Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Livable Streets

Lancaster’s Livability: An Interview with Planning Director Brian Ludicke

By Joe Linton | Jul 12, 2016 | 6 Comments

The city of Lancaster, population 160,000, is the fifth most populous city in L.A. County. It occupies about one hundred square miles in the Antelope Valley, separated from the L.A. Basin by the San Gabriel Mountains. Lancaster is at the northern terminus of Metrolink’s Antelope Valley line, a two-hour train ride from downtown Los Angeles. Though it is […]

Hit-and-Run Claims Life of Beloved Nun. We Must Do Better, Los Angeles.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 23, 2015 | 7 Comments

On Sunday, Raquel Diaz, a sister with the Los Angeles Archdiocese, succumbed to her injuries. She was seventy years old. The beloved Boyle Heights nun was crossing Evergreen Avenue at Winter Street at 5:20 p.m. on December 13 when she was run down by a driver in a white, four-door Nissan or Toyota. The loss […]

Equity, the Mobility Plan, and the Myth of Luxury-Loving Lane Stealers

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 14, 2015 | 19 Comments

It’s hard to take some of the hysteria surrounding the City Council’s approval of Mobility Plan 2035 this past August very seriously. And by “hysteria,” I mean the lawsuit and most recent claims by Fix the City president James O’Sullivan, who told MyNewsLA that the city “want[s] to make driving our cars unbearable by stealing […]

This is what stopping youth or men of color often looks like, regardless of the reason for the stop. Mikey, Jonathan, and George/Jorge were frisked for weapons on Ave. 50 and York Blvd. in Highland Park in 2013 while waiting for friends. Sahra Sulaiman/LA Streetsblog

Man is Shot and Killed by the Officers He Called to Help Search for Stolen Bike. Is it a Livable Streets Issue?

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 17, 2015 | 20 Comments

Several months ago, I asked that a link to a story on the beating of Clinton Alford by LAPD officers be included in our daily headlines. The 22-year-old African-American man had been riding his bike along Avalon Blvd. near 55th St. in South L.A. one night when a car pulled up alongside him and someone […]

A Changing South Park Plans for “Livable Alleys”

By Jocelyn Martinez | Jan 6, 2015 | 4 Comments

Through cinematic distortion, alleys are seen as hubs where criminals engage in drug dealing, whacking, and even murder. In reality, most city alleys are wasted, often unkempt spaces cluttered with toilets and mattresses due to illegal dumping. Despite this reality, alley spaces offer great, unrealized potential, says the South Park Business Improvement District (BID). As […]

The Other Lesson of Our #LA2050 Listens Events. We Need to Get Younger People More Involved.

By Damien Newton | May 13, 2014 | 1 Comment

Wider sidewalks, bike paths, fewer car lanes, park space. These were some of the ideas that Scarlet, a participant in James Rojas’ interactive workshop focused on thinking of a new design for North Figueroa Street, presented to the group. The eight-year-old was the team leader for one of two tables set up for the workshop, […]

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