Recent Streetsblog LA posts about NELA

Huizar, Living Streets, Unveil Parklet Designs for El Sereno Street, York Blvd.

By Damien Newton | May 3, 2012 | 24 Comments

Move over Sunset Triangle Plaza, a pair of street reclamation projects on the Eastside are threatening to steal your thunder as the most progressive street reclamation project in Los Angeles. Living Streets L.A.and Councilman Jose Huizar unveiled new designs for a “street porch” on York Boulevard in Highland Park and a “street plaza” on Huntington […]

Middle School Students to Reyes: Build Those Bike Lanes! (Update: Read LADOT Comment Below…)

By Damien Newton | May 2, 2012 | 9 Comments

(Update: I’m leaving the text below unchanged so that peoples notes in the comments section makes sense. Both LADOT and the Office of Councilman Reyes report that there has been contact between the Councilman and LADOT and that lanes will be built “next year.” – DN) Two weeks ago, Streetsblog reported on efforts by middle […]

Nightingale Middle School Students Ask for Safer Streets for Bikes

By Damien Newton | Apr 16, 2012 | 10 Comments

Dream It. Design It. Do It. The 3 D’s are the ethos of the D3 Lab of Nightingale Middle School in Cypress Park in Northeast Los Angeles. The program is designed to help students learn to create change in their community. Recently, the students waded into the world of bike advocacy in a campaign to […]

Do I Look Suspicious to You? Livable Streets Starts with Equal Access to Streets

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 29, 2012 | 15 Comments

Mikey, Jonathan, and George were waiting for a friend just a few feet from the corner of Ave. 50 and York Blvd. in Highland Park when a police car pulled up. Two cops got out and told them to turn around, spread their legs, and put their hands behind their backs. The police proceeded to […]

Rethinking Streets in Northeast Los Angeles; An new Comprehensive Approach to Transportation Planning

By James Rojas | Dec 2, 2011 | 1 Comment

Nowhere else in LA area are individual street routes as important than in the Northeast. Because of the area’s hills there is no grid. Streets wind their way up hills and cut through valleys creating public space and connecting the community to places beyond. Sixteen Occidental College students are rethinking designs for York Boulevard in Highland Park […]

Making Change on North Figueroa Street

By Damien Newton | Aug 25, 2011 | 2 Comments

Earlier this year, when the designs for South Figueroa’s My Figueroa project were released, Josef Bray-Ali wasn’t happy. While many advocates celebrated designs that would, if implemented, result in segregated bike paths, transit-only lanes, pedestrian plazas (at a minimum), Bray-Ali saw another major investment in the Downtown and area around L.A. Live. Meanwhile, the portion […]

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