Recent Streetsblog LA posts about The Week In…

Loaded week. CicLAvia! Nice. Let’s jump right in. Monday, Thursday – Two more hearings focused on how the ExpressLanes program is doing. Metro is looking to extend its two variable toll lanes from pilot program to permanent program, and needs to do some outreach. This week’s meetings are in Union Station tonight at 8 and […]

Two important meetings at City Hall, and a fun weekend coming up. In between, hearings on ExpressLanes. Tuesday – The City Council Planning and Land Use Committee meets in what might be the deciding moment on the MyFigueroa! project. Thanks to a truncated timeline, any changes to the project could spell its doom, but we […]

The City Council meeting in San Fernando tonight is perhaps the most important Livable Streets event that you’ve never heard of. Today – In 2011, I spent a lot of time with Pacoima Beautiful learning about their vision for turning the Pacoima Wash into one of the grandest urban greenways in America. While the greenway […]

Plenty of chances to weigh-in at the Neighborhood Council level on major projects: the Hyperion Bridge Redesign and the MyFigueroa! project on South Figueroa. Don’t forget Streetsblog L.A. has its first fundraiser of 2014 Tonight – Made up of experts and thought-leaders (including USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity PERE professor Manuel Pastor), Parks Forward is an […]

There’s a full week of advocacy opportunities ahead, but I’m probably most excited about the Wolfpack Hustle Marathon Crash. If I were going I would be even more excited, but it starts like 5 hours after I’m asleep. Tuesday – Come help the pedestrian superheroes of Los Angeles Walks protect pedestrians at busy intersections. The meet is […]

It’s a full week. Let’s get right to it. Monday – It’s the last of the People St public information hearings. This one is at the Mar Vista Library at 6:30. Hey, that’s right by my house! Get the details, here. Tuesday – LongBeachize, along with a lot of our friends, is hosting a mayoral […]