Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

Garcetti Signs Vision Zero Directive to End L.A. Traffic Deaths by 2025

By Joe Linton | Aug 24, 2015 | 25 Comments

Today, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed a directive [PDF] that commits city departments to Vision Zero. Specifically, the City of Los Angeles is committed to reducing traffic fatalities to zero by the year 2025. A little over a year ago, it was difficult to find Los Angeles agency staff, elected officials, or even individuals who […]

Scramble Crosswalks Ready for Their Star Turn in Hollywood

By Damien Newton | Aug 18, 2015 | 9 Comments

Responding to community concerns that the high volume of pedestrian traffic at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue was creating an unsafe crossing, City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell and the Department of Transportation recently announced that a “pedestrian scramble” will be installed by the end of the year. The pedestrian scramble, aka The Barnes Dance, […]

Eyes on the Street: Safer Shorter Crossings in Silver Lake and Echo Park

By Joe Linton | Aug 17, 2015 | 4 Comments

Sometimes neighborhood livability and walkability do not need to wait for multi-million dollar infrastructure streetscape re-vamps. Sometimes all it takes is paint. Or, as in the case of these streets, longer-lasting thermoplastic striping that doubles as “paint.” Thanks to tips from friends of the blog, Ryan Johnson and Jessica Meaney, I recently visited two central Los […]

Planning and Transportation Committees Approve Mobility Plan 2035

By Joe Linton | Aug 5, 2015 | 12 Comments

The city of Los Angeles’ progressive new Mobility Plan was approved by two City Council committees yesterday. The joint meeting of the Los Angeles City Council committees for Transportation and Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) both approved the plan intact, postponing decisions on sabotage attempts by City Councilmbers Paul Koretz and Gil Cedillo. Streetsblog readers may […]

Photo Essay: Pacoima’s Opening Celebration For Bradley Plaza

By Joe Linton | Jul 31, 2015 | No Comments

Yesterday, the community of Pacoima celebrated the opening of the city of L.A.’s latest car-free space: Bradley Plaza. The plaza closes to cars one block of Bradley Avenue immediately east of Van Nuys Boulevard in the north San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Pacoima. The plaza is a product of the city Transportation Department’s (LADOT) innovative […]

Cartoon Tuesday: Yo La Tengo Video Showcases Sunset Plaza

By Joe Linton | Jul 14, 2015 | No Comments

For decades Hollywood has exported Southern California car culture images around the world. That’s changing now. Made-in-L.A. commercials, films, and videos now increasingly feature bike lanes, inverted-U bike racks, and, yes, even People St polka-dotted pedestrian plazas. From NPR via Streetfilms‘ Clarence Eckerson, have fun watching Yo La Tengo’s ‘Friday I’m In Love’ video – showing […]

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