Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Livable Streets

“Complete Streets” Conference Wrap: Penalosa, Papandreou, Look to L.A.’s Future

By Lindsey Miller | Mar 5, 2012 | 1 Comment

The idea of “complete streets”—that is, streets designed with all users, not just cars, in mind—isn’t a new one, but it hasn’t caught on everywhere yet. On Friday, planners, engineers, advocates, and students convened at the second annual UCLA Complete Streets for California conference at the Kyoto Grand Hotel downtown to renew their excitement in […]

Sunset Triangle Park Not Done Yet…Help Them Pot the Plants Before Sunday’s Grand Opening

By Damien Newton | Feb 28, 2012 | 3 Comments

There’s been a lot of excitement, not just in Silver Lake but around the city, for the opening of Los Angeles’ first street plaza in Silver Lake this weekend. Pictures and renderings of the “Sunset Triangle Plaza” at at Griffith Park and Sunset Boulevards have been popping up at Eastsider, LAist and Curbed as well as Streetsblog. […]

Garcetti, LaBonge Want Car Free Yucca Street

By Damien Newton | Jan 9, 2012 | 6 Comments

(Update: I got a little confused by the motion. It will shut down through traffic on Yucca Street in Hollywood, between Las Palmas Ave. and Whitley Ave. Cars are permitted, through traffic is blocked. Curbed found me out. – DN) In 1995, the City of Los Angeles installed some temporary traffic diverters at three intersections along […]

Rethinking Streets in Northeast Los Angeles; An new Comprehensive Approach to Transportation Planning

By James Rojas | Dec 2, 2011 | 1 Comment

Nowhere else in LA area are individual street routes as important than in the Northeast. Because of the area’s hills there is no grid. Streets wind their way up hills and cut through valleys creating public space and connecting the community to places beyond. Sixteen Occidental College students are rethinking designs for York Boulevard in Highland Park […]

Making Change on North Figueroa Street

By Damien Newton | Aug 25, 2011 | 2 Comments

Earlier this year, when the designs for South Figueroa’s My Figueroa project were released, Josef Bray-Ali wasn’t happy. While many advocates celebrated designs that would, if implemented, result in segregated bike paths, transit-only lanes, pedestrian plazas (at a minimum), Bray-Ali saw another major investment in the Downtown and area around L.A. Live. Meanwhile, the portion […]

Danish Architect Jan Gehl on Cities for People: The Safe City

By Jan Gehl | Jun 14, 2011 | 2 Comments

Editor’s note: Streetsblog is thrilled to launch a three-part series today by renowned Danish architect and livable streets luminary Jan Gehl. The pieces are excerpts are from his book, “Cities for People” published by Island Press. Donate to LA Streetsblog and you’ll qualify to win a copy of the book, courtesy of Island Press. Visit […]

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