Election 2024
Streetsblog LA
Two Thoughts on Measure HLA and How Hard Some City Leaders Are Fighting Against Safer Streets
Ballooning HLA cost estimates are hard to take seriously - for example, the CAO forecasts that unprotected bike lanes will cost $1.76 million dollars per mile
February 16, 2024
City Leaders Rally in Support of Measure HLA – the Healthy Streets Initiative
"Angelenos deserve to feel safe on our roads... it's important that we invest in the infrastructure that will foster safe streets for all - families, young people, our elders."
February 15, 2024
Firefighters Oppose L.A. City Safe Streets Initiative Measure HLA
"I hate to tell you," California Professional Firefighters President Brian Rice said, "California and Los Angeles in particular, this is a car community. You may not like it, but it is."
February 15, 2024
Measure HLA Endorsements Grow, No Organized Opposition as Voting Gets Underway
Measure HLA, the Healthy Streets L.A. initiative is endorsed by 6 of 15 L.A. City Councilmembers: Harris-Dawson, Hernandez, Hutt, Raman, Soto-MartÃnez, and Yaroslavsky
February 9, 2024
For Transit, Walk, and Bike, 2023 Still Has Unfinished Business
Stuff that didn't happen yet: Metro was going to install safe connections to stations and build BRT and bikeways, L.A. was going to end road widening and improve street safety
January 3, 2024
With Healthy Streets Initiative Looming, City Departments Say Plans Aren’t Plans, Just Guidance
When is a plan not a plan? When it's "a policy foundation... [with] no... specific projects."
December 20, 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. Goes to L.A. City Council Wednesday (Tomorrow)
Healthy Streets L.A. could take most of the politicking out of the implementation process by requiring the city to add approved bus/bike/walk facilities every time city streets are repaved
August 23, 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
Streets For All Submits Over 100,000 Signatures for Healthy Streets L.A. Ballot Initiative
But in the past 24 hours, two things have happened that may finally force the city to live up to its ideals and promises to clean up and modernize its transportation infrastructure.
June 30, 2022
