Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Pedestrian Safety

Newest Way to Procrastinate on the Internet: Walk Score Adds Transit

By Damien Newton | Nov 5, 2009 | 7 Comments

The area arond Park-LaBrea is "very walkable." I can agree with that. Earlier today, Walk Score, the website that ranks areas based on how easy it is to lead a car-lite lifestyle, has taken a big step towards improving its metrics by adding transit data. As long as a city has google transit, which thankfully […]

Trick or Treat from LADOT

By Damien Newton | Oct 30, 2009 | 4 Comments

I know what the BRU is wearing for Halloween. Photo: The Strategy Center/Flickr Two years ago I poked the LADOT and LAPD for not putting out safety tips for Halloween. Sure enough, last year an email arrived in my inbox announcing the Department’s advice to parents, children and drivers on All Hallows Eve. The LADOT […]

Will “Crash-Proof” Cars Make Drivers More Dangerous?

By Ben Fried | Oct 28, 2009 | 3 Comments

Via TreeHugger, Copenhagenize reports that Volvo is in the final stages of testing technology to improve safety for people outside its products — a "pedestrian detection" system available in S60 models next year: It is meant to spot all pedestrians in front of the car as well as off to the sides in a […]

Disability Activists Sue Caltrans for Negelcting Crosswalks and Sidewalks

By Damien Newton | Sep 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

While cracked sidewalks can be found throughout the city, this one was found in Westwood. Photo: Donald Shoup A coalition of activists for seniors and the disabled went to federal court to try and force Caltrans to meet federal safety standards for sidewalk, intersection and other pedestrian amenities. The group charges that when doing road […]

Senate R’s Attempts to Strip Bike/Ped Requirment Dies on Senate Floor

By Elana Schor | Sep 16, 2009 | No Comments

Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) attempt to curb federal investment in bicycle and pedestrian paths, as well as other "transportation enhancements," was defeated on the Senate floor today — but it managed to pick up two unlikely Democratic supporters in the process. A college-age Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), with her father at right. (Photo: Klobuchar for […]

Times’ Readers Freak Out at So. Pasadena School Bus Sting

By Damien Newton | Jun 19, 2009 | 19 Comments

Photo: Michel Mintaka/Flickr Last week, the South Pasadena Police Department held a traffic sting. A group of squad cars laid in wait while cars whizzed past a school bus, with lights flashing and stop sign extended. Once cars passed the bus, the police swooped in and handed out tickets like candy on Halloween to the […]

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