"Omg! If you have the time I've been trying to get a crosswalk on 8th and Ridgeley !!!," one person said on Twitter. The general consensus is that official, city-approved safety improvements take too long to come to fruition, if and when they happen at all.
In the week since Crosswalk Collective LA took to the streets in their bright neon vests, white hard hats and buckets of white paint, the public response on Twitter appears to be largely positive. It's clear the group's actions have struck a chord with residents.
Los Angeles Department of Transportation officials said they have been made aware of the recent set of unapproved crosswalks, adding that "any unauthorized alteration to a street is subject to removal." The public is praising the activists' initiative When asked how long on average it takes for a community-led request for a stop sign or crosswalk to be implemented, Halden said the time frames vary - without providing more specific information. "Since taking office, our district has installed or upgraded more than 500 crosswalks, nearly 100 speed humps, and more than 250 stop signs," spokesman Dan Halden told NPR in a statement. The spokesman also said there are more safety plans for the street corner in the works.Ĭouncilman Mitch O'Farrell's office, which represents the area where the Collective installed the crosswalks, told NPR it hasn't heard from the group either. An additional request to fix a broken street sign the same year "was promptly completed," Sweeney added. The request to convert the stop sign at the location from a two-way stop to a four-way stop, was completed in 2017. While it's possible individual members may have contacted the office or other local officials, Sweeney said the only requests submitted for the corner of Romaine Street and Serrano Avenue date back to 2017. With regard to Crosswalk Collective LA's allegations that "at every turn, we've been met with delays, excuses, and inaction from our city government," Sweeney said there is no record of that with LADOT - at least not in reference to the specific intersection in Hollywood. History A Brief History Of How Racism Shaped Interstate Highways "At every turn, we've been met with delays, excuses, and inaction from our city government, as well as active hostility to safe streets projects from sitting councilmembers," the Collective added. "We are a small group of community members who have tried for years to request crosswalks and other safe streets infrastructure the official way," they told NPR in a statement. So far, the group has revealed little about its membership or if there was a particular incident that preceded the safety installation, but it is clear they intend to continue to take matters into their own hands. "The city doesn't keep us safe, so we keep us safe," Crosswalk Collective LA announced on Twitter in a post that included photos of the freshly painted intersection at a four-way stop at Romaine Street and Serrano Avenue.
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There's a mystery on the streets of Hollywood in Los Angeles.Ī series of striped crosswalks suddenly appeared at a busy residential intersection, and the secretive group that claims it's behind the do-it-yourself project says it has more in the works. Data from the Los Angeles Police Department shows 128 pedestrians were killed in the City of Los Angeles in 2021, an increase of 6% over 2020.
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