Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Crenshaw/LAX Line

Plaza 2.0: When People St. Plaza Projects are More Than Just Plaza Projects

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 18, 2014 | 3 Comments

The request that I sign the petition for Leimert Park Village’s People St. plaza application that landed in my inbox the other day made me smile. Of all the places in the city I can think of, 43rd Place is probably the most appropriate place for a plaza project and the most likely to be […]

Editorial: Why Raise Fares When Metro’s Building Even More Free Parking?

By Joe Linton | Apr 15, 2014 | 21 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I posted an editorial asking Why Raise Metro Fares While Giving Away Metro Parking? At the time, I totaled parking for Metro’s BRT and rail lines at 19,450 parking spaces. Despite Metro’s plan to increase transit fares, the agency has no plan to increase parking charges. Metro gives more than 9 out […]

So, Ground Has Officially Been Broken for the Crenshaw Line. What Does That Mean for People in the Area?

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 22, 2014 | 2 Comments

To say change is afoot in the Crenshaw/Leimert area might be the understatement of the year. And, depending on who you ask, you might get very different perspectives on what kind of change you’re looking at. For the elected officials and transit advocates who happily tossed ceremonial shovelfuls of dirt to mark the official groundbreaking […]

Dear Santa, Please Bring Us an Active Transportation Corridor Along Slauson. But Don’t Forget the Community in the Process.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 17, 2013 | 22 Comments

Flanked by industry or warehouses on either side for much of its trajectory, and running parallel to defunct and unkempt railroad tracks that are liberally adorned with debris, graffiti, and enormous mud puddles when it rains, the Slauson Avenue corridor doesn’t seem like the most human-friendly place. And, if you’ve ever felt reckless enough to […]

Fighting Gentrification with Sankofa Red – a Repurposed Pay Phone

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 4, 2013 | 9 Comments

Gesturing towards the re-purposed pay phone prototype, KAOS Network founder Ben Caldwell said he looked at the Leimert Phone Company project as a way to exact “a handshake between 20th century objects and 21st century objects.” Just because we were living in an era of rapid change, he continued, there was no need to throw […]

Denver’s East Corridor Rail Line: Colorado’s Airport Train to Leave Crenshaw-to-Near-LAX Project in its Prairie Dust

By Roger Rudick | Nov 26, 2013 | 34 Comments

(Everyone remembers Roger Rudick, right? Good. – DN) A half-mile from the front entrance of Denver International Airport, two prairie dogs popped up from their dusty burrows. They saw concrete ties, rails, and construction equipment for the East Corridor Rail Line, a commuter train project that will provide a one-seat ride from Denver’s Union Station […]

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