Serious question. If you were in charge of stuff what would you do? Reasonably, within the current constraints of power. Trying to set goals for future advocacy.
Putting together a set of policy recommendations and wanted yall's feedback. What, if anything, would you like to see changed about the LA Metro that the mayor could have an impact on?
Spotted UNLOCKED outside Ralph’s in Sawtelle. Lock is locked on the ground. Flat pedals. Stolen or did some geezer have a brain fart grabbing snacks?
Serious question. Feels like LA is experiencing a dancefloor renaissance. Love raving in LA personally and I've found some awesome people and parties through this subreddit. That said, it's an election year, it's summer, change is in the air (and so are a lot of toxic particles).
So I'd love to hear from you guys: what can we do to keep the movement going and improve LA's nightlife scene?
Easier permitting? More late-night public transit options to and from parties? Special events districts? What're your ideas for how we can continue to build our amazing community?
Since I got arrested last December, the city (read: the mayor's office and LADOT) has been deliberately slow-walking efforts to reduce traffic violence. We met the mayor's office once, immediately after my arrest, and we presented two reasonable, achievable goals:
I like to give local electeds the benefit of the doubt. It's a hard and thankless job. However, at this point it's clear that our city leaders are making a conscious, deliberate choice to favor convenience for cars over quality of life for human beings. For instance, Karen Bass somehow found the time to personally intervene to keep Forest Lawn dangerous, all while ignoring our pleas for action to address traffic violence.
This is a situation that demands urgency. Lives are literally on the line. We'd agreed to hold off on painting crosswalks after I met with Mayor Bass last year, so long as the city was working with us in good faith. Well, that's not happening.
A couple weeks ago, we quietly painted a crosswalk in Jefferson Park to memorialize a hit-and-run victim. We're painting again this Saturday morning and will continue to do so until we see meaningful progress on ending traffic violence. (Side note: it's absolutely wild how threatening to paint crosswalks has become a bargaining chip.)
If you're interested in joining us Saturday morning or getting more involved generally, PM me.
They were running 15 minute headways for this, which was insane. I spoke to a Metro employee and they said they had to back off the 5 minute headways they were running earlier because they were interfering with the B line.
The train was so crowded people couldn't get on; a few people were taking the train west and switching back at Wilshire/Western or La Brea.
My thoughts on ED1, bumping into Karen Bass while walking my dog, trying to get more affordable housing built in Sawtelle.
Reminder that there’s a neighborhood council PLUM meeting tonight where people are gonna complain about affordable housing and it would be great if we could get folks to show up online or in person to support:
Because what good is a dense, walkable, extremely transit accessible urban neighborhood without copious amounts of parking? Who else thinks we need more cars in K Town? We don’t want a pedestrianized 6th street or new infill housing, we want more car lanes and parking lots!
But seriously, the car culture in this neighborhood is incredibly disrespectful. The impatience of drivers who swerve around pedestrians, bikers, and each other just to get ahead by a couple seconds is insane. People aggressively and proudly lack awareness and it’s so frustrating. If we could get painted crosswalks, protected bike lanes, widened sidewalks, and more street trees K Town could be near perfect for an urban neighborhood in LA.
Cool little fold. 12” tissue foil IIRC.
Shoutout to Heather Hutt's office for taking the lead on this. We're making steady progress towards real, tangible improvements for transit riders. As a regular E line rider, I'm looking forward to faster commute times becoming a reality!
Folded Lang's tree frog and went out to Santa Monica to check out these cool, but largely unknown crosswalks designed by Robert Lang. Thought you guys might appreciate this.
Bonus points if anybody can name the Lang crease patterns I include in the video!
Mayor Bass has intervened to keep Forest Lawn dangerous by ordering LADOT to delay (read: kill by bureaucracy) the construction of a traffic calming project that included protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements.
Mind boggling that Karen Bass has the capacity and willpower to kneecap safety projects, but not recommit to Vision Zero, something we've been begging her administration to do for months.
I don't think there's any clearer example of the idea that traffic violence isn't an accident -- it's the predictable consequence of decisions that prioritize driver convenience over human life.
The kicker is that this project is in Nithya Raman's City Council district.
Reported for u/streetsforall
This is Pepe the parakeet. He’s pretty well known on Instagram apparently. He’s a chiller and so is his owner. They were headed to Santa Monica to go to the pier!
Go vote today!
Let me know if you have any questions. We'll be meeting on Crystal Springs Drive just north of Los Feliz Blvd at the picnic tables. The listed address should get you to the location. This is a chill, family-friendly ride. We'll be heading up Crystal Springs then circling back on the LA River bike path. Looking forward to seeing everybody there!
Here's why we need to elect Faizah for city council in CD11. Vote for safer streets and more affordable housing. The future of the Westside is at stake here.