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Sadly, the second video I've made on Forest Lawn Drive after Karen Bass personally intervened to block safety improvements that would have slowed down drivers and added bike lanes. Construction should have started by now, if not for Karen Bass' personal directive to block the project and redesign it to keep the roadway as wide as possible.

Narrower, calmer streets make roads safer for all users. LADOT engineers know this, and Karen Bass deliberately ignored their advice.

I highly encourage everybody to check out the project page on LADOT's website, where LADOT explains how this project is designed to make the road safer by narrowing Forest Lawn Drive and slowing traffic. It's a great plan that will make the road safer for ALL users.

Painted by volunteers in collaboration with the local community to protest for safer streets and a more effective government. Had a blast doing it. We're hoping the city takes notice and listens to the needs of the neighborhood by adding more substantial physical infrastructure.

New crosswalks at 70th and Menlo in South LA, painted by volunteers to protest for safer streets and a more effective government. Was such a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Hopefully these get replaced with proper crosswalks, topes or speedbumps, and maybe a traffic circle!

Thank you all so much for coming out and volunteering!!

If you want to join our efforts, go to peoplesvisionzero.org/volunteer

Love you guys!

Just went up to Sacramento with u/streetsforall to protest against cuts to critical infrastructure programs that fund transit.

Newsom appointees on the California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently decided to give refineries and big polluters a $2B subsidy by taking money that should be going to transit, housing, and infrastructure.

You can read more about these proposed cuts on our blog.

Here's a link that allows you to contact your local representative and take action.

Also, I've been working on our website!

Sign up to volunteer and check out our corners map by going to peoplesvisionzero.org

Much love as always <3

Why is the city continuing to remove crosswalks by parks and schools without adding a more substantial replacement? Genuine question, does anybody know why the city repaved a pretty decent stretch of 7th St without adding anything, e.g. traffic circles, speed bumps, curb bulbouts, in a neighborhood that desperately needs more of those things?

I built some isochrone maps to show how far you can drive in half an hour starting from different neighborhoods over the course of a day.

If you are in Santa Monica during evening rush hour you are trapped in a ~30 square mile area, whereas you can reach ~350 square miles at night

I'll be joined by Crista Campos, Marketing Manager for Gloria Molina Grand Park / The Music Center and Tafarai Bayne, Chief Strategist for CicLAvia.

The panel will take place from 1-2pm at the RIOS offices at 3101 W Exposition Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90018. It's a 5 minute walk from the Expo/Crenshaw E line station.

Excited to share some stuff I've been cooking up and to hear what ideas you guys have about the future of LA. Hope to see some friendly faces there!

RSVP here!

The LA Metro Board voted unanimously to proceed with creating a seat for transit riders. Proud that our advocacy worked, and grateful for the other people involved in this campaign as well as the overwhelming support for rider representation at today's meeting Here's my comment.

Also, while I support a rider seat on the Metro board, I believe every single Metro board member should be a regular user of the system. It's pretty mind boggling how only two board members took Metro to the Metro Board meeting, despite the fact that it's literally at Union Station. (Shoutout to Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson and County Supervisor Janice Hahn!)

We could build something truly great for Metro’s riders if we take steps to hold this Board accountable to a higher standard.

It’s the right thing to do to improve our system and it’s what our riders deserve. But today's decision is a huge step in the right direction and a reminder of the power of advocacy for transit.

What a beautiful day to be outside in Los Angeles. Grateful to be a part of this. Hope is a powerful feeling!!!

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?

As promised 🫡

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:

1. That the city recommit to Vision Zero by declaring a state of emergency on traffic violence
2. That the city legitimize volunteer-led efforts to make our streets safer

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.