Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Downtown LA

Thumbs Up from America’s Planners: “Everything Is Happening in L.A. Right Now”

By Lindsey Miller | Apr 19, 2012 | 2 Comments

Planners who traveled to Los Angeles over the past four days to attend the American Planning Association’s National Planning Conference were greeted by a very different L.A. than the one they visited at the last APA conference in L.A. over 25 years ago. Walking up to the Convention Center from the east, attendees crossed the […]

Activists the Key in the 25 Year Journey Leading to the Expo Opening

By Dana Gabbard | Apr 12, 2012 | 6 Comments

Oct. 24, 1990. That is the date when the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, one of the predecessor agencies to Metro, purchased the right of way from Southern Pacific that the Exposition Line is being built on. The remarkable thing is among those commenting on the item at the LACTC meeting nearly a quarter century ago […]

LAPD: Susanna Schick Fell Off Her Bicycle

By Damien Newton | Apr 11, 2012 | 18 Comments

(Friends of Susana’s have set up a ChipIn account to collect funds to help with medical bills. You can donate, here.) From the people that brought you “Andres Tena backed into a hummer and was propelled over his handlebars” and “a woman who plowed into a group of thirty cyclists committed no crime” comes another soon […]

First Look at Farmer’s Field Traffic EIR: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

By Damien Newton | Apr 5, 2012 | 13 Comments

Earlier today, AEG announced the completion of the first draft of environmental documents for Farmers Field, the proposed football stadium for Downtown Los Angeles. The document, available on City Planning’s website, is a mammoth 10,000 pages and the ceremonial handing over of the documents to the city at today’s event involved 13 overflowing three ring […]

When Will Metro Move the Regional Connector? Maybe This Month…

By Damien Newton | Mar 26, 2012 | 4 Comments

Last week, the Metro Board of Directors decided to push a motion to approve the final environmental documents for the Regional Connector until April so that negotiations between top Metro staff and representatives of the Financial District could continue negotiations over what kind of tunneling method will be used to complete the below-ground connector through the District. […]

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