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Park[ing] Day Installation in South L.A. Highlights Residents’ Desperate Need for Peaceful Green Space. And Plants.
The young man looked nervous.
September 24, 2013
Los Angeles Times Opinion Page Looking to Interview Downtown Cyclists
I got a quick note from our new BFF Paul Thornton, an editor with the Times' Opinion Page that I promised to pass on. Their video team is looking for a few cyclists, particularly ones who pass through Downtown L.A. (bike messengers, commuters, recreational...you name it) for short on-camera interviews.
September 23, 2013
Hit-and-Run in Boyle Heights Forever Changes Lives in an Instant
She must have been traveling really fast, they speculated.
September 18, 2013
Hope on the Horizon?: The Crenshaw Line and the Question of Jobs
At the Ready-to-Work rally on Saturday organized by the Black Worker Center, L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas reassured the crowd of job hopefuls gathered in Leimert Park that the Project Labor Agreement (PLA) Metro had adopted in 2012 would ensure a portion of the jobs for the Crenshaw Line would go to the disadvantaged.
September 9, 2013
Santa Monica Next Press Conference Is Live on Streetsblog TV
It's 11 am, so that means that the press conference for Santa Monica Next's launch should be underway, technology willing. Click here to join us live tomorrow morning or to watch the archived event sometime after 11:30.
August 20, 2013
Streetsblog TV Will Broadcast Santa Monica Next Press Event Tomorrow at 11 am
Tomorrow at 11 am, Santa Monica Next will host a press conference announcing our formal launch. The event will feature our writing team talking about our short- and long-term goals for the website and the City of Santa Monica. Since I doubt that everyone will be able to join us at Bike Center, we'll be Live Streaming the event at Streetsblog TV. Click here to join us live tomorrow morning or to watch the archived event sometime after 11:30. Are you a member of the press?
August 19, 2013
Help City Planners Prioritize Mobility Enhancements and Programs
Over the last few weeks, emails from staff at LA/2B (the effort to integrate Complete Streets principles and community input into the Mobility Element of the City’s General Plan) have been popping up in my inbox, encouraging me to participate in prioritizing the programs proposed for the Mobility Element's Action Plan in their online town hall.
August 16, 2013
USC’s Planned Expansion in Boyle Heights: When Planning Objectives and Community Perceptions Collide
Taking a deep breath as he looked out over the crowd that had gathered in the gymnasium of Hazard Park to discuss USC's planned expansion on its Health Sciences Campus, the lanky and earnest youth with the air filtration mask dangling from his belt made an appeal to the hearts of the USC representatives.
August 14, 2013