Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Livable Streets

Melbourne: A Pedestrian Paradise

By Brad Aaron | May 6, 2008 | 6 Comments

Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson recently made the journey to Melbourne, Australia, where he found a "new world city" redesigned for people-oriented development and mobility. Writes Clarence: Melbourne is simply wonderful. You can get lost in the nooks and crannies that permeate the city. As you walk you feel like free-flowing air with no impediments to your […]

Judge Slams, Stalls Pico-Olympic Plan

By Damien Newton | May 6, 2008 | 3 Comments

Maybe it’s not such a "done-deal" after all. Mayor Villaraigosa and Councilman Jack Weiss, the two elected proponents of speeding up traffic on Pico and Olympic Boulevards at the expense of local businesses and non-motorized travel, were dealt a setback yesterday when a Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge ruled that the city needs to […]

Federal Complete Streets Legislation Gains Momentum

By Damien Newton | May 2, 2008 | No Comments

Complete Streets advocates received a double dose of good news this week from Washington, D.C. For the first time ever, Complete Streets legislation is now introduced in both Chambers of Congress after the Safe and Complete Streets Act was introduced in the House of Representative. Meanwhile, the Senate version of the bill received its first […]

Australian Sustainable Cities Expert Speaks at Metro

By Damien Newton | Apr 30, 2008 | No Comments

Downtown Perth, Australia Earlier today, Jeff Kenworthy, an Australian professor in Sustainable Cities and author of the book Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence, lectured at Metro headquarters about the importance of rail in designing and building a Smart Growth city. There were about 70 people in the audience, but despite the speech’s location inside […]

New York Times Highlights Community Living Rooms in LA

By Damien Newton | Apr 28, 2008 | No Comments

Via the City Fix, the New York Times discovered the "Community Living Rooms" that are popping up throughout Los Angeles. The concept is simple. A community decides to recapture a piece of sidewalk to become a community gathering place. With the help of groups such as Central City Community Partners and a team of landscapers, urban designers and […]

The Amazing Car-Free Party at Wilshire Center

By Damien Newton | Apr 22, 2008 | 4 Comments

Back when I first started writing Street Heat, I vowed to not just write Car Culture story after Car Culture Story because the focus on Angelnos’ love affair with their cars is "beyond cliche." Today, Car Culture got a kick in the shin as the Wilshire Center Cool District celebrated Earth Day by shutting down […]

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