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Eyes on the Street: Vista Del Mar Returned to Desolate 4-Lane Highway
LADOT, responding to driver backlash, has returned Vista Del Mar to four lanes. The sad desolate stretch now practically invites speeding.
August 28, 2017
L.A. Planning Committee Approves Controversial Affordable Housing Linkage Fee
The L.A. City Council PLUM Committee unanimously approved a proposed new city Affordable Housing Linkage Fee. If approved by council, the fee would generate an estimated $100 million annually for the city's affordable housing trust fund.
August 23, 2017
New Video Showcases LAX People Mover
Watch a fly-through showcasing peoplemover connections with Metro, parking, rental cars, and LAX terminals
August 16, 2017
Councilmember Martinez Opens L.A.’s First 4-Way-Stop Scramble Crossing
This morning, Los Angeles City Councilmember Nury Martinez opened the city of Los Angeles' first four-way-stop scramble crossing intersection. L.A.'s first non-signalized stop-sign-controlled scramble is located at the intersection of Sylvan Street and Sylmar Avenue in the community of Van Nuys. SBLA readers may already be aware that L.A. has other diagonal scramble crosswalks at signalized intersections in Hollywood, and along USC and UCLA.
August 14, 2017
“Keep L.A. Moving” Organization Files Lawsuit Against Playa Del Rey Street Safety Improvements
Folks from neighboring cites have filed a lawsuit attempting to undo Playa Del Rey street safety improvements. The lawsuit includes exaggerated and false statements.
August 10, 2017
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza Offers Window into History of Redevelopment, Legacy of White Flight
The new complex would be a far cry from the open-air mall first built there in 1947. But it’s not the first major intervention the site has seen, either. Nor is it the first time the city is looking to the mall as having the potential to give the area an economic boost.
July 28, 2017
Metro Bike Share Expands to Pasadena
This morning Pasadena's new bike-share system opened. The system includes 375 bikes at 34 docking stations.
July 14, 2017
After Raucous Public Comment, Mar Vista Community Council Votes To Support Venice Blvd Improvements
Last night, before a standing room only crowd, the Mar Vista Community Council voted to keep in place recent Venice Boulevard safety improvements, including protected bike lanes and a road diet.
July 12, 2017
That’s Right. My Church Is Throwing a Family-Friendly Transit Party
Tonight at five, St. Andrew's Lutheran Church (11555 National Blvd, 90064) is throwing a transit-themed "First Friday Family Fun Night" featuring games, field trips on the Big Blue Bus, safety talks from Metro and the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, and even a giant "Thomas the Train" set built by a former Streetsblog editor who is also writing this article.
July 7, 2017
Ancestors v. Polka Dots: Some Thoughts on Approaches to “Place-Making”
In many historically marginalized urban neighborhoods, decades of disenfranchisement and the repressive policing that accompanied it created great insecurity in the public space and, over time, eroded bonds of social trust between neighbors. With the public space essentially rendered off limits for too many, community had to be nurtured in private spaces.
June 27, 2017
