Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Crenshaw/LAX Line

With 2024 Transit Connection, LAX Hedges Bets, Expects Travelers Will Park

By Joe Linton | Dec 9, 2014 | 19 Comments

“We have to deal with reality,” L.A. World Airports (LAWA) Chief of Planning Christopher Koontz stated at last week’s Metro Board of Directors meeting: even after the LAX rail connection opens in 2024, LAWA expects air travelers will keep driving. LAWA is the city of L.A. department in charge of LAX and a couple smaller airports. Responding to […]

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, […]

Motion to Move Forward on Rail-to-River Bikeway Project up for Vote Thursday

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 22, 2014 | 15 Comments

In a motion before the Metro Executive Management Committee last Thursday morning, County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas cited the successful “transformation of unused or abandoned rail right-of-ways into pedestrian access and bicycle routes” around the country and here in L.A. as support for his call that the Board direct Chief Executive Officer […]

Construction Updates, the Naming of Stations, and More at Tonight’s Meeting on the Crenshaw Line

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 9, 2014 | No Comments

The Crenshaw Leadership Council (CLC) will be holding their quarterly meeting on the progress of the Crenshaw/LAX line tonight from 6 – 8 p.m. at Dulan’s on Crenshaw (4859 Crenshaw Boulevard). The meeting will provide updates from the work of the small groups, or PODs (Project Oriented Discussions), the CLC supports — Small Business Resources, […]

Metro Round-Up: LAX, Open Streets, New Reps on Technical Committee

By Joe Linton | Jun 27, 2014 | 4 Comments

At yesterday’s Metro Board Meeting, directors approved a handful of initiatives that have great implications for the future livability of the Los Angeles Region. Here is the re-cap: Technical Committee Adds Pedestrian and Bike Representatives The Metro Board approved adding two new active transportation representatives to the agency’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). In addition to […]

And So It Begins: Crenshaw Sees Major Street Closure and Reconfiguration Starting Friday Night

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 1, 2014 | No Comments

Taking shelter from the hot mid-day sun bearing down on Crenshaw Blvd., I struck up a conversation with a security guard that had worked in the area for a number of years. As we surveyed the evolving stretch of the boulevard sprawled out before us, we talked about the pending Friday night closure of the […]

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