Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Pedestrian Safety

Danish Architect Jan Gehl on Good Cities for Walking

By Jan Gehl | Jun 15, 2011 | 1 Comment

Editor’s note: Streetsblog San Francisco is thrilled to present a three-part series this week 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. This is part two. Donate to Streetsblog SF and you’ll qualify to win a copy of […]

Streetscast: Meet the Streetsblog Board’s Deborah Murphy

By Damien Newton | Jun 1, 2011 | No Comments

Over the course of this year, I wanted to take time ever now and then to introduce you to members of our L.A. Streetsblog team here in Los Angeles by letting you hear them discuss transportation issues in their own words. Previous articles have focused on CicLAvia’s Joe Linton and the Safe Routes to School’s […]

Transportation 4 America Report: Federal and Local Governments Need to Address Pedestrian Safety

By Damien Newton | May 24, 2011 | 2 Comments

This morning, Transportation for America (T4A) released a report, “Dangerous by Design” which gives a state-by-state ranking of how dangerous each state is for pedestrians. While there are certainly worse states to take a walk in than California, 6,957 Californians died (of 47,700 nationally) while walking as result of a crash between 2000 and 2009. […]

How Can We Increase Pedestrian Activity on South Lake Avenue in Pasadena?

By Brigham Yen | Feb 18, 2011 | 6 Comments

For awhile now, I’ve contemplated the perplexing question of “What can improve South Lake Avenue (an underperforming shopping district)?” and I’ve come up with my own conclusions as to why the moribund district performs so poorly. Let me also start off by saying “Thank you” to those who took the time yesterday to email me […]

Is the Livability Movement Doomed to Homogeneity? The CDC Says No.

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 14, 2011 | No Comments

The first time Adolfo Hernandez went to the National Bike Summit, he got a sense of just how monochromatic the livability movement can be. “I think there were about 300 or 400 people,” he said. “And really, I could count on one hand people I thought were people of color.” Hernandez is the director of […]

Perils of walking in Alhambra, My near death experience!

By James Rojas | Jan 3, 2011 | 8 Comments

I pressed the crosswalk button and waited until the traffic light signaled me to cross the street. Before I stepped onto the cross walk on Main Street at the intersection with Granada, heading north, I looked ahead slightly left to see if there were any on coming cars. Besides the handful of cars stopped by […]

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