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This Week in Livable Streets
There's a new rail line opening and a CicLAvia - both this weekend! Plus lots more to do in and around Los Angeles.
February 29, 2016
This Week In Livable Streets
There's a lot going on this week: Metro will announce the opening date for Expo 2, L.A. City works with Breeze bike-share, Caltrans and Metro want a new flyover near USC, walking ambassadors, New Urbanism Films in Santa Monica, and plenty more.
February 22, 2016
This Week in Livable Streets
Lots going on this week. Don't miss two great chances to hear Strong Towns' Chuck Marohn. There are meetings at Metro, on Boyle Heights redevelopment and policing, and on Crenshaw Rail impacts. There are two Great Streets celebrations to choose from on Saturday, plus Kidical Mass on Sunday. Plenty more, too, all the details below.
February 16, 2016
Strong Towns’ Chuck Marohn in DTLA, Pasadena Next Week
One of my livability heroes, Chuck Marohn, is in Los Angeles next week giving a couple of talks. Marohn is the brains behind the organization Strong Towns. Marohn is a planner and engineer who is doing some of the most original, most valuable, most common sense thinking on urbanism and transportation.
February 11, 2016
This Week In Livable Streets
Transportation Committee, Sam Schwartz, bus service hearings, challenges to L.A.'s Mobility Plan, Ride4Love, Kidical Mass and more this week!
February 9, 2016
Great Streets Preview: February, March Challenge Grant Events
In 2015, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's Great Streets Challenge Grants received 30 applications from interested groups. Eight grant winners were announced in July. The grants go to community organizations to host temporary "pop-up" projects that help neighborhoods re-envision what their streets can be.
February 5, 2016
This Week In Livable Streets
Mobility Plan 2035 hostile amendments will be heard NEXT WEEK at the L.A. City Planning Commission, plus lots more to do this week!
February 1, 2016
This Week In Livable Streets
Catch the 2016 VerdeXchange conference underway today! Learn about upcoming construction in South L.A. and Boyle Heights. Save Proyecto Jardin, bike Broadway, attend regular Metro board and L.A. City Transportation committee meetings, and more.
January 25, 2016
This Week In Livable Streets
Controversy in Griffith Park! L.A. Walks hosts its annual awards dinner! Healthy food in South L.A.! A new shuttle to the Red Line! And plenty more this week, mostly on Saturday.
January 19, 2016
This Week in Livable Streets
Cyclists will want to make sure to attend Wednesday night's Expo Line bike path meeting. Attend plenty of other meetings, too: on Purple Line subway construction, county parks, Union Station, and even (yawn) preferential parking. Celebrate a new DTLA parklet Thursday morning. Then bike and eat pizza, and ride Breeze bike-share!
January 11, 2016