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Leimert Park Envisions Infusing Culture into Autonomous Micro Shuttles
Autonomous vehicles and other emerging technologies are just one more landscape into which community stories can and should be woven. And rather than wait to have to adapt their complex realities to technology that was not made for them or with their needs in mind, artist Ben Caldwell tells me, there is a unique opportunity for communities of color to leave a significant mark.
April 4, 2017
Victory For Vision Zero, Sidewalks, Bikes at Today’s Transportation Committee
The L.A. City Transportation Committee approved a plan to dedicate nearly all Measure M local return funding - $66M annually - to Vision Zero, including funds for sidewalks and bike facilities.
March 29, 2017
CicLAvia 20: Culver City Meets Venice, Open Thread
Woo! Hoooo! Another popular CicLAvia open streets event opened streets from Venice to Mar Vista yesterday!
March 27, 2017
Metro Approves Continuing Work on Union Station Run-Through Tracks
The Metro board approved $13.8M to continue to design and engineer the planned $2.75B Union Station run-through-tracks project.
March 23, 2017
Amigas Who Run Reclaim Streets for Women/Women-Identified Folks of Color in Boyle Heights and Beyond
Reasserting their presence in the streets via a massively well-attended event like Amigas Who Run is a way to reclaim - as people of color and as women - some control over how they and their community are defined and a voice in determining the future trajectory for both.
March 17, 2017
Griffith Observatory DASH Shuttle Service Expands Next Week
Starting next week, Griffith Park will use new parking revenue to provide DASH Observatory Shuttle service seven days per week.
March 16, 2017
Planning Dept Releases JJJ-Driven Transit-Oriented Development Incentives
L.A. City Planning Dept has released new proposed guidelines to incentivize transit-oriented development. The incentives are mandated by Measure JJJ, which voters approved last November.
March 15, 2017
DamienTalksSGV 29 – Sunday’s 626 Golden Streets Was 17 Miles of Car-Free Heaven
You know we’ve got a great episode of #DamienTalks when a woman who is eight months pregnant and running a half-marathon is the fourth interview in the podcast.
March 7, 2017
DTLA Spring and Main Street Protected Bike Lane Project Event This Sunday
This Sunday, City Councilmember Jose Huizar will kick off the complete streets project Main & Spring Forward, which includes a protected bike lane couplet.
March 3, 2017
Metro Board To Vote On “Link US” Union Station Run-Through Tracks
Tomorrow, the Metro board will be voting on a recommended alternative for future run-through tracks at Union Station. (Update: on 2/23 the Metro board voted to postpone/continue the item.) The new loop tracks would extend Union Station's existing stub-end tracks. The project will include tracks running on a new wide 101 Freeway bridge just east of the existing Gold Line bridge. The new L-shaped bridge will connect trains to existing tracks along the L.A. River.
February 22, 2017
