Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Complete Streets

The Movement Against the Highway Friendly Redesign of Hyperion Grows

By Damien Newton | Oct 8, 2013 | 7 Comments

Garcetti, LaBonge and O’Farrell promote the redesign and ask for public comment. It started as a note from contacts at the Bicycle Coalition (LACBC), turned into a mini-series on Streetsblog and now the movement to stop the redesign of the Hyperion-Glendale Complex of Bridges that would turn one of the region’s most iconic structures into […]

City Council approves a motion to study the feasibility of fixing LA’s streets in our lifetime

By Ted Rogers | Aug 21, 2013 | 5 Comments

In the end the vote, as usual, was unanimous. The Los Angeles City Council voted 15 to 0 this morning, not to fix the city’s crumbling streets, but to study how to fix them. And more importantly, how to pay for it. The vote came on a proposal from Council Members Joe Buscaino and Mitch […]

MyFigueroa! Plan for LA’s First Protected Bike Lanes Clears Environmental Review

By Damien Newton | Aug 8, 2013 | 35 Comments

Yesterday, the Los Angeles Department of City Planning released the Final Environmental Impact Report for the South Figueroa Streetscape Project (MyFigueroa!). The $20 million MyFigueroa! Project will bring Los Angeles its first protected bike lanes and a transit-only lane while removing some street parking and mixed-use travel lanes. “As the first such protected bicycle facility […]

A Case for the Incorporation of Questions of Access Into Planning for Complete Streets

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 19, 2013 | 8 Comments

“David!” I yelled, gesturing at City Planning’s David Somers to come over and listen to what the residents playing cards in their yard were saying about the need for a stoplight at the intersection outside their front gate. Too many people had come crashing through it, they told me. And if it wasn’t their gate, […]

Sometimes, You Just Need to Set Aside the Data and Explore an Area by Bike

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 23, 2013 | No Comments

There’s a cool new group on the move in South L.A. called the Mobility Advisory Committee. Spearheaded by representatives of TRUST South L.A. and Community Health Councils, with support from the LACBC, it has managed to bring together a diverse group of community activists to discuss and promote South L.A.’s interests with regard to all […]

Study: Car Commuters Put on More Weight Than Active Commuters

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 21, 2013 | No Comments

Going to the gym may not be enough to keep off the pounds if you drive to work. That’s the result of a study published recently in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. According to an Australian research team, active commuting is an effective defense against gaining weight. Among a sample of 822 Australian adults […]

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