Recent Streetsblog LA posts about rail-to-river

Metro Asks South L.A. Stakeholders: How Would You Use Rail-to-River Bike/Pedestrian Path?

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 26, 2016 | No Comments

“They’ve started work on that bike path!” a South Central bike shop owner announced excitedly after noticing mounds of dirt piled up in the rail right-of-way (ROW) at Slauson and Normandie. He couldn’t wait for it to be finished, he said. The Rail-to-River path – a bike and pedestrian path that would cut across South […]

Dear Santa, Please Bring Us an Active Transportation Corridor Along Slauson. But Don’t Forget the Community in the Process.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 17, 2013 | 22 Comments

If you’ve ever driven or ridden the bus along Slauson Ave., you are familiar with how much of a wasteland the corridor appears to be. Flanked by industry or warehouses on either side for much of its trajectory, and running parallel to defunct and unkempt railroad tracks that are liberally adorned with debris, graffiti, and […]