Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Road Diet

Rowena Avenue - photo by Susan Ambrosini

Silver Lake Area Street Safety Efforts Gain Momentum on Several Fronts

By Joe Linton | Apr 12, 2019 | 5 Comments

After favorable neighborhood council elections and LADOT report, discussions are shifting from defending existing safety improvements, and instead looking to expand them.

Traffic safety deniers are challenging Venice Boulevard safety improvements. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Transportation Committee Denies Mar Vista Venice Blvd Legal Challenge

By Joe Linton | Feb 27, 2019 | 4 Comments

L.A.'s Transportation Committee supported the Mar Vista Venice Boulevard great streets project, denying a legal appeal and affirming it is exempt from CEQA review.

Keep L.A. Moving pushed against the Mar Vista Venice Boulevard road diet, which remained in place as data showed safety gains. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

L.A. Anti-Road-Diet Conspiracy Trolls Trying to Go National

By Joe Linton | Feb 4, 2019 | 118 Comments

Should Streetsblog be giving street safety denier crackpots more attention than they deserve?

The L.A. Neighborhood Council Coalition backed off a strongly anti-road-diet motion, instead only calling for community input. Pictured road diet on Main Street in South L.A. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

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Neighborhood Council Coalition Approves Neutral Motion Calling for Community Consultation on Road Diets

By Joe Linton | Jan 7, 2019 | No Comments

LANCC calls for community input on road diets. This represents a victory for livability, as early version of motion had been strongly anti-road-diet.

At safety advocates urging, the L.A. Neighborhood Council Coalition has backed off of a anti-road-diet motion. Pictured is the First Street road diet in Koreatown. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Neighborhood Council Coalition Backs Away from Anti-Road-Diet Motion

By Joe Linton | Jan 4, 2019 | 3 Comments

At the urging of safety advocates, the L.A. Neighborhood Council Coalition has shifted a proposed anti-road-diet motion to be more neutral.

Last week, two drivers struck and killed a pedestrian and the intersection of Centinela and Barbara. Image via Google maps

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Traffic Safety Deniers Cynically Attack Venice Blvd Safety Improvements for Crash on Centinela Nearby

By Joe Linton | Jan 2, 2019 | 60 Comments

Two drivers struck and killed Felipe Nunez-Garcia on Centinela, then Westside trolls called for removing safety improvements elsewhere.

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