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The Week in Livable Streets Events
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Bike counts, bike meetings. Walk to school day, mural walks. And a bridge. It’s a diverse week in Livable Streets Events. Tonight! – Los Angeles City Councilmember José Huizar will join the Bureau of Engineering and architect and bridge designer Michael Matzlan at a meeting tonight in Boyle Heights to show the latest model and update […]
LACBC Bike Counts
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Via LACBC Newsletter This year we are at it again for a bike and pedestrian corridor count. Our team of interns is looking at specific corridors to understand the needs of those travelling by bike and on foot. We hope to conduct bike and pedestrian counts for specific streets and have reports/recommendations by the end […]
Pacoima Mural Walking Tour – Celebrate LA Mural Day!
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Did you know that Los Angeles is known as the Mural Capital of America? Did you know that murals were banned for a decade until last year? Come take a stroll down Mural Mile in Pacoima on Sunday, October 12th to celebrate LA Mural Day with Los Angeles Walks and the Public Art Initiative. The […]
LADOT’s Bold New Strategic Vision: Eliminate L.A. Traffic Deaths By 2025
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Today, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) released its new strategic plan, entitled Great Streets for Los Angeles. First, we’ll editorialize enthusiastically: this plan is excellent. And very much needed in Los Angeles. LADOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds characterizes it as a “plan [that] requires us to do our jobs in a fundamentally different […]
The Week in Livable Streets Events
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A lot of big events going on in DTLA right now. This very second. Then things slow down. Then CicLAvia. Good week. Monday – The Mayor’s Office, Office of Jose Huizar and a host of other Downtown interests host “Pop-Up Broadway” an extension of the already-in-place Broadway Dressed Rehearsal. This event builds upon and activates the […]
UCLA Regents’ Lecture: Janette Sadik-Khan
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The UCLA Department of Urban Planning and The Luskin School of Public Affairs present UCLA Regents’ Lecturer Janette Sadik-Khan 5:30 PM Reception 6:30 PM Lecture California NanoSystems Institute Auditorium 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 Janette Sadik-Khan is Principal with Bloomberg Associate, and she is a Former Commissioner of New York City Department of Transportation. […]
Pop-Up Broadway
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Pop-Up Broadway Flyer by Damien Newton Mayor Eric Garcetti, with his first Executive Directive, created the Great Streets Initiative to partner with local communities and strengthen neighborhoods “one main street at a time.” Great Streets will seek to empower local stakeholders to activate the public realm, provide economic revitalization, increase public safety, enhance local culture, and build […]
SMMoA: Free Screening of Bogotá Change
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SMMoA presents a FREE screening of Bogotá Change, a fast-paced portrait of a city on the move. The film chronicles the terms of Mayors Antanas Mockus and Enrique Peñalosa, who proactively transformed Bogotá, Colombia in less than 10 years. From mimes in place of traffic police to a burst of bicycle paths and green spaces, […]
California Sustainable Transportation Funding WorkshopSponsored by the Mileage-Based User Fee Alliance (MBUFA)
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Hosted by Caltrans and SCAG Click Here for Free Registration Tuesday, October 7 Embassy Suites, “Emerald Salon” Conference Room 800 Central Ave, Glendale, CA 91203 (818) 550-0828 Agenda 12:30 pm Refreshments/Mingle 1:00 pm Welcome Malcolm Dougherty, California Department of Transportation Introductions/MBUFA Background […]
Happy New Year, See You Tomorrow
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It’s Rosh Hashanah. Streetsblog L.A. will publishing lightly today and tomorrow.
The Week in Livable Streets Events
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Jason Islas, our Santa Monica Next editor, has put a lot of time into making tonight’s Santa Monica candidate forum a winner. This is the second time this year we’ve hosted a debate that will feature a future mayor after our Long Beach forum last February. Join us either at the forum or online. And […]
LOWV/Santa Monica Next Candidate’s Forum.
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MEET THE MODERATORS FOR OUR UPCOMING SANTA MONICA CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUM We are excited for our upcoming City Council Candidate Forum with the League of Women Voters of Santa Monica Education Fund! We are so excited, in fact, that we couldn’t wait to introduce you to the two people who will be moderating the forum. […]