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 Urban Land Institute Takes Its Look at L.A.’s T.O.D.

By Damien Newton | Apr 7, 2010 | 13 Comments

Slauson Station. T.O.D. Heck. Photo: The Architect Newspaper Blog One thing that the National non-profit the Urban Land Institute and Streetsblog have in common is we both have strong views about Transit Oriented Development. Another thing we have in common? We both think the state of transit oriented planning in Los Angeles could really use […]

Expo Station Coming to Farmdale and Exposition?

By Damien Newton | Mar 23, 2010 | 34 Comments

Thanks for the overview, Curbed The strange saga of the Expo Light Rail Line continued yesterday when Judge Maribeth Bushey of the California Public Utilities Commission issued a proposed amendment to the environmental documents for the Expo Line Phase I that would allow the construction of a rail station at the intersection of Exposition Boulevard […]

Success in Pico-Union Highlighted in New Bike Parking Resource Guide

By Damien Newton | Jan 13, 2010 | No Comments

Image from LACBC’s Bike Parking Resource Guide Too often, activists undertake a successful campaign of some sort and move on to the next campaign without taking the time to document what made their efforts such a success. Not so with the recent Bike Parking Campaign in Pico-Union/Westlake undertaken by the City of Lighs/Ciudad de las […]

Metro Moves Forward on Harbor Subdivision, Crenshaw Corridor, Hybrid Alternative for Route 2 Terminus and Gating for the Eastside Extension

By Damien Newton | Dec 10, 2009 | 17 Comments

Going north on Indiana on the way to First Street. Earlier today the Metro Board of Directors unanimously approved the light rail alternative for the Crenshaw Corridor and agreed to study making the light rail run underground for a dozen blocks between 48th and 59th street over the plans of the Metro staff. According to […]

Mixed Reviews on Crenshaw Corridor LRT Plan from Community Leaders

By Damien Newton | Nov 10, 2009 | 13 Comments

Community turnout was strong at public meetings on what to do for the Crenshaw Corridor. Photo: Wad/Flickr In what can only be considered a win for County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas the Metro staff is now recommending that light rail, not Bus Rapid Transit, be brought to the Crenshaw Corridor. Ridley-Thomas has […]

Ride Report: The Crenshaw Crush

By Stephen Box | Sep 29, 2009 | 3 Comments

Sunday’s Crenshaw Crush drew cyclists from all over the city to Leimert Park, home of the Drum Circle, for a bike ride that introduced riders to the history, the culture, the politics and the people of the Crenshaw District. Aubrey Provost, the 8th Council District representative on the City’s Bicycle Advisory Committee, has spent years […]

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