Recent Streetsblog LA posts about pedestrians

City Unveils First Serious Draft Plan to Address Sidewalk Repair. Public Is Split.

By Damien Newton | May 27, 2015 | 11 Comments

Following a legal settlement in the summer of 2014, Angelenos have been waiting on the city to finally announce its plan to bring the city’s sidewalks into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Over three quarters of a year later, the city has released its draft plan, and the City Council is planning a […]

Days of Dialogue Opens Conversation on Police-Community Relations in South L.A., Gets an Earful

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 31, 2014 | 4 Comments

Dialogue was great, said a young man from Youth Justice Coalition as we left the Days of Dialogue on Police-Community Relations in the Aftermath of Ezell Ford and Michael Brown event held at Dr. Maya Angelou High School in South L.A. last night, but what he cared about was action. It seemed to be a […]

Dead Spaces Make for Dead (and Unwalkable) Places

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 25, 2014 | 13 Comments

I’m feeling sorta trashy. Not in that way. I’ve just had trash on the brain lately. Even as L.A. is celebrated for moving toward being more walkable and livable, trash seems to be the one constant, particularly in lower-income areas. One of the reasons is that there is a lot of dead space in places […]

South L.A. Park Has Great Potential, but Lacks Sidewalks That Would Make it Accessible to All

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 30, 2014 | 2 Comments

When people talk about park access, they usually are referring to whether or not people have a park near their homes. In the case of the Jackie Tatum Harvard Recreation Center, you have a great park with some great new facilities in South L.A. — a traditionally park-poor area — but it isn’t that easy […]

Empowering Communities to See Streets as Sites of Recreation: What does it Take?

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 19, 2014 | 25 Comments

“We need to empower people to see their streets as sites of recreation.” It’s somewhat of a city planner mantra. And, it tends to drive me crazy. Part of it has to do with my having been an academic in my previous life, where I spent years observing efforts to “empower” refugees, displaced persons, sex […]

Location, Location, Location: Contested Public Space Means Moving Watts School Could Deny Some Education

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 14, 2014 | 3 Comments

“They say they care about our safety, but they’re putting us in harm’s way!” It is a refrain I’ve heard several times over the last month from students of INSPIRE Research Academy, a state-subsidized continuation school based at YO! Watts that offers 17-24-year-olds a free education and a rare second chance to get their high […]

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