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Dedication: Crenshaw and Slauson to Forever be Known as 'Nipsey Hussle Square' - Streetsblog Los Angeles “Age fourteen on up, my whole life took place on these four corners...This really was my foundation," Hussle told Current TV back in 2010. Now renamed in his honor, they pay tribute to how he transfor...

Dedication: Crenshaw and Slauson to Forever be Known as “Nipsey Hussle Square” - story and photos from the day by @sahrasulaiman.bsky.social la.streetsblog.org/2026/03/05/d...

Measure HLA at Two Years: a Timeline of How L.A. City has Resisted Safer Multimodal Streets - Streetsblog Los Angeles With just 300 feet of HLA upgrades in two years, L.A. City's main effort has been to actively block HLA progress

Today marks exactly 2 years since voters approved #MeasureHLA - requiring LA to install accessibility/walk/bike/bus facilities during street improvements. SBLA Editor Joe Linton recaps the HLA timeline la.streetsblog.org/2026/03/05/m...

SGV Connect 146: What's Next for the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority - Streetsblog Los Angeles CEO Habib Balian joins SGV Connect to discuss the A Line’s steady ridership, transit-oriented development along the corridor, and the shift to a new delivery model for the long-anticipated Claremont e...

New SGV Connect podcast: SBLA speaks with Foothill A/Gold Line Construction Authority CEO Habib Balian la.streetsblog.org/2026/03/03/s...

Thanks @streetsblogla.bsky.social for including me in this video! Read this brief to learn about our research (which links to the full report if you want ALL the details)

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New UCLA Report Looks into the High Cost of Building Parking - Streetsblog Los Angeles For new apartments, the research found that building required parking adds roughly $50,000 to $100,000 per unit, and disproportionately increases the cost to build smaller apartments

What costs more on average: a new car or a new parking space? New UCLA report surveys data from 17 cities to show the high cost of constructing parking la.streetsblog.org/2026/03/02/n...

Metro ambassadors are out every day making the transit system safer and more welcoming

"Streetsblog L.A. reached out to multiple departments for this story, including LADOT, the Bureau of Engineering (which manages L.A.’s sidewalk program), StreetsLA and the Department on Disability. All of them referred inquiries to the mayor’s office."

“Disrespectful” and “infuriating”: L.A.’s progress on making streets safe and accessible for disabled people stalled for decades - Streetsblog Los Angeles Curb ramps have been required when repaving a street since 1992. Why is L.A. only now saying it must follow the law?

Today's detailed deep dive by Maylin Tu @maylin.bsky.social on the long struggles for streets/sidewalks accessible to disabled Angelenos la.streetsblog.org/2026/02/27/d...

Watch this short @streetsblogla.bsky.social video (from November) for an overview of 4-mile Metro D Line subway extension project that will open on May 8

New report: No such thing as free parking - UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies Our new analysis provides updated per-space parking cost estimates and calculates how required parking drives up total construction costs.

See parking construction costs report/summary at www.its.ucla.edu/2026/02/19/n...

New #shoupista UCLA report on parking construction costs. Did you know:
👉 avg cost to build underground parking = $73,000 per space ( excluding land cost)
👉 avg cost to build aboveground parking = $52,000 per space
👉 For apartments, required parking adds roughly $50,000-$100,000 per unit

YouTube video by Metro Los Angeles D Line Extension Section 1 opening 5.8.26

Watch Metro's video announcing the D Line extension opening www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zYF...

Take the subway from #BeverlyHills to #DTLA in 20 minutes, starting Friday May 8!! 4 new miles, 3 new stations!

SGV Bus Rapid Transit Gets Another $3.9M for Study and Design - Streetsblog Los Angeles Early bus lane segments combine for about 7 miles of continuous bus lanes, expected to be installed in advance of the 2028 Olympic games.

In other big Metro news today, 14 miles of SGV bus lanes (basically East L.A. to El Monte to La Puente) are on track to open before 2028 Olympics! la.streetsblog.org/2026/02/26/s...

The D Line Extension to Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega opens...

