Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Pedestrian Safety

Spring and Main’s ‘Whimsical’ New Median

By Damien Newton | Jun 25, 2008 | No Comments

Out with the old… …And In with the New The Times reported this morning that the construction of a new median at the Intersection of Main Street and Spring Street at the edge of the Fashion District has been completed. The large, colorful, half circles may appear odd at first, but they were designed to […]

Use Your Illusion II: Virtual Speed Humps Coming to Philly

By Brad Aaron | Jun 20, 2008 | 3 Comments

Desperate times call for desperate measures. As part of a city-wide campaign to reduce speeding, Philadelphia is marking 100 intersections with painted-on faux speed humps, like the ones pictured above. Britain’s Telegraph reports: "The goal is to change the mindset," said Philadelphia’s chief traffic engineer Charles Denny. "The driver sees this in the roadway, and […]

LADOT Places Lincoln Heights Crosswalk on Endangered List

By Damien Newton | Jun 17, 2008 | 6 Comments

The LADOT remains hard at work to help speed up traffic along community streets. One of its most recent plans is to remove a crosswalk at the corner of of Sichel and Broadway in Lincoln Heights for unnamed “safety concerns.” The sign announcing the removal gives a number to call with comments, 213-972-4990, but I […]

Times Dismisses Red Light Cameras as Revenue Generation Ploy

By Damien Newton | May 20, 2008 | 2 Comments

Image from Red Light Camera in Tempe, AZ Yesterday the Times’ continued its crusade against traffic tickets when it took aim at red light cameras. According to the Times, red light cameras are primarily about raising revenue for the city, not making roads safer. The proof? 80% of tickets given out by machines are for […]

Beam Me Across the Street, Scotty

By Brad Aaron | May 9, 2008 | No Comments

From online mag Yanko Design comes a wacked out concept in pedestrian safety: The Virtual Wall provides a barrier made up of plasma laser beams depicting pedestrians doing what they do best and any car that crosses that barrier suffers the consequences. Okay so maybe those lasers aren’t powerful enough to do any harm but […]

Walking and Driving to Dodger Stadium

By Damien Newton | May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment

(editor’s note: this is the second in a two-part series about traveling to and from Dodger Stadium. Yesterday’s story focused on biking to the game.) Walking to Dodger Stadium may have been the worst pedestrian experience of my entire life. On Monday night we walked to the game with about 30 people from about a […]

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