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Safe Streets Advocates Stage Die-In at L.A. City Hall to Protest Record Traffic Deaths
More than 200 people attended last Saturday's die-in rally on L.A. City Hall steps. Attendees held 312 white roses, one for everyone who was killed by traffic violence last year in Los Angeles.
January 23, 2023
Streets Are For Everyone Releases Report “Dying on the Streets of Los Angeles”
There were 309 traffic fatalities in 2022, breaking the 300 mark for the first time in over 20 years. This was an increase of five percent from the previous year and a staggering 28 percent increase over 2020.
January 12, 2023
Guest Editorial: Robbed of Life
"...rising aggression on our roadways is robbing us of people we love."
November 18, 2022
LAPD Peddles Misinformation about Sidewalk Biking to Spanish Speakers
Seven years after the launch of Vision Zero, LAPD still doesn't have a handle on basic traffic laws or much insight into the specific challenges that cyclists on the margins face.
June 28, 2022
Adams Boulevard Receiving Safety Upgrades, Including Bike Lanes
Though Adams is changing - in several ways - a lot of work is still needed before current residents can safely cross the street.
December 22, 2021
L.A. City Plans To Widen Burbank Boulevard In North Hollywood
Does a street a block from the North Hollywood Metro Station really need two more lanes of car traffic?
May 28, 2021
Another City Eliminated Non-Driver Deaths in 2019
Here's what we can learn from its example
February 11, 2020
Safe Streets Advocates Stage Die-In to Protest Garcetti and City Council Lack of Vision Zero Progress
What will it take for Los Angeles' Mayor Eric Garcetti and the L.A. City Council to take hundreds of annual traffic deaths seriously?
December 3, 2019
Walk SF Urges Public to Push for Strong Recommendations on Setting Speed Limits
Zero Fatalities Task Force report due soon, but since it has been meeting in closed-door sessions it's anyone's guess what its recommendations will be
November 27, 2019
Vision Non-Zero: the Human and Financial Toll of Los Angeles’ Dangerous Roads
Traffic in Los Angeles is also notoriously deadly — and it’s getting deadlier.
October 29, 2019