Damien Newton
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The Week in Livable Streets Events: Big Thursday, CicLAvia
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It’s easy to look ahead to CicLAvia, but there’s a lot of other good events on the calendar this weekend. Tuesday – Walktober kicks off with a “Day of Action” from our friends at Los Angeles Walks. The pedestrian advocacy organization is using costumes and colors to draw attention to pedestrian safety at three of […]
Food & Film @ the Train
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Food & Film @ the Train Tracks is an event showcasing the Glendale Metrolink Station, including the historic Southern Pacific Railroad Depot. This event is part of the Tropico Station Project, a policy effort funded by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) to support transit-oriented development as well as biking, walking and transit. Feedback […]
Wolfpack Hustle: The HP Gran Prix
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When: Saturday, October 19; 5 p.m. Where: Gage Ave & Pacific Blvd, Huntington Park, CA (map) Take it to the streets! Ready for some sprint racing? The City of Huntington Park and LACBC welcome Wolfpack Hustle to host a bike drag race with full support including barricades, emergency response teams, and police services. Registration is $10 and limited […]
CicLAvia: Heart of Los Angeles
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Dowtown L.A., Boyle Heights, Chinatown, South L.A. MacArthur Park CicLAvia returns to its original route to bring the streets back to people. Bike, walk, run, skate, play on L.A.’s streets, and celebrate this fine city. More info at CicLAvia.org.
United Riders of South Los Angeles Annual Cancer Awareness Ride and Walk
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United Riders of South L.A. Annual Cancer Awareness Ride and Walk
Loco Motion 10K- Run Launched in Memory of Cyclist Killed on PCH
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Run, walk and have fun in the inaugural Loco Motion 10K! Race through Downtown Los Angeles, and end with a finish line festival for the whole family. An event to raise awareness about alternative transportation and to advocate for safer and more accessible means of travel throughout the city, a portion of the proceeds will […]
The Looming Disaster of the Hyperion-Glendale Bridges Re-Design
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Earlier this week, Streetsblog published an article about how the Hyperion-Glendale Complex of Bridges Rehabilitation Project was giving short shrift to bicyclists and pedestrians and everyone that lived in the area. At the time, based on information provided to us by the Bureau of Engineering, I assumed that the issue could be resolved by arguing […]
Better Late Than Never: LaBonge and O’Farrell Celebrate Yucca Street, L.A.’s First Bike Friendly Street
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In September of 2012, my son and I took a field trip to Hollywood not to see the tourist sites, but to ride on my bicycle back and forth on the .8 miles of Yucca Street, Los Angeles’ first Bicycle Friendly Street. Earlier today, Los Angeles City Council Members Mitch O’Farrell and Tom LaBonge hosted […]
New Plans for Hyperion-Glendale Crossing Don’t Include Bike Lanes, Wide Sidewalks
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The City of Los Angeles is moving plans to replace the Glendale Boulevard-Hyperion Avenue Complex of Bridges over the Los Angeles River near Hollywood and Atwater Village. You can read the full EIR, here. The Glendale-Hyperion Viaduct complex consists of the following structures: Hyperion Avenue Bridge over the Los Angeles River, Hyperion Avenue Bridge over Riverside Drive, […]
Formal Appeal Filed Against MyFigueroa! Streetscape Project by Auto Dealerships
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It’s not quite a series of scribbles by Eli Broad, but the formal appeal of the MyFigueroa! Project, also known as the South Figueroa Streetscape Project, by Darryl Holter of the Shammus Auto Group is so half-baked, it’s hard to believe that anyone would take it seriously. The two-page hand-written complaint contains no new information […]
Pop-Up MANGo Demonstrates Street Treatments & Greenery On Michigan Ave. in Santa Monica
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This Sunday was the city’s Pop-Up MANGo event to demo and solicit input for possible neighborhood greenway proposals in the Michigan Ave. corridor of the Pico Neighborhood. It was well attended throughout the 11-3 event, by supporters, by detractors of certain ideas under consideration, and locals wanting to check out the ideas and give input. […]