Vision Zero
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MacArthur Park’s Alvarado Street Triple Scramble Boosts Pedestrian Safety
As part of Vision Zero, LADOT installed three pedestrian scrambles along MacArthur Park's Alvarado Street: at 7th Street, Wilshire Boulevard and 6th Street
December 14, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Scramble Crossing at 7th and Avarado
(Updated 12/1: Turns out there are three scrambles in three blocks on Alvarado: at 7th Street, Wilshire Boulevard, and 6th Street - and an opening celebration is tentatively planned for December 6)
November 30, 2017
‘In Our Shoes’ Commemorates Victims of Traffic Violence
On the steps of City Hall East this afternoon, hundreds of shoes commemorated the hundreds of people killed in traffic violence. The #inourshoes installation was created by Southern California Families for Safe Streets for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
November 17, 2017
The Big Lie: No, Bonin Did Not Steal Measure M Money for Vision Zero
No - Bonin did not use Measure M funds for early 2017 road diets. No - Bonin did not thwart the will of the voters by taking transit and road money and spending it on safety.
November 2, 2017
L.A. Times, LAPD Misleading on Awful Car Crash Killing Venice Pedestrian
LAPD and LA Times blame law-abiding pedestrian killed by a law-breaking driver
October 27, 2017
How Councilmembers Englander and Krekorian Could Respond To Collision Lawsuits
Responding to cyclist lawsuits, Councilmembers Krekorian and Englander focus on bike lanes, even though that's not where these crashes take place
October 26, 2017
LADOT Proposes Speed Limit Increases and Decreases
Proposed speed limit increases and decreases to be heard by Transportation Commission tomorrow morning
October 11, 2017
New PSA Puts Friendlier Foot…errr..Face on Vision Zero
It's been a rough ride for advocates' of safe streets the past six months. From the blowback on Vision Zero road redesigns on the Westside, to the politicization of road diets from conservative talk radio hosts demonizing anyone who dares suggest that maybe our transportation system needs to be made safer.
September 29, 2017
How Is This Happening?
A couple of weeks ago, I was visiting the Mar Vista Farmer's Market with my seven-year-old son. Seeing a group gathering petitions for Restore Venice Boulevard's demands that the road diet on Venice Boulevard be immediately ended, I turned off to go in through the side. Earlier in the week, a tweet condemning the person who wrote the weird, racist flyer that was the last straw for a friend and neighborhood councilmember was misinterpreted as being a condemnation of everyone who opposed the road diet. I'm sure I phrased it poorly, but my attempts to clarify had fallen on deaf ears. A lot of people involved in the Restore Venice Boulevard Movement were convinced I, a Board Member of the Mar Vista Neighborhood Council, had called them all assholes.
August 29, 2017
L.A. Vision Zero Turns Two: Disappointing Trends, Big Plans
L.A.'s Vision Zero efforts are two years old today. The programs have a mixed record of achievement toward the target of zero traffic deaths.
August 24, 2017
