The Hoover Triangle: Effort to Do Bus Riders a Solid Takes Away their Shade
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Deeply imperfect as Triangle 1.0 was, it had had shade in its favor.
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about pedestrians
Vision Zero Aims to Improve Safety along Main, Broadway, Western, Hoover, and More in South L.A.
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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 Traffic Signal Going Up at Central Ave/33rd, Where Jorge Alvarez Was Killed in Hit-and-Run
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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.
Metro Seeks Input on Design Options for Segment A of Rail-to-River Bike/Pedestrian Path
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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
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“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 […]
Metro Awards Contract for Environmental Study and Design of Phase I of Rail-to-River Bike Path
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As bike month comes to a close, we have some good news for South L.A. cyclists. At yesterday’s Metro Board meeting, a $2 million contract was awarded to Cityworks Design to begin working on plans for a 6.4 mile segment of the Rail-to-River bike path project (segments A-1, A-2, and A-3, above). The Rail-to-River bike […]