Recent Streetsblog LA posts about safe streets

Walking in (South) L.A.: It’s Hard Out Here for a Pedestrian, Part I

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 18, 2012 | 16 Comments

“Only a nobody walks in L.A.” blared at me as I strolled into the grocery store. “Bullshit,” I muttered to myself. The security guy raised an eyebrow. Protesting I was not a crazy mutterer by way of explaining how I had spent the afternoon walking around in front of a motel, chatting up an elder […]

Bikes, Health, Activism, and Gardening Galore Await You in South LA this Weekend

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 29, 2012 | No Comments

Summer is officially here and South L.A. is celebrating in style. Tonight, the East Side Riders will host their Friday Night Ride. The low-key ride starts in the Watts area and heads in a different direction every week. Check out their event page for more details and look here for my story on the night […]

Los Ryderz Take a Spin Through the Neighborhood

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 12, 2012 | 11 Comments

When I rolled up to YO! Watts just after 10 a.m. on Saturday, I was ecstatic to see girls on bikes. Lots of them. It isn’t that girls don’t ride. They do, as some of these girls assured me. However, girls appear to be doing less recreational riding than boys do at the same age, […]

South L.A. Happenings: Expanding CicLAvia, Raising Chickens, Riding for Solidarity, Health, and Fun, and Fighting Fracking

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 8, 2012 | 5 Comments

As always, there is much happening in the streets of South L.A. this weekend. First up tonight, a meeting in Huntington Park with the Ciclavia SouthEast Host Committee. If you love CicLAvia and want to support its expansion to other parts of Los Angeles, lend your voice at the meeting tonight and be a part […]

A Day in the Life of A Safety Ambassador on the Expo Line

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 31, 2012 | 20 Comments

“Ooh — careful!” I gestured to James McDuffie, a safety ambassador for the Expo Line, as a bicyclist came riding up quickly behind him on the sidewalk. McDuffie shook his head as the 50-something year old gentleman passed between us without slowing down. Together, we watched him shoot out from one sidewalk, cross diagonally through […]

We Want Dancing Stop Signs: My Daily Moment of Zen

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 22, 2012 | 3 Comments

Last Friday, Safe Moves, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating children on traffic safety, held a Bike-to-School-Day event at New Designs Charter School (at 23rd St. and Figueroa Ave.) to close out Metro’s Bike Week. Students arriving as early as 7:00 A.M. were met by representatives of Safe Moves and Metro, former 2000 Olympic Team […]

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