design options for Segment A of the Rail-to-River project for the community and to solicit feedback.

Vision Zero: LADOT, Focus Group Have Same Goals, Different Ideas About How to Reach Them

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 2, 2016 | 18 Comments

“Remember, the end goal is to get to 20% reduction [in traffic-related deaths] by next year, and then zero by 2025,” said MIG Consultant Esmeralda Garcia of the city’s effort to put together an action plan to implement Vision Zero. Gesturing toward another consultant and Brian Oh of the L.A. Department of Transportation (LADOT), she […]

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