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Long-Awaited Watts Skate and BMX Park Takes Significant Step Forward
At the Watts Gang Task Force meeting Monday morning in Watts, Councilmember Joe Buscaino announced that he had finally secured the necessary $925,000 in funds and a location for a combination skate and BMX bike park that the community has been waiting for for at least a decade. [If you can't see the video, click here.]
June 5, 2018
Eyes on the Street: Left Turn Safety Improvements at 4th and Hill in DTLA
New LADOT safety improvements at 4th and Hill help drivers make legal, safer left turns
May 30, 2018
When an Accidental Planner Brings Intentionality to Her Work: A Conversation with Monique López of Pueblo Planning
“Once you change the city planning process," says Monique López, founder of the participatory planning and design firm Pueblo Planning, "you're going to change the city in a manner that's more equitable, that's more sustainable, that's more human, and that's more just."
May 25, 2018
Los Ryderz Celebrate Six Years of Community-Building in Watts
It's tough love, to be sure. But the love couldn't be more genuine, and the members of the club have always known it.
May 10, 2018
Metro Proposes Cutting Bike-Share Price in Half
Metro Bike Share would go from $3..50 to $1.75 for a single ride, plus more passes, transfers, and low-income discounts
May 8, 2018
Metro West Santa Ana Branch Rail Recommended Route(s) To Go To Metro Board This Month
The Metro board is planning to narrow alternatives this month. Getting through downtown L.A. is complicated.
May 1, 2018
“I Can’t Go Everywhere that I Thought I Could Go”: When Black and Brown Cyclists Need Safety from More than Traffic
"I knew where I was," muses Slimm, the 25-year-old road captain from the Los Ryderz Bike Club regarding his fateful decision to roll past 65th on Broadway - the heart of East Coast Crips territory, "but I was just riding by..."
May 1, 2018
Metro Celebrates Purple Line Extension 1 Tunnel Machines, Set to Start in August
Metro's Purple Line Extension Phase 1 will soon be dug by twin tunnel machines, named "Soyeon" and "Elsie"
April 25, 2018
Move L.A. and Partners Float Vision2020 Electrification Sales Tax Proposal
Vision 2020 proposes a four-county sales tax to end air pollution and abate climate change
April 19, 2018
“The Car Culture that We Have Is Not Promoting Life:” Riders Gather to Remember Frederick “Woon” Frazier
As Young Riders Mourn, a Movement Begins to Coalesce
April 16, 2018
