The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog L.A.
Streetsblog mourns the passing of Donald Shoup, the UCLA professor whose groundbreaking work shed light on the much overlooked impacts of parking. Shoup inspired many people, including Streetsblog editors, to understand the ways that parking policy shapes cities. Shoup was the world’s preeminent authority on parking; he was also funny, sweet, incisive, cantankerous, and generous with his time. Read Shoup’s 800-page treatise The High Cost of Free Parking, and you will see streets in new ways.
It’s also a big week for Measure HLA, with two different Wednesday meetings on flawed city department proposals that could shape the city’s response to the voter-approved mandate for bus, walk, and bike improvements. See today’s weekly SBLA calendar for meeting details – and last week’s explainers on the proposed draft implementation ordinance and standard elements.
Streetfilms premiere, Metro board City Selection Committee meeting, The Willits Slide, Metro 405 Freeway widening, Metro 5 Freeway widening, Hawthorne plans, and more
Heat wave, fire risk, Paul Bacca, Metro, LAX, Glendale, parking, car-nage and more
Streetfilms premiere, Metro board City Selection Committee meeting, The Willits Slide, Metro 405 Freeway widening, Metro 5 Freeway widening, Hawthorne plans, and more
LADOT is adding a 1.2-mile of new protected bike lanes, connecting cyclists to Union Station and L.A. State Historic Park
Hot week, potholes, Burbank BRT, Pasadena 710, Woodland Hills, carnage, and more
