Atwater Village Safe Streets

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People driving cars feel more powerful relative to people they see walking or riding bikes. We need to support design for safe streets that acknowledges this human limitation.

[The Rundown @therundowntvo]

"Everywhere you look power makes us kind of more likely to violate the codes of civil society.” — psychologist Dacher Keltner. How power affects behaviour and the brain, tonight on The Agenda.

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We’d love to see it—La Rambla Atwater Village

[Will Davis @wlldvs]

Glendale Blvd (Los Angeles, CA)

[Michael Schneider @schneider]

This is what getting 130+ signatures in one day looks like. Knocked hundreds of doors and spoke to strangers who are all sick and tired of a city where even crossing the street is dangerous.

Please give it your all for https://t.co/YW8Fef0UFj. We have 3 weeks left.

[Rita Joseph @RitaJosephNYC]

Traffic violence needs to be treated with the same urgency as gun violence. Whether someone is killed by a car or bullet, the end result is the same.

The status que for transportation is broken & we can’t wait a second longer to change our streetscape. Lives are depending on it.

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@seanmeredith @Ciclavalley @LADOTofficial rejected a request in 2019 for a crosswalk here

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We love to see it @adamconover

[Nothing Bagel (fka joseph) @may_or_maynot]

So @adamconover from Adam Ruins Everything doesn’t drive and uses @metrolosangeles to get around LA! @_KennyUong_

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[Martyn Schmoll @martynschmoll]

“It's an easy thing for a politician to say that they’re committed to Vision Zero,” said Jeff Paniati, the executive director of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, “without actually doing anything different from what they were doing before.” https://t.co/dxviXc21a6

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Don’t look up!

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

Earth on track to be unlivable. Story, page 3.

You can’t make this up

[Entitled Cyclist🚲 @EntitledCycling]

Ya, we don't need those bike lanes on Riverside/Zoo Bridge. Speed limit's 25mph, sharrows will do just fine.

[Alissa Walker @awalkerinLA]

Beverly Hills did indeed remove most of its beg buttons during the pandemic although 99% of the 106 people they arrested for “safe streets” violations during the same time were Black so can’t really count that as a pedestrian safety win https://t.co/Yn3jcqPZOe

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

Go behind the scenes of our recent project on what it looks like to reconnect Black communities torn apart by highways https://t.co/HmxtQj3e11

[Clean Air Dyke @FullLaneFemme]

It's not too late to build cycling infrastructure that is all ages and abilities yet I can't help but ponder how different things would be in the U.S. if we had started in say 1990 or even 2000

https://t.co/QfYpmkJuLZ

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L.A. opens up COVID-19 vaccines to everyone age 16 and older - Los Angeles Times https://t.co/eMwXc3Dpfi

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My Turn - California COVID-19 Vaccine Scheduling & Notifications https://t.co/hqKzdXA6SQ

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Safe Streets for All!

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Remember, a 13-year study of a dozen cities found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. And for sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them. Via @StreetsblogUSA https://t.co/vTLLMF7m0e

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'Bike lanes to nowhere': for cyclists, Los Angeles is heaven and hell | Los Angeles | The Guardian https://t.co/m03zC6sBdy

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Our streets need to be safe for everyone! @LADOTlivable

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O'Farrell Announces Round 2 of Small Business Grant Program | Mitch O'Farrell - Los Angeles City Council 13th District https://t.co/CswZV8ibi5

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Protect yourself #VisionZero

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#Stopthesurge

[Jennifer Medina @jennymedina]

How bad is it is in LA?

People living in the most impoverished neighborhoods of the county are now averaging about 36 deaths a day per 100,000 residents. Those living in the wealthiest areas are experiencing about 10 deaths a day per 100,000 residents.

https://t.co/mKAEAvx125

[Streetsblog USA @StreetsblogUSA]

In 1956, the US government poured billions into building downtown highways that were deliberately used to destroy Black and brown communities. Could this thoughtful "highways to boulevards" pilot help begin to right those wrongs? HT @NewUrbanism https://t.co/PWoVBceP4v