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Vernon + Huntington Park Open Streets – Open Thread

By Joe Linton | Aug 20, 2018 | 8 Comments

Vernon + Huntington Park Open Streets was fun for participants, but failed to draw large crowds

Cesar Rodríguez' ashes are the centerpiece of an altar that takes up one side of the common room where his family lives. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Video of Moments Before Man Crushed by Blue Line Train Raises More Questions for Family in Mourning

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 14, 2018 | 5 Comments

"They stole a part of our hearts with my brother."

There's a dangerous infestation in L.A., and it's not e-scooters

Fixed Your Times E-Scooter Infestation Letter For You, Councilmember Koretz

By Joe Linton | Aug 14, 2018 | 3 Comments

Can anyone get Councilmember Koretz to focus on real pedestrian safety issues, instead of an imaginary e-scooter danger?

The Alhambra Avenue Safety Improvements include 1.5 miles of new road diet bike lanes. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Huizar Cuts Ribbon on El Sereno’s Alhambra Avenue Safety Improvements

By Joe Linton | Aug 13, 2018 | 4 Comments

This story sponsored by Los Angeles Metro to remind readers of traffic pattern changes resulting from Purple Line Construction. Unless noted in the story, Metro is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. Just over a week ago, El Sereno leaders joined L.A. City Councilmember José Huizar and city staff to […]

A street vendor in the piñata district holds up two cochinitos. Should the vending ordinance pass as currently structured, the presence of vendors in areas like the piñata district could be significantly curtailed. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Proposed Ordinance Treats Street Vendors as Streetscape Amenities Rather than Community Assets

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 25, 2018 | 1 Comment

The gentleman who sets up on the residential corner two blocks from my apartment is a neighborhood fixture. Under the proposed sidewalk vending ordinance making its way through city council, his fruit stand would be illegal.

Hollywood and Vine's new diagonal crosswalks - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: New Scramble Diagonal Crosswalk at Hollywood and Vine

By Joe Linton | Jul 20, 2018 | 5 Comments

The new Hollywood/Vine scramble crosswalk debuted last week - a welcome pedestrian safety intervention in a highly walked neighborhood.

Can you spot the Expo Line train waiting behind all those cars downtown? Capture from Streetsfilms

The Problem With the Metro Blue/Expo Light Rail Is… Cars

By Joe Linton | Jul 17, 2018 | 27 Comments

Blue and Expo trains slow to a crawl in downtown L.A. where they compete with cars. Wny not fix this problem when the Blue Line is improved next year?

Beverly Owens Addison holds the photo of her son, Frederick "Woon" Frazier, at a rally last July calling for the prosecution of the woman who left him to die in the street in April of 2018. Charges against driver Mariah Banks were finally filed this week, on April 3. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Rallygoers Demanding Justice for Hit-and-Run Victim Frederick “Woon” Frazier Crash Community Meeting on Safe Streets

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 3, 2018 | No Comments

Staff from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) had already packed up their Vision Zero maps and materials and headed out the back of the Mark Ridley-Thomas Constituent Service Center by the time the “Justice for Woon” rally attendees arrived last Thursday evening. The rallygoers – members of the Chief Lunes crew and friends […]