Recent Streetsblog LA posts about South LA

In an effort to show how transportation, open space, planning and other issues impact the health and character of a community, Streetsblog and The California Endowment teamed to bring Streetsblog’s coverage to a hyper-local level in Boyle Heights and South Los Angeles. Sahra Sulaiman is the Communities Editor for Streetsblog Los Angeles and is leading our coverage efforts in these communities. This page serves as a place to read Sahra’s and all of Streetsblog’s coverage of issues in South L.A. Contact Sahra at sahra[at]streetsblog.org or on twitter: @sahrasulaiman.

The Pothole That Ate Manhattan. And a Small Child.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 27, 2013 | No Comments

There are potholes and then there are POTHOLES. Potholes that can send you headfirst over your handlebars. Potholes that can destroy your rims. Potholes that can consume small children. Wait, what? Yes, we discovered on the Central Ave. Experience Bike Ride on Sunday, some potholes are capable of eating small children. When the carrier he […]

MyFigueroa Unveils New Designs: Promises Cycletracks, Transit Lanes and More for South Fig, MLK, and 11th

By Damien Newton | Mar 25, 2013 | 10 Comments

The MyFigueroa team will be presenting all their images and renderings at the Andrew Norman Hall Orthopaedic Hospital at 5:30 pm on April 9th. Get the event details at the MyFigueroa website. Of course, we’ll be Live Streaming at Streetsblog TV. Bookmark our event page now. It seems like just yesterday a team of Los Angeles’ most […]

Balancing Safety, Security, and Saturation on the Blue Line

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 25, 2013 | 13 Comments

“Nobody uses it,” Liz told me. “There’s dookies in there!” She was referring to the 53rd St. pedestrian bridge connecting the two halves of the Pueblo del Rio housing development split by the four sets of Blue Line and Pacific Rail train tracks. Dookies, piss, and people waiting to relieve you of your possessions — […]

Survey Says…: Today is Last Day to Tell City How to Spend Grants to Aid Youth and Families

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 20, 2013 | No Comments

Every so often, emails show up in my inbox from somewhere within city planning, telling me I need to participate in some survey to help the city decide how to spend its money. Or attend a meeting to discuss how well the department is spending money on particular programs. I’ll admit that I get excited […]

Fracking is the “Latest Cause of Silly People” and is Great for the Economy!

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 15, 2013 | 8 Comments

I cannot pretend to be an expert on fracking. Not even close. Yet, I can’t help the feeling that drilling thousands of feet into the earth, pumping millions of gallons of chemical-laden water — with many of the chemicals being known carcinogens — multiple times over several days into the ground in earthquake fault zones […]

Two New Ghost Bikes Go Up to Honor Fallen Cyclists in South L.A.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 14, 2013 | 3 Comments

Two new ghost bikes went up in South L.A. and Compton yesterday. One was to commemorate the death last month of Sylvester Henderson, 26, who was hit by the train while crossing the Blue Line tracks at the intersection of Grandee and Century Blvd. Not much is known about Henderson’s death, unfortunately. Much to the […]

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