Recent Streetsblog LA posts about The Week In…

The week picks up halfway through and ends with Eat, Shop, Play, Crenshaw and CicLAvia. Can’t top that! Monday – If you ride a bicycle and you care about who wins the race in Los Angeles City Council District 4 — the race to replace Tom LaBonge — you should plan on attending this meeting. Get […]

With the L.A. City Council out of session, Metro meetings not until next week, Operation Firefly shuttered until the fall; it’s kind of a light week. Don’t miss Tour de Watts this weekend and a big Bike the Vote meeting on Monday. Wednesday – UCLA’s Green Building Symposium hosts Matt Peterson, the city’s sustainability officer, […]

Tomorrow is election day in L.A. Half of Los Angeles has a City Council election to vote in. All of us have school board elections. Vote! With low turnout expected, a small group of dedicated voters can make a difference. Tuesday – It’s election day! Vote! Find your voting booth here! As Joe said, vote […]

People in Westwood are suddenly optimistic that Councilmember Paul Koretz is close to turning around on bicycle lanes on major streets. Momentum is building for bike lanes on Westwood Boulevard just north of National Boulevard. We’ll see. Today – A host of community and national advocacy groups are hosting a conference on shared-use mobility even […]

Big week with committee meetings and conferences dotting the schedule. And, don’t forget we have our 7th birthday party for Streetsblog L.A. at the end of the week. Tuesday – The last day to register to vote in the March primaries in Los Angeles.  There are lots of important City Council and school board elections […]

A city-wide hit and run alert system? Awesome. While Sacramento dithers under Brown’s leadership on hit and runs, Los Angeles leads. Good work. Tuesday – Councilmembers Mitchell Englander and Joe Buscaino will join the Los Angeles Police Department, the Department of Transportation to announce the implementation of a hit-and-run mass notification system within the City […]