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How to Ruin Your Street Grid With Highways, Parking, and Superblocks

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 17, 2013 | No Comments

Street grids are a key ingredient in a walkable city. Fortunately, many American cities — especially the older ones — were endowed with tightly knit grids, dispersing traffic of all types and creating good connections for people on foot. The bad news, of course, is that the usefulness of many street grids was severely curtailed […]

Community Services Unlimited Can Help You Get a Jump On Your New Year’s Resolution to Garden and Eat Healthy

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 13, 2013 | No Comments

Every time an email from Community Services Unlimited (CSU) lands in my inbox, I am always inspired by how much a handful of people can accomplish when they are dedicated to the cause. Whether it is stocking corner markets with produce, hosting food justice conferences, or building gardens, running classes, and celebrating the environment at […]

To Revive Detroit Transit, One Resident Takes Matters Into His Own Hands

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 10, 2013 | No Comments

Detroit, the country’s 18th largest city, has seen its transit system shrink to the point where few people can rely on it to get to work. The situation got so bad that one young entrepreneur stopped waiting on the region’s dysfunctional government agencies and started running private buses. In this video by Dark Rye (an initiative of […]

Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton | Dec 10, 2013 | 1 Comment

Ridley Thomas: Unused South L.A. Rails Will Become Bike/Ped Friendly Greenway (MRT Blog) Op/Ed: Bonin and Garcetti Are Really Excited About Rail Plans for LAX (Daily News) LAPD Handing Out $250 Jay Walking Tickets in DTLA… (DTLA News) …Downtown News Calls Ped. Sting a “Crackdown” Curbed Goes for “Total Bullshit” Everyone Is Stunned by the […]

Thursday Jobs Market

By Streetsblog | Dec 5, 2013 | No Comments

Happy 20th Birthday, Los Angeles Eco-Village

By Damien Newton | Dec 3, 2013 | No Comments

This Streetfilm was shot shortly after the launch of SBLA in the Spring of 2008. This Saturday, the Los Angeles Eco-Village is holding a birthday party for itself. The evening event is a fundraiser, details for which can be found at the bottom of the post. If you don’t have plans you should go to […]

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