Metro D Line Subway Extension Will Open Friday May 8 - Streetsblog Los Angeles Subway riders will be able to travel from Beverly Hills to Downtown L.A. in about 20 minutes

Metro D Line subway extension will open Friday May 8! Four new miles, three new stations - first Metro rail connection to Beverly Hills. la.streetsblog.org/2026/02/26/m...

Metro D Line subway extension to Beverly Hills will open on Friday May 8 2026. Four new miles of heavy rail subway. Three new stations on Wilshire: La Brea, Fairfax, La Cienega. Ride from Beverly Hills to DTLA in 20 minutes!

Shamond "Lil AD" Bennett was hit w/ a felony strike & a felony battery charge for having the audacity to ask LAPD officer Evan Mott (seen shoving him below) to de-escalate after LAPD got aggressive w/ mourners at a peaceful vigil last July. See story or the 🧵 ⤵️ la.streetsblog.org/2025/12/18/t...

But in this case, where police were openly aggressive with people in mourning & assaulted a gang-member-turned-respected-peacemaker trying to keep those people safe, Hochman's office has *piled on* the charges. Yesterday, the DA added a second felony battery charge.
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Recently, @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social reported on how DA Nathan Hochman's office has dismissed or reduced charges against officers (initially brought by predecessor George Gascón), protecting them against prosecution for excessive force ...
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Service alert: upcoming work on overhead wires on the C Line between Norwalk and Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station Feb. 26 to March 11  | The Source Beginning Thursday, Feb. 26 through March 11, Metro will be continuing our work to replace the overhead power wire system that delivers power to C Line

Reminder: the east end of the Metro C Line (Rosa Parks A Line to Norwalk) will be closed for two weeks starting this this Thursday thesource.metro.net/service-aler...

Streetsblog travels to #CulverCity and #DTLA in search of armadillos! #bikela

Update: not only is the DA going forward w/ arraignment of the men LAPD assaulted, they *added* felony battery against emergency personnel to Bennett's charges. This is how the system works against ppl who use their lived experience to better their communities. Just shameful.

indelible breakdown of how LAPD disrupted a peaceful vigil & then lied about it

They Came to Mourn. LAPD Came in Force. Now Two Men Could Face Serious Consequences Because LAPD Won't Acknowledge They Were Wrong. - Streetsblog Los Angeles The July 7 vigil for Kenny Hall had been peaceful until LAPD arrived and began pushing people around. When peacemaker Shamond "Lil AD" Bennett tried to intervene and de-escalate LAPD, officer Evan Mot...

Three days after the assault on mourners, LAPD shot and killed James Tullous at that same location. Then they made an even greater & more aggressive show of force than they had just three days earlier. Read about how their response to the vigil shaped that outcome. la.streetsblog.org/2025/12/18/t...

Karen Bass @mayor.lacity.gov recently celebrated the 27% drop in homicides in GRYD zones by citing the essential work of peacekeepers in preventing violence. But when asked in Oct. about LAPD’s assault, arrest, & scapegoating of Bennett -a well-known peacekeeper- the mayor’s office didn't respond.

If the DA really had a case, they’d have provided the relevant body cam footage in a timely manner. But they didn’t. The preliminary hearing phase has now dragged on for more than 6 months – wasting the men’s time and making it much more difficult for them to take civil action against LAPD.

Bennett, whose experience coming up in the Rollin 60s is precisely what gives him the authority to engage in and actually be successful at peacework, is being punished for that. In addition to the resisting charge, DA Nathan Hochman hit him with a felony strike/gang enhancement.

Now Washington & Bennett are paying the price for LAPD’s unwillingness to acknowledge they were wrong. Washington was charged with resisting & battery on a police officer (he accidentally knocked an officer w/ an elbow as they dragged him away & threw him up against a car). [With his mom Rayshana]

In the aftermath, prominent interventionist Skipp Townsend attempted to engage LAPD on how unnecessary and how harmful their unprovoked aggression was. LAPD agreed things could have been done differently but would not acknowledge that they were wrong.