On Lankershim Boulevard between the Red and Orange Line terminal stations in North Hollywood, the crosswalk is pretty much always swarming, and the traffic backed up. In the spirit of problem solving born of lack of foresight, transit officials are only now looking into building an underground tunnel to link those two major transit hubs. more ›

Twin sisters Leilani and Luana Fukui were struck by a car while walking on a crosswalk near Gladstone High School in Covina on Monday morning. The 14-year-olds were both seriously injured, and one of the sisters is now brain dead. more ›

Two 14-year-old girls were struck by a car while walking on a crosswalk near Gladstone High School in Covina this morning. The teens were seriously injured. A woman, about 30-years-old, hit both teenagers shortly before 7am with her Honda Civic. She told investigators that she did not see the girls. more ›

While en route to Betty Plasencia Elementary School this morning, three young girls were struck by a car. The girls, ages 5, 10 and 16, are sisters and were crossing the street on a marked crosswalk in the 1400 block of West Temple Street in Echo Park. The children were rushed to the hospital just after 8am by paramedics. more ›

A North Hollywood intersection is getting its streetlight ahead of schedule thanks to the efforts of City Councilmember Paul Krekorian and Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member Tamar Galatzan, who helped fast-track the construction after a fatal accident in the crosswalk that killed 12-year-old Emely Aleman in November. more ›

Following the arrest of an Australian businessman for his alleged role in the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman says alcohol "most likely played a role in this tragic event," according to LA Now. more ›

Yesterday the Los Angeles City Council was presented with a motion by Councilmember Paul Krekorian to expedite the installation of a traffic light at a North Hollywood intersection that has been the site of multiple fatal accidents in recent years. more ›

A 21-year-old woman walking in a crosswalk was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on the Sunset Strip last night in West Hollywood, according to KTLA. According to witnesses, the woman had been at a concert at the Roxy, and was walking just ahead of a group of people when she crossed Sunset Boulevard at Hammond Street just before midnight last night. more ›

In the wake of a tragic accident that claimed the life of a 12-year-old girl and injured her 10-year-old sister, North Hollywood residents are demanding the City act to ensure pedestrian safety at a busy--and dangerous--intersection. more ›

If you don't yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk, whether it's marked or not, you might be in violation of the law. That was the message in a pedestrian safety enforcement operation this morning near Cal State Northridge where LAPD traffic officers and campus police stopped 117 people. more ›

The Beverly Hills Police Department conducted a crosswalk sting to nab motorists who failed to yield for the decoy pedestrian, reports the Beverly Hills Courier. more ›

Whether a marked crosswalk or not, 159 drivers in North Hollywood were ticketed yesterday for failing to yield to pedestrians -- actually, plainclothes LAPD officers -- trying to cross the street, according to the Daily News. Drivers tried to get out of the tickets, saying officers were jaywalking. That was not the case as corners without signs and paint are still considered crosswalks, just unmarked ones. more ›

Those large white-and-asphalt/concrete barred crosswalks are starting to appear in some places around Los Angeles, reports Damien Newton at Streetsblog. Whether this is a new policy or a pilot project, we're unsure, but it's definitely a positive step towards pedestrian safety. more ›

"They say nobody walks in LA, but many people cross Sunset Blvd. at Portia everyday. This new signalized crosswalk will make it safer for them when they do," Council President Eric Garcetti said today at a news conference introducing Echo Park's new pedestrian friendly feature. more ›

On Monday, a new pedestrian crosswalk with a flashing overhead yellow light will be debuted on Sunset Boulevard at Portia Street. In a recent citywide study to find where higher than average pedestrian accidents occur, this one was identified and pushed for by the city's volunteer citizen Pedestrian Advisory Committee. The crosswalk is currently installed, but the flashing lights will be turned on Monday morning when Councilman Eric Garcetti and others flip the switch. more ›

When LAPD Senior Lead Officer George Aguilar responded to an accident earlier this month on Ventura Blvd., he experienced first hand how unsafe the Valley's popular artery is for pedestrians. Even with a police car next to him, he felt like a "bowling pin." Aguilar, whose area covers most of Sherman Oaks between the 101 Freeway and Mulholland Drive, announced last night at a monthly neighborhood watch meeting that he's upping the traffic enforcement along the street, including ticketing cars that don't yield to pedestrians on marked crosswalks. So you've been warned, come to Sherman Oaks and speed or blow off peds, they're looking for you. more ›

Not only has the city made it realistically hard to park and take advantage of the burgeoning theatre district by limiting parking to two hours at night, they are now proposing to take away a crosswalk at a vital intersection that connects dense housing to commercial businesses. Is this redevelopment gone backwards? more ›

Even going 10 MPH can be deadly. A supposedly distracted mother who just dropped off her own child to Toll Middle School in Glendale hit an 11-year-old girl as she drove through a marked crosswalk yesterday morning. Vehicles going in the other direction had yielded for the children, according to TV news reports. The driver stayed at the scene and was cooperative with police. She was let go, but her Nissan Pathfinder was taken by investigators. more ›

Although Republican Presidential nominee John McCain has no plan for pedestrians that we know of, he definitely has some unintended subliminal messages around Los Angeles crosswalks thanks to a company that the city uses at crossings. LAist reader Jon Zack noticed these while at Highland and Franklin in Hollywood and exclaimed "say it ain't so!" more ›

A crosswalk at Hoover and 28th has seen two injuries over the past few weeks as the fall semester begins. Drivers say the students pop out of no where at the dark crosswalk and others are saying the usual crosswalks-are-not-100%-safe spiel. Several hit-and-runs with parked cars were reported over the weekend near Portland and 28th. At least one driver was caught, but several more were reported according to the Daily Trojan. more ›

Last Friday night in Santa Monica, bicyclists-turned-temporary-pedestrians gathered and protested what they believe is harassment from the city towards monthly Critical Mass bicycles rides. At their latest ride on August 1st, 14 police officers were deployed to monitor the ride resulting in at least nine citations (unofficial counts totaled up to 14). more ›

If you felt your neighborhood should deserve one of those new scramble crosswalks, which allows for diagonal crossing at intersections (see a video example here), there's more than just the one in Westwood Village announced the other day (and the older one near USC). Here's the list of ten scramble crosswalks planned across the city, thanks to Steve Hymon at the Bottleneck Blog: more ›

We have no scientific proof that this is the busiest pedestrian intersection in the world, but it definitely could be a contender. more ›

Come Thursday, UCLA folk and others will have a new way of crossing the street at Le Conte and Westwood. It's called a scramble crosswalk and is currently in use in Pasadena, Beverly Hills and at Hoover and Jefferson near USC. It's where pedestrians can cross the street from all four corners at the same light as well as diagonally from opposite ends, according to a story posted on UCLA Today Online. more ›

Last December, I embarked on a mission to find a solution to a problem in my immediate neighborhood. Trying to cross Moorpark St. on foot (or left turns in a car) during rush hour is a nightmare. There is just too much constant flow and you really have to have a brave moment to cross at the unmarked crosswalk because as we all know, there is about .001% of drivers in the city who... more ›

It's exasperating enough when you're trying to cross the street and someone trying to make a right turn on red is hugging the corner blocking your way on a walk signal. This picture is of a guy completely blocking the whole pedestrian crosswalk. He was the first car to pull up at the red light during the walk signal. Legally, since he drove past the limit line during a red light, this is considered... more ›