Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Pedestrian Safety

Safe Streets Coalition: How About a Stimulus for Bike/Ped Projects?

By Damien Newton | Apr 15, 2009 | 3 Comments

The National Safe Routes to Schools Partnership wants stimuls funds for the Arroyo Seco Greenway. Image: La Cita Vida/Flickr As part of its share of the federal stimulus package, Caltrans was allocated $28 million for "Transportation Enhancements," a federal funding category that is home to bicycle, pedestrian, beautification and other road projects that aren’t widening […]

Family of Slain USC Student: Fix L.A. Intersections!

By Damien Newton | Apr 9, 2009 | 11 Comments

Carmen Bachan speaks to the press before her daughter’s funeral. Image: Noozhawk.com Last weekend, the lives of a family were changed forever, when a distracted driver decided that shaving a couple of seconds of off the trip home for his family was more important than making sure he protected other users of the road. He […]

As Pedestrian Crashes and Fatalities Mount, What is L.A.’s Plan?

By Damien Newton | Apr 1, 2009 | 8 Comments

Mother of hit and run victim grieves at USC. Photo via Associated Press Two weeks ago, the Daily News reported that the number of pedestrians killed in the valley had increased by 230% as compared to the same time last year. This somewhat horrifiying stat passed through the public consciousness with barely a ripple. In […]

CPUC Decision: Ped. Bridge for Farmdale but not for Foshay

By Damien Newton | Feb 20, 2009 | 23 Comments

Today, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) finally released its twice delayed, two-years in the making, decision regarding whether or not to allow Phase I of the Expo Line be constructed at grade past Dorsey High School and the Foshay Learning Center. The ruling clears the way for Phase I of the Expo project to […]

UK Campaign Drives Home the Cost of Reckless Driving

By Brad Aaron | Feb 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

Warning: Graphic video On the heels of TA’s report on the human toll of driving too fast, we bring you this highly disturbing ad from the UK Department for Transport’s THINK! campaign, showing the difference a few miles-per-hour can make when it comes to avoiding a collision. Ideally material like this (Australia has a similar […]

LADOT Opens Westwood Crosswalks to Pedestrians

By Damien Newton | Feb 11, 2009 | 6 Comments

The People of Westwood Celebrate the Liberation of Their Crosswalk at the Corner of Glendon and Weyburn. Photo: BikinginLA On Monday, I re-posted a story that first appeared on the excellent blog bikinginla about a Westwood crosswalk that was posted as closed to pedestrians. On Tuesday, I decided to do the responsible thing and actually […]

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