Damien Newton
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Save the Date: Livable Streets Candidates Forum in CD4
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The race to replace Los Angeles City Councilmember Tom LaBonge, who is leaving office after 12 years in office because of term limits, is a crowded race. Over a dozen candidates are vying to replace the colorful LaBonge who has been something of a staple here at Streetsblog. On Thursday, February 5 from 6:30 to […]
The Week in Livable Streets Events
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Now that the holidays are in our helmet mirror, the sausage making of transportation policy resumes with Metro Board Committee meetings. We’re also putting out save-the-dates for two Streetsblog events coming up in February. This Morning – Development Agreements are one of the most powerful entitlement processes, providing more flexibility and more certainty to the applicant, […]
Eyes on the Street: LADOT Express Bus Service to Beverly Hills
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Michael Fleming has been advocating for LADOT’s Commuter Express bus service to add a stop to service Beverly Hills for years. When LADOT gave him the best New Year’s present of all, a bus stop just blocks from his office, he excitedly snapped this picture to share with the world. Commuter Express #534 will now […]
LIVE • RIDE • SHARE
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Continental Crosswalks Appear at Barrington and National
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Nearly two months ago, on November 12, Mayor Eric Garcetti stood with Councilmembers Mike Bonin and Joe Buscaino and Controller Ron Galerpin at the road repaving project at Barrington Avenue and National Boulevard. The Mayor announced that, thanks to new revenue, the city would now be repaving 200 additional miles of roadway, above and beyond its regular […]
Streetsies 2014: The Winners Are…
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For the first time since we combined the staff/board vote and reader vote into one award, there are no changes from the final poll results on Streetsblog and the winners. Read on to see the 2014 Streetsie Winners and look forward to celebratory events soon. Click individual links for poll results and descriptions of honorees’ […]
The Week in Livable Streets Events
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The New Year is started and that means “The Week in Livable Streets Events” is back. While we do our best to make this comprehensive, there’s always something we’re missing. Don’t be offended, just let us know! There’s some fun events on the calendar for this weekend and a potentially big meeting in Boyle Heights. […]
ART CRASH –
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For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/745207342241364/?ref=56&unit_ref=suggested_events “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas Art takes on many forms. The asphalt we roll on is our canvas. Every ride on it is yet another brush stroke and on these streets we create a masterpiece. The cross roads of contemporary art and […]
12 Mile Tour: Ten Bridges Epic—Again!
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For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/713470665408072/ Join us for a repeat of a favorite promenade as we walk over every bridge crossing the Los Angeles River between Broadway and Olympic Blvd., with an East LA detour and – hopefully – some Mariachis. (Return via Metro Gold Line.) Details to come! DIstance: About 12 miles.
AIA Seminar: Development Agreements
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Development Agreements are one of the most powerful entitlement processes, providing more flexibility and more certainty to the applicant, the City and the public about a proposed development project. Development Agreements offer a wider array of potential on and off site amenities, infrastructure improvements, and community benefits than traditional use permits or other entitlements, and […]
#StreetsR4Families: Maryann Aguirre on Creating Safer Spaces for her Daughter
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“The first [bike] ride I took Leah on was the Black-Brown Unity ride two years ago,” says Maryann Aguirre, member of the Ovarian Psyco-Cycles Bicycle Brigade, a cycling group comprised of women of color based in Boyle Heights, “and I was f*cking dying!” Pedaling the 12 miles the route wound between Boyle Heights and Watts […]