Die-in for Vision Zero. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog
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The nonprofit Streets Are For Everyone (SAFE) recently published a report on escalating traffic deaths. Last Saturday SAFE partnered with more than a dozen community groups - Streets for All, BikeLA, L.A. Walks, Southern California Families for Safe Streets, Conor Lynch Foundation, Street Racing Kills, Faith for SAFEr Streets, Walk ‘n Rollers, Move L.A., South Bay Bicycle Coalition, Livable Communities Initiative, Hang Out Do Good, ActiveSGV, Stop 4 Aidan, Investing in Place, and Justice for Monique - to host a die-in protest on the steps of L.A. City Hall.
Just over 200 people attended the rally. Organizers distributed 312 white roses, one for everyone who was killed by traffic violence last year. Participants urged the city to make good on its approved Vision Zero policy/programs and the implementation of the city's multimodal Mobility Plan.
Below are photos from Saturday's die-in.
South L..A. Pastor Patricia Strong-Fargas, Co-Chair Faith for SAFEr Streets, speaks at Saturday's die-in rallyfalse
L.A. City Councilmember Bob Blumenfieldfalse
State Assemblymember Laura Friedman speaking at the safe streets die-in. To the right of her is State Senator Anthony Portantino.false
The most moving part of the event was a 312-second silent die-in, when attendees lay still on City Hall stepsfalse
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Los Angeles traffic violence claimed 312 lives in 2022, more than any year in the prior decadefalse
Protestors carrying signs for ending traffic violence and adding more bikewaysfalse
Protestor holds sign reading "drive like your friend died here"false
The die-in protest took place on the Spring Street steps to L.A. City Hallfalse
One of the main organizers behind die-in rally (and recent report) is SAFE founder Damien Kevitt who lost his leg to a car crash, while he was bicycling in Griffith Parkfalse
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The center-running lane is long gone and some finishing touches are coming to the parking-protected section from 15th to 23rd, but the lack of concrete infrastructure remains problematic. And then there's the last four blocks from 23rd to Cesar Chavez, which is still just a striped lane wedged between parked cars and moving traffic.
