Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Complete Streets

Metro Approves Multi-Modal Metric for Measure M Guidelines

By Joe Linton | Jun 23, 2017 | 15 Comments

Metro approved guidelines for Measure M spending. One key modification made to the guidelines was to used a metric that favors multi-modal transportation over one that is biased in favor of cars.

Build Complete Streets Advocacy at Saturday’s Tripping Point Conference

By Joe Linton | Jun 6, 2017 | No Comments

Are you signed up for the June 10 conference The Tripping Point? Build your skills toward a walkable, livable Los Angeles!

Bike and pedestrian collisions from the last few years in the Southeast Cities. Data source, TIMS, Image Source: Urban Health Strategies

Gateway Cities COG Walks Away from Active Transpo Commitment; EYCEJ, Urban Health Strategies Say, “Not So Fast…”

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 1, 2017 | 3 Comments

The report is much more than just a discussion of the region's active transportation needs. It's a call to arms - a plea to the Southeast cities to take a leadership role in investing local return dollars from Measure M in infrastructure that serves the area's most vulnerable road users.

Investing in Place is mobilizing for Wednesday's Transportation Committee meeting

Showdown At the Asphalt Corral – Transportation Committee Tomorrow

By Joe Linton | Mar 28, 2017 | 1 Comment

How will the city of Los Angeles use its Measure M local return funding: fixing potholes or building complete streets?

Visualization of new protected bike lanes planned for Spring and Main Streets in DTLA. Images via LADOT mainandspringfwd.com

DTLA Spring and Main Street Protected Bike Lane Project Event This Sunday

By Joe Linton | Mar 3, 2017 | 5 Comments

This Sunday, City Councilmember Jose Huizar will kick off the complete streets project Main & Spring Forward, which includes a protected bike lane couplet.

Route 66 As A Complete Street? Claremont Is Planning On It

By Doug Lewis | Jun 10, 2016 | 15 Comments

Immortalized by John Steinbeck as “The Mother Road,” the decommissioned Route 66, now known as Foothill Boulevard in East Los Angeles cities La Verne and Claremont, often draws nostalgic visions of America’s golden age of the automobiles. First established in 1926, Route 66’s creation marked the development of transcontinental highway systems in mid-century America. As […]

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