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Streetsblog California
L.A. City Shifts Repaving Practice (Again), Now Repaving Only Streets With No Sidewalks
In an apparent attempt to avoid complying with accessibility and multimodal requirements, L.A. City is now repaving streets in well-off suburban neighborhoods. Many of these streets are already in good condition.
June 4, 2026
Updates on L.A. City Stopping Resurfacing, Instead Doing “Large Asphalt Repair”
Bureau of Street Services GM states that budget cuts forced them to pivot to "large asphalt repair." That practice ends up resurfacing streets partially, ineffectively, and inefficiently.
February 17, 2026
L.A. City Closes Huge Slip Lane in Hollywood
What could that big empty asphalt triangle become in the future?
August 22, 2025
Angelenos Are Crying Out for Safe Streets, Is Anyone Listening?
What does it take to get the city to regularly install crosswalks?
August 20, 2025
LADOT Removing Some Peak Hour Car Lanes, Restoring On-Street Parking
The program is reversing decades of LADOT peak hour parking removal for expanding car capacity, but the first phase doesn't quite live up to council's instructions supporting multimodal transportation.
August 7, 2025
L.A. City Currently Widening Balboa Boulevard
L.A. is widening Balboa Boulevard at Devonshire Street by narrowing the existing sidewalk - all to accommodate added left-turn lanes.
June 3, 2025
LA Launches Required HLA Website, but It’s Problematic
LADOT's Measure HLA dashboard shows just seven projects, all of which LADOT claims are exempt from Measure HLA requirements.
April 9, 2025
City Committee Approves HLA Minimum Standards, Requests Clarification for Crosswalks
A year after voters approved Measure HLA, the city approved its HLA Standard Elements Table which clarifies what minimum features will be included in bus/bike/walk facilities.
April 3, 2025
Measure HLA Minimum Bus/Bike/Walk Requirements Expected to be Approved this Week
The City Planning Department released a revised and somewhat improved draft of its HLA Standard Elements Table, on the agenda for a Thursday vote of the city's Street Standards Committee
April 1, 2025
What’s Next for Measure HLA, in the Face of Metro Opposition?
This is probably something a judge would need to decide at some point...
March 21, 2025
