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Newly reddened northbound bus-only lane on Alameda Street. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: Red Pavement Bus Lane Improvements in Downtown L.A. and East Hollywood

By Joe Linton | Mar 15, 2022 | No Comments

Bus-only lane improvements on First Street, Aliso Street, Alameda Street, Figueroa Street, and Hollywood Boulevard - plus Metro announces that LADOT is beginning targeted enforcement of bus lanes

Ghost Train Podcast Explores Denver’s Troubled Rail Expansion, with Lessons for Other Locales

By Joe Linton | Mar 11, 2022 | No Comments

Ghost Train is "the story of how one polluted, traffic-choked city went all in on trains, and what happened when that plan jumped the track.

Cyclists at CicLAvia in front of L.A. City Hall. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

High Gas Prices Got You Down? Some Tips for Newbie L.A. Cyclists

By Joe Linton | Mar 9, 2022 | No Comments

Chose bike-friendly routes, combine bicycling and transit, lock carefully - and more

Garcetti signs L.A. City speed limit reductions - photo courtesy Mayor's office. (Apologies that SBLA formatting needs meant cropping many attendees.)

Mayor Garcetti Approves 177 Miles of Speed Limit Reductions

By Joe Linton | Mar 7, 2022 | No Comments

Enabled by state law reforms, L.A. City is reducing speed limits on 177 miles of streets - going into effect by June 2022

This portion of Sherman Way will soon see a speed limit reduction from 40mph to 35mph - via Google Street View

L.A. City Council Transportation Committee Approves Unprecedented Speed Limit Reductions

By Joe Linton | Feb 15, 2022 | No Comments

LADOT General Manager Reynolds stated that though "this is a great day" speed limit reform advocacy is not done, because "the 85th percentile rule needs to go away entirely."

A vendor sells salvaged bikes along Manchester Avenue. Under the ordinance proposed by councilmember Joe Buscaino, this kind of activity would be criminalized. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Broad Motion by Homelessness Hardliner Takes Aim at Streetside Bike Sales and Repairs; Council Critics Call Out Political Theater

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 9, 2022 | No Comments

In which CM Krekorian details how annoyed he was when police asked him why he believed the bikes he saw at an encampment were stolen.

Although LAPD claims they shot 22-year-old Margarito "Junior" López because he "advanced" toward officers while holding a knife, an examination of the body cam footage shows the standby warning for a "less lethal" projectile went unheeded, resulting in contagious fire. The warning (in green) is added by Streetsblog; LAPD elected not to include it in their transcription.

Officers Who Killed Margarito López Didn’t Heed Standby Warning for “Less Lethal” Fire

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 26, 2022 | No Comments

Half a second after the projectile is fired at López – who is in the midst of turning away from officers – a burst of contagious fire erupts.

This vacant land, viewed from Norwalk's Silverbow Avenue pedestrian overpass, was more than a dozen homes. Metro and Caltrans have demolished hundreds of homes for their South 5 Freeway widening project. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

L.A. Times Analysis Shows Racist Harms of Freeway Projects

By Joe Linton | Nov 12, 2021 | No Comments

In five states - California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas - the Times found that large highway building projects demolished homes predominantly in Black and Latino neighborhoods

Despite having given press statements regarding the imminent detonation at 716 E. 27th St., called in the fire department to be on standby, placed the last of the explosive materials in the TCV ten minutes prior to detonation as helicopters from local TV stations hovered overhead, and yelled “Fire in the hole!” to warn observers they were about to set off the counter charges, LAPD’s very first public step after the blast was to take to twitter and launch an active disinformation campaign.

Anatomy of an Officer-Involved Explosion: a Post-Mortem on LAPD’s E. 27th Street Fireworks Blast

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 11, 2021 | No Comments

A year ago, a councilmember co-authored a motion to shift $150mil from LAPD's budget. A month ago, LAPD called everyone but his office to watch them detonate fireworks in his district. The botched operation rocked the city.

About that Bus Shelter Tweet: Street Services’ Demo Draws Attention to Sorry State of L.A. Bus Stops

By Damien Newton and Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 22, 2021 | No Comments

Earlier today, a tweet from Metro in support of the Bureau of Street Services’ pop-ups on potential bus shelter designs featuring the above image quickly drew a lot of, er, shade. What about when more than two people are waiting for the bus? https://t.co/nwzwnm9zCM — TransitCenter (@TransitCenter) July 22, 2021 People across the twittersphere dunked […]

The 911 call made by Isaias Cervantes sister: she immediately announces the emergency is a mental health crisis but a Mental Evaluation Team is not dispatched nor do the responding deputies call one to the scene.

Autistic Man Shot Within 83 Seconds of First Contact by LASD: Why Is this Still Happening?

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 7, 2021 | No Comments

Eighty-three seconds. That’s how much time passed between the moment deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) first stood at the door of the Cudahy home of Isaias Cervantes, a 25-year-old autistic man who is hard of hearing and suffering from depression and anxiety, and the firing of the shot that may have […]

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