Recent Streetsblog LA posts about “Accidents”

Streetsblog Transition Team: Who Should Join Garcetti on the Metro Board of Directors

By Damien Newton | May 28, 2013 | 22 Comments

(Note: Between now and July 1, Streetsblog will host a series of discussions with suggestions to help guide the new Mayor’s transition team on transportation issues and appointments. Have a better idea than we do? Let us know in the comments section. First up, is the Metro Board of Directors.) There are thirteen members on the […]

NBC 4 Interviews Psychopath Concerning Famous “Dead Man’s Curve” Crash

By Damien Newton | May 2, 2013 | 5 Comments

Last night, NBC 4 delivered the depressing news that despite video footage showing a motorcycle slamming into two cyclists from behind while speeding around a “blind” curve in Mullholland Valley, authorities have yet to charge anyone in the crash. To add insult to injury, NBC 4 managed to find a psychopath with a chip on […]

L.A. Weekly Reveals Shocking Numbers on L.A.’s Hit and Run Crisis and City’s Inadequate Response

By Damien Newton | Dec 6, 2012 | 21 Comments

It’s hard to know where to start. L.A. Weekly writer Simone Wilson’s piece, featured in today’s L.A. Weekly, on the city’s hit and run epidemic has so many low points that it’s hard to know where to start. The low points aren’t issues with her reporting, but the revealed incompetence and indifference of the LAPD, […]

When the Justice System Failed Alan Deane, It Failed Us All

By Damien Newton | Nov 15, 2012 | 5 Comments

The music in this time-lapse video by William Campbell captures the solemn mood of the bike community following Deane’s death. This ride was completed on September 27, 2011. Five days after Deane’s death. On September 22, 2011 Alan Deane was riding his bicycle on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, perhaps on his way to the Crawford […]

Stopping by a Crash on a Balmy Evening…

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 17, 2012 | 17 Comments

Fountain Ave. seemed unusually crushed, even at rush hour. As I rode up the hill towards Hyperion, the cars parted and I saw a woman lying on the ground in front of a white compact car. She was clutching her leg and crying. And she was all alone. Lying in the street. It was bizarre. […]

Reviewing the Media Reviews of Los Angeles’ Dangerous Streets

By Damien Newton | Oct 3, 2012 | 9 Comments

Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times got the scoop on all of us with by publishing the findings of a University of Michigan study that showed that both New York and Los Angeles are more dangerous places to walk than an average American city. Among the study’s findings: Pedestrians in Los Angeles account for about a […]

Show More Stories