LADOT Hosts Second Workshop On Fletcher Drive Vision Zero Safety Improvements
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LADOT included a tepid new alternative. Attendees favored none of the above. Another meeting is coming up.
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Pedestrian Safety
Vision Zero Safety Improvements Planned For Temple Street
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Last Wednesday, the city of Los Angeles Vision Zero team held a workshop for public input on planned safety upgrades for Temple Street. At the workshop, the city Transportation Department (LADOT) shared potential plans for Temple, and received public input. The proposed improvements would cover 2.3 miles of Temple Street, from Beverly Boulevard to Beaudry […]
After Raucous Public Comment, Mar Vista Community Council Votes To Support Venice Blvd Improvements
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Last night, before a standing room only crowd, the Mar Vista Community Council voted to keep in place recent Venice Boulevard safety improvements, including protected bike lanes and a road diet.
We Don’t Appreciate the Vulnerability of Pedestrians Until It’s Too Late
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What a hideous and untenable thing, we collectively agreed in pausing our trajectories to render assistance, to see this poor woman so fragile and afraid in the street like this. Yet data suggests we generally don't appreciate how vulnerable others are or how much power we have to hurt each other until it's too late - and pedestrians and cyclists tend to pay the steepest price for that.
Eyes on the Street: New Painted Curb Extension Across from L.A. City Hall
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New pedestrian safety improvements spotted at the intersection of First Street and Main Street in downtown L.A.
Peter Flax L.A. Times Editorial Nails Playa Del Rey Controversy
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Peter Flax has penned a must-read editorial on recent Playa Del Rey street safety controversies. He concludes: "When cars race through neighborhoods where people live, shop and play, speed kills. Taking steps that force us to slow down isn’t an outrage or a conspiracy, it’s making L.A. a better place to live."