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The Women’s March, the “It’s Not Your Time” Doctrine, Urban Planning, and You

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 26, 2017 | 50 Comments

The divide between the communities I write about and the people who seek to plan or advocate on their behalf has never felt deeper.

The Mariachi Plaza lots (at center, in orange) and some of the surrounding area. Depending on how the lots are developed, the section of Bailey Street between the two lots could be incorporated into the project as a pedestrian plaza. Source: Development Guidelines, Metro/Gwynne Pugh Urban Studio/Perkins + Will/DakeLuna

Metro Committee to Adopt Mariachi Plaza Development Guidelines Wednesday

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 17, 2017 | 4 Comments

This Wednesday, Metro's Planning and Programming Committee will vote on whether to approve the development guidelines for the lots at Mariachi Plaza that Metro would send to potential bidders as part of the Request for Proposals (RFP) process.

These U.S. Cities Offer the Best Job Access to Transit Riders

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 10, 2017 | No Comments

How well does your city’s transit system connect people to jobs? A new report from the University of Minnesota lays out how many jobs are accessible via transit in major American cities. New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and D.C. offer the best transit access to jobs, the authors concluded. In addition, Seattle and Denver are two regions that punch above […]

Today’s Headlines

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 10, 2017 | 1 Comment

Confirmation Hearing for Attorney-General-to-Be Jeff Sessions is Underway; Hear Him Weigh in on Immigration, Policing, Hate Crime Legislation, Voting Rights, Women’s Rights, His Sadness about Being Called a Racist (Live feed on Yahoo). “Dangerous by Design” Highlights Overrepresentation of People of Color (Especially in Lower-Income Communities) and Elderly among Ped Deaths; Argues for Importance of […]

Segment A of the Rail-to-River bike and pedestrian path will run along the Slauson corridor (in green), between the Crenshaw and Blue Lines. Source: Metro

Preview Some of the Design Options for the Slauson Segment of the Rail-to-River Bike/Pedestrian Path

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 22, 2016 | 4 Comments

In a year that has been mostly terrible from start to finish, it is nice to end on a positive note with happy drawings of how a blighted corridor might be transformed in a deserving neighborhood.

Pipelines emanating from the drill site at Jefferson/Budlong in South Los Angeles run under many homes in the neighborhood, just skirting the USC campus. Both this site and the Murphy site (on Adams, near Western) have nearly 30 active wells on them, apiece.

The Arctic Gets Protection from Drilling but L.A. Residents Still Have to Contend with the Drillers Next Door

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 21, 2016 | No Comments

Polar bears might be able to breathe a little easier, but neighborhood drilling around Los Angeles continues to be a problem.

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