Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Pedestrian Safety

Whittier Boulevard to See Up to $1 Million in Streetscape Improvements

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 22, 2016 | 2 Comments

Complaints about the condition of Whittier Boulevard are common among youth that regularly walk from the southern end of Boyle Heights to Roosevelt High School and back. And they’re only one of several groups of schoolkids that must cross and/or move along Whittier on a daily basis — a handful of schools and recreational centers […]

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 […]

Eyes On the Street: Scramble Crosswalks Debut At Hollywood And Highland

By Joe Linton | Nov 16, 2015 | 17 Comments

It may be one of those made-up statistics, but there is a repeated truism that millions of people visit Hollywood Boulevard every year, and they spend an average of about fifteen minutes there. Sure, there are the Walk of Fame, some beautiful historic theaters and other noble buildings, Metro Red Line subway stops, costumed performers, street […]

Umbrellas Tallied during Boyle Heights Pedestrian Count Suggest Street Trees Important to Mobility

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 22, 2015 | 13 Comments

While counting pedestrians and cyclists in the transit-dependent and heavily-pedestrian community of Boyle Heights for the Bike and Pedestrian Count this past Saturday, I got to thinking about street trees. As part of the Eastside Access Project, the section of 1st Street between the Aliso/Pico and the Soto Gold Line Stations in Boyle Heights saw […]

Scramble Crosswalks Ready for Their Star Turn in Hollywood

By Damien Newton | Aug 18, 2015 | 9 Comments

Responding to community concerns that the high volume of pedestrian traffic at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue was creating an unsafe crossing, City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell and the Department of Transportation recently announced that a “pedestrian scramble” will be installed by the end of the year. The pedestrian scramble, aka The Barnes Dance, […]

At-Grade Crossings along Metro Blue Line Will See $30 Mil in Pedestrian Safety Improvements

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 7, 2015 | 6 Comments

“In the interest of time,” Greg Kildare, Executive Director of Metro’s Enterprise Risk, Safety, and Asset Management team, began his address to the Board on July 23, “I will just say that staff believes that the [Metro Blue Line] pedestrian gating project is an extremely important safety improvement to our oldest rail line and consistent […]

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