Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Downtown LA

Cyclists Wanted for Pedal L.A. Installation for L.A. State Historic Park

By Joe Linton | Apr 27, 2015 | No Comments

I recently got a preview of Pedal L.A. – a fascinating new bicycle-themed interactive art installation for the Los Angeles State Historic Park. What I saw was the work-in-progress prototype. The installation’s creator, David Gauch, is looking to Southern California’s diverse cycling community to get involved in using his project to tell our stories. If […]

A Changing South Park Plans for “Livable Alleys”

By Jocelyn Martinez | Jan 6, 2015 | 4 Comments

Through cinematic distortion, alleys are seen as hubs where criminals engage in drug dealing, whacking, and even murder. In reality, most city alleys are wasted, often unkempt spaces cluttered with toilets and mattresses due to illegal dumping. Despite this reality, alley spaces offer great, unrealized potential, says the South Park Business Improvement District (BID). As […]

LADOT’s New Broadway Pre-Project Report Heralds Data-Driven Evaluation

By Joe Linton | Nov 26, 2014 | 3 Comments

Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Transportation Department (LADOT) released a new report entitled Broadway Dress Rehearsal: Pre-Installation Existing Conditions Report 2014 [PDF]. The handsome 82-page report is full of facts, figures and graphs all detailing the “safety, public life, and economic” conditions on Broadway from 2nd Street to 11th Street in downtown Los Angeles. This stretch of […]

LADOT Pilots “Pedestrian First” Timing on Broadway

By Damien Newton | Oct 24, 2014 | 23 Comments

It seems like a simple concept. If you give pedestrians a walk signal before giving cars the go-ahead, pedestrians crossing at intersections will be more visible and crashes and injuries will be reduced. But in a city where too much of the infrastructure is still designed to encourage cars to move quickly, even a small […]

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