Recent Streetsblog LA posts about safe streets

Vision Zero: LADOT, Focus Group Have Same Goals, Different Ideas About How to Reach Them

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 2, 2016 | 18 Comments

“Remember, the end goal is to get to 20% reduction [in traffic-related deaths] by next year, and then zero by 2025,” said MIG Consultant Esmeralda Garcia of the city’s effort to put together an action plan to implement Vision Zero. Gesturing toward another consultant and Brian Oh of the L.A. Department of Transportation (LADOT), she […]

Metro Awards Contract for Environmental Study and Design of Phase I of Rail-to-River Bike Path

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 27, 2016 | 9 Comments

As bike month comes to a close, we have some good news for South L.A. cyclists. At yesterday’s Metro Board meeting, a $2 million contract was awarded to Cityworks Design to begin working on plans for a 6.4 mile segment of the Rail-to-River bike path project (segments A-1, A-2, and A-3, above). The Rail-to-River bike […]

Friday Corner of Shame: Burned-Out Structure Knocked Down, Remains Unremediated for a Year

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 6, 2016 | 4 Comments

Riddle me this: A dilapidated two-story apartment building in your neighborhood burns so brightly that as many as 70 firefighters from 36 units are dispatched to put down the fire. The structure becomes unstable. It is eventually knocked down so as to prevent it from collapsing on its own. How long will the pile of […]

Street Beats Inspires Spontaneous Episodes of Dance, Music, Joy, and Safety on Crenshaw Corner

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 26, 2016 | No Comments

Last week, the Street Beats team converted the extremely busy and often dangerous intersection of Crenshaw and Florence into a play zone. No, really. With the help of a grant from the Mayor’s Great Streets program and countless extra hours over several months dedicated to pounding the pavement, knocking on doors, and building relationships with […]

Ride4Love Rides Again: More than 200 Cyclists Roll for Unity, Love in Watts

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 19, 2016 | No Comments

“This is such a great turnout!” was something I must have heard come out of my own mouth somewhere between 20 and 30 times during the East Side Riders’ Ride4Love last weekend. And it was. I mean, they always get a good turnout. Last year, just under 200 cyclists showed up for the event. But […]

Well-Intended Proposal to Shame “Johns” Using License Plate Readers Could End up Shaming Entire Communities in South L.A., Valley

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 1, 2015 | 11 Comments

In the excitement of seeing the City Council rescind its vote on an amended Mobility Plan 2035 and re-adopt the plan in its draft form just before Thanksgiving, I managed to miss another item on the Council agenda from Councilmember Nury Martinez: a motion requesting that “the City Attorney report on issuing John Letters to […]

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