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Today’s Headlines

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 7, 2023 | No Comments

Hacienda Heights community meeting to focus on controversial Quemetco settlement (SGV Tribune) “We basically sleep with the roaches.” Tenants at Chesapeake Apts in South L.A. sue (LAT) The LAT’s Ed Board raises the alarm about the oil industry’s campaign to roll back the ban on neighborhood drilling Colorado River crisis is so bad, lakes Mead […]

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Biden’s First ‘Mega Grants’ Contain Some Mega Wins — And Mega Fails

By Kea Wilson | Feb 6, 2023 | No Comments

A new federal "megagrant" program will fund major safety and transit projects that have been at the top of sustainable transportation advocates' wishlists for years ... along with business-as-usual highway expansion projects that could negate those mega-gains.

This Week in Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Feb 6, 2023 | No Comments

L.A. City redistricting reform, Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, United to House L.A., Ride 4 Love, ESFV rail construction, and more

Cyclists on a celebration ride on new Anaheim Street bike lanes. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Wilmington Community Celebrates Anaheim Street Safety Improvements

By Joe Linton | Feb 6, 2023 | No Comments

LADOT's Anaheim Street safety project includes new road diet bike lanes, repaved street, painted curb extensions, upgraded crosswalks, and more.

A faded crosswalk beside Potrero School in South El Monte. Credit: Chris Greenspon/SBLA

South El Monte Poised to Implement Safe Routes To School Improvements

By Chris Greenspon | Feb 6, 2023 | No Comments

The city will upgrade 23 intersections near schools with re-striping, new signage, and lights.

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Feb 6, 2023 | No Comments

Council District 6 Candidates Debate Mobility (LAist, Streets for All YouTube) Metro Plans To Re-Do DTLA 7th Street Station (Urbanize) Rick Cole: Pasadena Should Be 15-Minute City (Pasadena Now) Metro Completes Subway Tunnels Under Beverly Hills (Beverly Press) BrightLine High-Speed Rail Revives Controversial Desert Solar Project (LAT) How L.A. County Soaks Rainwater Into Neighborhood Parks […]

In a screengrab from the body cam footage released by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, rapper Feezy Lebron is taunted by deputy Justin Sabatine as he is put in the back of a patrol vehicle. Sabatine had threatened to blow a hole in Feezy's chest just two minutes earlier. Upper right corner: Feezy at the press conference announcing the $10M tort filing.

Deputy’s Traffic Stop Power Trip on Rapper Sheds Light on Department Culture, Leaves Trauma, Upheaval in its Wake

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 3, 2023 | No Comments

Feezy Lebron filed a $10M Civil Rights Tort Claim on Jan. 18, but he and his family fear retribution

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Half of Americans Will Get Vision Zero Plans in New Federal Grant

By Kea Wilson | Feb 3, 2023 | No Comments

More than half of the U.S. population will soon live in cities or counties with a Safe Streets action plan in place, thanks to a wave of new funding from. Washington.

"Daylighting" makes it easier for drivers and pedestrians to see each other at intersections. Note that the "NO STOPPING" on the graphic refers to parking or stopping at the curbs within 20 feet of an intersection

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New Bill Would Improve Sight Distances at Intersections

By Melanie Curry | Feb 3, 2023 | No Comments

Assemblymember Alex Lee's A.B. 413 would prohibit vehicles from parking or stopping at the curb within twenty feet of a marked crosswalk or intersection

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USDOT Announces First Grants from its Safe Streets and Roads for All Program

By Melanie Curry | Feb 3, 2023 | No Comments

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law program will give California communities $133 million for road safety projects and plans