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Help Streetsblog and L.A. Walks Earn an L.A. 2050 Grant
Los Angeles Walks and L.A. Streetsblog are teaming up to earn an “L.A. 2050″ Grant to make Los Angeles the “Healthiest Place to Live” by 2050. Our grant focuses on the creation of a “Vision Zero” plan...
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Help Streetsblog and L.A. Walks Win an #la2050 Grant to Organize for Vision 0
(Note: Streetsblog Los Angeles is partnering with Los Angeles Walks and Place It! on a grant proposal to the #la2050 campaign. To earn the grant we either need to win a popular vote or be selected by...
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Applause for Bonin-Huizar L.A. Council Motion to Rein in LAPD Ped Stings
2013 LAPD pedestrian stings. Photos via Brigham Yen/DTLA Rising Last Friday, May 1, Los Angeles City Council livability leaders introduced a motion [PDF] to get the city family to examine the...
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Garcetti Signs Vision Zero Directive to End L.A. Traffic Deaths by 2025
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Tamika Butler speaks on Los Angeles’ new Vision Zero policy at today’s signing ceremony in Boyle Heights. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A....
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#DamienTalks Episode 15: LADOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds on Vision Zero
Reynolds speaks at Monday’s press conference announcing the City of Los Angeles’ commitment to Vision Zero. Photo: LADOT Today, #DamienTalks with Seleta Reynolds, the General Manager of the Los Angeles...
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South L.A. Cyclists Call for Price, Garcetti to Implement Central Ave. Bike Lane
People of all ages and backgrounds need access to Central Ave., including the family of this adorable ninja turtle. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A. “What do we want? Safe streets! When do we want them?...
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City Hall Vision Zero Forum Foreshadows Culture Change for L.A.
National Vision Zero advocate Leah Shahum speaking at L.A. City Hall last night. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A. Last night, the city of Los Angeles welcomed national safe streets advocate Leah...
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Cartoon Tuesday: Joe’s Parking and Vision Zero Comics
Parking Comics #1 from Melt-Thology #14, art by Joe Linton It’s a bit of shameless self-promotion, but I wanted to share of pair of comics pages that I drew. These comment on issues that many...
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LADOT Quietly Hosting Vision Zero Community Engagement Meetings
MIG staff taking community input at last night’s Vision Zero meeting. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A. Streetsblog L.A. attended the city of L.A. Transportation Department (LADOT) Vision Zero...
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Cartoon Tuesday – Vision Zero Comics, No. 2 “Speed Demon”
Vision Zero Comics No.2 art by Joe Linton This isn’t the most insightful thing I’ve drawn, but here’s the second installment of Vision Zero Comics. SBLA readers may recall that I drew the initial...
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Vision Zero: LADOT, Focus Group Have Same Goals, Different Ideas About How to...
Detail of Vision Zero High Injury Network as it overlaps with equity indicators. Many of the streets highlighted in South L.A. are prioritized for potential safety interventions. Source: Vision Zero...
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LADOT Releases Vision Zero Action Plan
This morning, the City of Los Angeles’ Department of Transportation released its Vision Zero Action Plan. In 2015, Mayor Garcetti issued his Vision Zero directive putting L.A. on course to eliminate...
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L.A. Awards Great Streets And Vision Zero Grants
Last Friday, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the latest round of Great Streets Challenge grants winners. Seven selected projects will receive a total of $2 million to remake selected Los Angeles...
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Vision Zero Program Struggles To Change L.A. City Priorities
It was never going to be easy to shift Los Angeles decision-makers’ attitudes to care more about keeping people alive than about moving cars. Nonetheless, L.A.’s mayor and city council have approved...
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Victory For Vision Zero, Sidewalks, Bikes at Today’s Transportation Committee
As expected, today’s Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee meeting featured a showdown over how the city will spend its Measure M local return funding. Measure M is Metro’s new half-cent...
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L.A. Debuts New Interactive Vision Zero Map
The city of Los Angeles has a new interactive Vision Zero map. The map shows the locations of recent traffic fatalities, identifying them by age, gender, and whether those killed were traveling by...
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L.A. City Transportation Budget Hearing Highlights Vision Zero Debate
The Los Angeles City Council is in the midst of deliberations over the city’s fiscal year 2017-2018 budget. Yesterday the city’s budget committee spent nearly two hours discussing the Department of...
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Vision Zero Painted Curb Extensions Come to Koreatown’s 3rd Street
Catching the bus last night, I spotted some new street markings at the westbound bus stop on Third Street at Vermont Avenue in Koreatown. Initially I assumed it was some kind of bus stop treatment....
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Video: Bonin Nails Vision Zero Response
Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin posted a new video highlighting an exchange regarding Vision Zero. Bonin, especially in his roles as Transportation Committee chair and as Metro boardmember,...
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LADOT Installing Speed Monitors with Feedback to Signals
A big part of the L.A. City Department of Transportation’s Vision Zero effort is to rein in speeding. Speeding is among the primary causes of traffic deaths and fatalities. Speeding makes other...
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