Recent Streetsblog LA posts about COVID-19

Del Rey "slow streets" map - via Twitter

L.A. Announces COVID “Slow Streets” Pilot then Postpones It; Program Needs Focus On Health, Equity

By Joe Linton | May 1, 2020 | No Comments

Crafted properly - prioritizing health and equity, timed right, and implemented respectfully, there could be many positive outcomes from Healthy Streets walk/bike safety improvements.

Miguel R. has been homeless for just over three weeks in the University Park area. Sahra Sulaiman/StreetsblogLA

Evicted During COVID-19: “I Have Been Homeless for 20 Days…What’s Going to Happen to Me?”

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 25, 2020 | No Comments

A true eviction moratorium might have kept Miguel housed and stable; now he fears for his mental health and his ability to get back on his feet

One of Oakland's 'Slow Streets,' at Shafter and 42nd. Photo: OakDOT

Advocates Call For Quick-Build Walk-Bike Streets During COVID-19

By Joe Linton | Apr 24, 2020 | No Comments

Though cities all over are stepping up to make safe walk-bike streets under COVID-19, L.A. City has clearly not made it a priority

Operation Gridlock on Spring Street in front of L.A. City Hall. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Operation Gridlock Protest Brings Around 60 Drivers to Downtown L.A.

By Joe Linton | Apr 22, 2020 | No Comments

Attendance peaked at about 60 cars, carrying about 90 people. Drivers were outnumbered by a large contingent of LAPD officers, and by press camerapersons and photographers.

Test train on Metro's Crenshaw Line - photo via Metro

April Metro Committee Round-Up: COVID-19 Operations and Budget, Crenshaw Delays, and More

By Joe Linton | Apr 20, 2020 | No Comments

Metro's budget through September 2020 is taking a $1 billion dollar hit. Metro construction

Coronavirus - all pensketches by Joe Linton

One Angeleno’s Coronavirus Pandemic Diary: Day 38 – Some of My Silly Cornonavirus Sketches

By Joe Linton | Apr 17, 2020 | No Comments

With COVID-19 on my mind, I invented some silly superheroes to combat it.

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