CBOs get exposure; businesses can get a boost; govt does outreach; organizers + political candidates can get people involved in causes/campaigns; people temporarily get free recreation, better air, and safer streets in park poor LA; There’s a lot to like. And our bike share is still publicly run 😇

Correct me if I’m wrong but hasn’t this been finished for a long time now? I saw all this when I visited a 1yr+ ago. Were there finishing touches that just completed?

In planning class at Cal (circa 2011 or 2012 I think), we learned how contentious that development was and how the developer really tried to make the building fit in. The building has lots of detail and the back changes architectural style and matches height of adjacent home.

Congratulations! It is so much fun to watch your little baby like this while biking. And if they have difficulty falling asleep, a quick bike ride might be the answer, a real win-win!

I was just telling a colleague at work today about your excellent coverage on Vision Zero and transportation. Hope you land somewhere solid and can stay on that beat.

People staying on or returning to Twitter makes me think of people that litter or don’t return shopping carts, the bar is so low and people continue to disappoint me. I was amazed at how easy it was to leave Twitter and only realized once I left how rotten that place had become.

Of all the actions one can take to make a statement, leaving Twitter has got to be the easiest. The appeal for staying on Twitter was the people I followed, not my own following (none). It wasn’t worth it to me, I can only tolerate so much.

Congrats, you dropped this 👑

Thanks for stepping up!

Yeah Santa Monica is blessed with street network where most streets are actually pretty narrow. If in East Hollywood I’d check out Griffith Park’s car free streets (by bike, it’s too much to hike), bits of Fountain Ave have commercial activity on narrow-ish street, Vermont Ave in Los Feliz.

It’s a far cry from NY or SF and yes streets are generally not pedestrian friendly and still lots of surface parking lots. Don’t expect a seamless comfortable walk but being selective about where to go when getting off rail stops, and what streets to walk on helps. 🤷‍♂️ Last Bookstore is cool too.

No order: Arts District in vicinity of Traction/3rd; Little Tokyo; Chinatown plaza; Olvera Street + Union Station; Spring-Main-7th-Figueroa are DTLA bike network spine (need more E-W corridors); Grand Central Market + Bradbury Bldg/Biddy Mason Alley + Angels Flight; Central Library; 7th St.

Dang, gotta update my bumper sticker to make an addition

Good list and doesn’t even mention Griffith Park (Ferndell trail is 13min walk to B Line and park has free shuttle paid for by parking in the park); South Pasadena (A Line); Boyle Heights (E Line), Biking from Canoga Park (G Line) to DTLA (30+ miles) almost entirely on protected bike paths