Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Public Health

Rolling with the Real Rydaz Low Rider Bike Club

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 10, 2012 | 9 Comments

The Real Rydaz Low Rider Bike Club are comprised of around 30 riders, and distinguished from other groups by the insane amount of detail that goes into crafting their custom bikes. It’s all for a good cause, however. They hope that by riding with pride through the streets of their communities–communities where recreational riding is […]

Transportation and food Access idea 3: Regional Food Hubs

By Mark Vallianatos | Nov 15, 2011 | 1 Comment

I’ve written about how transit could be improved and sidewalk vending legalized to increase access to healthy food. Before food can get from stores and food trucks and carts to shoppers, it first has to be transported from farms, through distribution chains, to retail sources. This third installment in a short series on transportation and food […]

Transportation and Food Access Idea 2: Legal and Healthy Street Food

By Mark Vallianatos | Nov 2, 2011 | 2 Comments

Having written about food & transit last week , I want to share some thoughts (and a poll) on street food. Street and mobile food are important determinants of the food environment in Los Angeles. They are also critical elements of more vibrant streets. But they have enemies and most of the policy activity in […]

“4 Year Storm:” BRU and Community Groups Look at MTA Post-Consent Decree

By Damien Newton | Oct 28, 2011 | 44 Comments

Yesterday afternoon, the Bus Rider’s Union and thirteen allied organizations released “Transit Civil Rights & Economic Survival in Los Angeles: A Case for Federal Intervention in LA Metro,” a report detailing how service cuts and fare hikes have devastated working class families in the past four years. Since the expiration of a court ordered consent […]

El Monte Walks Towards a Healthier Future

By Damien Newton | Oct 4, 2011 | No Comments

Martha Sera likes walking. A former high school track star, Sera regularly goes for mile-long walks with her husband, father and children, ages two and five. That Sera has found a way to walk for a living is just a bonus. Sera is one of a handful of organizers for the City of El Monte […]

Shilling for the Soda Industry

By Joel Epstein | Sep 12, 2011 | 1 Comment

You get what you pay for. Or at least that is what the soda industry thought when it hired a University of Alabama “scientist” to do its bidding, questioning the incontrovertible link between soda and obesity. I thought being a scientist meant abiding by an ethical code to interpret research data objectively and free of bias. Apparently I was wrong. Just […]

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