Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

Where Should ‘Barnes Dance’ Diagonal Scramble Crosswalks Go?

By Joe Linton | Nov 14, 2014 | 20 Comments

LA Gets Diagonal Crosswalks (again) from STREETFILMS on Vimeo. Last week, the L.A. Times ran this article announcing that the city of Los Angeles Transportation Department (LADOT) is planning to add new diagonal “scramble” or “Barnes Dance” crosswalks at three pedestrian-heavy Metro-rail adjacent intersections: 7th Street and Flower Street, Downtown Los Angeles Hollywood Boulevard and Highland […]

Trick or Treat: LADOT Gets It Right on Halloween

By Damien Newton | Oct 31, 2014 | No Comments

This year the LADOT released its annual safety guide for Halloween, a tradition that dates back to 2008. And honestly, it makes me kind of proud. You see, Streetsblog has a history with LADOT on Halloween. Back at the Streetsblog L.A. predecessor site, Street Heat, we needled LADOT for not providing safety tips as is common […]

New Chamber of Commerce Excited About Great Streets on Venice Blvd.

By Damien Newton | Oct 30, 2014 | 5 Comments

Mike Bonin is not someone who is known for thinking small. “There’s a universe of opportunities,” said Councilmember Mike Bonin, of the proposed “Great Street” on Venice Boulevard. “But it’s important that this not be ‘Mike’s project,’ or the ‘Mayor’s project,’ or the ‘DOT’s Project,’ but the people’s project.” Bonin was speaking excitedly about the […]

Leimert Park People St Plaza: Making a Cookie-Cutter Program Fit a Cultural Community’s Aspirations

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 29, 2014 | No Comments

On my way to a meeting of the Leimert Park Village stakeholders at the Vision Theater a few weeks ago, I poked my head into the art space known as the KAOS Network looking for founder and artist Ben Caldwell. I found him huddled around a table with Sherri Franklin, the founder of Urban Design Center, […]

Councilmember Cedillo Adds Stop Sign In Response To Fatal Hit-and-Run

By Joe Linton | Oct 10, 2014 | 8 Comments

On September 14, a hit-and-run driver killed 57-year-old Gloria Ortiz. Ms. Ortiz was walking in a crosswalk in the Northeast Los Angeles community of Highland Park. The hit-and-run crime took place at the intersection of Avenue 50 and San Marcos Place, adjacent to Aldama Street Elementary School. According to KTLA5, witnesses stated that the driver […]

LADOT’s Bold New Strategic Vision: Eliminate L.A. Traffic Deaths By 2025

By Damien Newton and Joe Linton | Sep 30, 2014 | 19 Comments

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 […]

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