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An Olympian Task: Replicating Paris’s Bike Boom in Los Angeles
The Olympics can help transform the streets of Los Angeles — if they look to the example of Paris.
Lucia Cappella
October 28, 2025
Eyes on the Street: Los Angeles Gets New Concrete-Barrier-Protection on 3rd Street Bikeway
Now that's a protected bike lane!
August 21, 2025
Ride On! The Los Angeles Subway System Gets a Stop at LAX
The good news isn't just about connecting people to the airport, but building a useful interconnected transit network.
June 3, 2025
Streets for All and KidSafe SF Merge
Streets For All is merging with KidSafe SF to expand the reach of both organizations, accelerate progress on reducing traffic deaths, and increase sustainable transportation options for all Californians
The post Streets for All and KidSafe SF Merge appeared first on Streetsblog California.
May 29, 2025
Why Americans Don’t Walk: A Forgotten Centennial
“Nobody walks in LA,” sang Missing Persons in 1982. The New Wave band could have been singing about most of America. How did it get this way? Why is it so hard to walk in most American cities, towns and suburbs? Why does the United States have the wors...
Peter Norton
January 20, 2025
How to Defeat Car Culture in America’s Deadliest City for Pedestrians
"How do you market hundreds of miles of ‘road diets’ in the car capital of the nation?"
Josh Vredevoogd
October 8, 2024
Talking Headways Podcast: Episode 500 — LA and Beyond with ForceCenter’s Ken Napzok and Joseph Scrimshaw
Jeff Wood marks his 500th "Talking Headways" episode with a retrospective conversation with former Streetsblog USA Editor Tanya Snyder and a chat with his favorite Star Wars podcasters.
September 19, 2024
To Improve Equity, Car-Share Needs Subsidies, Large Coverage Area: Report
A team of researchers says that Los Angeles's "BlueLA" car-share program did indeed "increase transportation access for low-income travelers," but only due to "reduced-rate pricing," the report found.
November 23, 2023
How Activists Are Making Streets Safer When Their Governments Won’t — And How You Can, Too
When their cities won't build a bike lane or stripe a crosswalk, activists are stepping in and doing it themselves — and they say anyone can take part.
October 29, 2023
California Trainin’: A Chicagoan Checks Out Transportation in the Golden State
Here's a show-and-tell of my impressions of the walk/bike/transit stuff I experienced, including a few things I'd be glad to see implemented in Chicago.
March 15, 2023
