L.A. City Transportation Budget Hearing Highlights Vision Zero Debate
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Garcetti has proposed $16.7 million for Vision Zero, livability advocates are urging $80 million for the program.
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Los Angeles Walks
Editorial: Respect Your Advisory Committee, Build a Safer Hyperion Bridge
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There has been quite a bit of proverbial water under the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge. Under a great deal of community displeasure in 2013, the city of Los Angeles set aside an outdated bridge retrofit plan and formed an advisory committee to decide the future of the historic span. The 9-member Glendale-Hyperion Viaduct Improvement Project Community Advisory Committee […]
March Forth Demo Pits Super-Pedestrians vs. Giant Metal Machines
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Superheroes were spotted late yesterday afternoon assembling across from Union Station. Could it be another X-men sequel? Nah. Yesterday was March 4th, the only day of the year that actually forms a sentence. At least when it’s said out loud. Since that two-word sentence is an exhortation to walk, Los Angeles Walks celebrated the day by […]
Los Angeles Needs You for Bicycle and Pedestrian Counts
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“I never see people ride on the existing bike lane, why should we extend it?” “The census shows that less than 1% of people bicycle, even if a new bike lane doubles the amount of people biking, it’s not worth losing a travel lane/parking lane.” “Nobody walks in my neighborhood.” As advocates, you are likely […]
Celebrate Bike Week by Taking a Stand for Walking
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(Want to celebrate Bike Week but can’t make an event? You can help out Bikeside with their L.A. Bike Survey, helping Bike Nation with their Long Beach kiosk locations, sending us your bike week media or go multi-modal and help L.A. Walks Kickstart their newest campaign . – DN) It’s not considered a good fundraising strategy to announce […]