Think you have an idea or two to help make L.A. easier to get around? The Los Angeles Departments of City Planning and Transportation sure hopes so: They have announced a series of public workshops called "Think Labs" aimed at letting Angelenos have their say and help "envision a new way of moving around the city and using its streets for mobility and beyond." more ›

Kelly Keller, a man who led police in a high-speed pursuit in September 2009, has been convicted of murder for running over and killing a pedestrian during the chase. Dean William Greenwalt, 66, was struck while in the crosswalk at Don Pio Drive in Woodland Hills as Keller drove a 2002 Cadillac sedan while fleeing authorities. more ›

LAPD South Traffic Division detectives are searching for a driver who struck and killed a 62-year-old pedestrian on Monday morning then fled from the scene. Larry Dean Hughes, a Los Angeles resident, was walking southbound on a crosswalk on Normandie Avenue at Exposition Boulevard around 5am when a driver traveling northbound on Normandie turned right on Exposition and hit Hughes with his car. The driver did not stop and continued eastbound on Exposition. more ›

A pedestrian was killed Tuesday morning while attempting to cross the Ventura (134) Freeway in Burbank. The man had just crossed the eastbound lanes near Bob Hope Drive and was midway across the westbound lanes when he was struck by several cars. more ›

While crossing Lincoln Boulevard at Santa Monica Boulevard this morning, a man was struck and killed by a vehicle. The hit-and-run incident occurred in Santa Monica around 6am. Authorities believe the suspect's vehicle may be a 2009-2011 gray Toyota Camry. more ›

A pedestrian was struck and killed in Rancho Cucamonga early this morning by a Metrolink train. "Train 301 was headed westbound from San Bernardino when it struck the victim at Hellman Avenue at around 4:35 a.m. Friday," explains KTLA. more ›

Early morning commuters on the westbound 10 Freeway endured especially dreadful traffic this morning due to a tragic traffic incident. A pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle. The incident occurred near the La Brea Avenue exit. more ›

What better day than Park[ing] Day L.A. for Los Angeles City Council members Jan Perry and Jose Huizar to introduce a motion calling for a set of mini public green spaces called "parklets" in Downtown and Northeast Los Angeles? more ›

Police are searching for the driver of a white four-door sedan that struck and killed a pedestrian at the intersection of Saticoy Street and Atoll Avenue in North Hollywood this morning, reports ABC 7. The incident happened at about 1:30 a.m. The victim was walking across the street when he was struck by the car, and was pronounced dead when authorities arrived at the scene. more ›

The California Highway Patrol was called to the scene on the 10 Freeway in Pomona west of North Dudley Street at 4:21 a.m. today in response to a sighting of a body on the road. The victim, a male pedestrian thought to be in his 20s, is thought to have been struck by at least two vehicles, says the Daily News. more ›

An early morning accident has claimed the life of a pedestrian in Hollywood. The driver of a taxi cab heading north on Highland Avenue struck a man, thought to be in his 30s, just a few minutes ahead of 5 this morning, according to L.A. Now. The pedestrian died at the scene. more ›

90-year-old Jingyu Park was struck by two vehicles, including one that fled the scene, as he attempted to traverse the intersection of Valley View Avenue and Adoree Street, in the city of La Mirada. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department say the elderly pedestrian was using an unmarked crosswalk shortly before six o'clock this morning when he was hit by a silver Honda Accord. However, Park was the victim of a second accident, this time a hit-and-run. more ›

The transportation committee tomorrow will discuss the Department of Transportation's report on its proposed 2010-2011 allocations for available funding from Measure R. The measure, which set aside roughly $40 billion over the next three decades for upgrades to transportation and was estimated to create over 210,000 new construction jobs, was approved by voters in November 2008. more ›

Police in Hawthorne are investigating a bizarre string of incidents that happened Wednesday night, leaving one man dead, a woman injured, and one man arrested. The chain of events began at 9:30 p.m. on Crenshaw Boulevard near the 105 Freeway, according to the LA Times, when a "minivan struck a man crossing the street." The driver fled, and, immediately thereafter, a "second vehicle ran over the man, who was sprawled in the middle of the street." And, yes--the second driver fled the scene, too. more ›

One agitated pedestrian is learning the pain of road rage after accidentally shooting himself in the leg during a confrontation on a Hawthorne Street. 21-year-old Dennis Vilchis of L.A. attempted to pull his handgun from his waistband to brandish at a motorist who didn't stop for his street-crossing Sunday morning "near the intersection of Prairie Avenue and El Segundo Boulevard," but wound up firing at his own thigh. Vilchis was listed in serious condition; authorities are working to determine if criminal charges need be filed. more ›

How people get around in cars and on foot in Downtown Santa Monica during the holidays is going to change, and hopefully for the better. Just ahead of Thanksgiving, the City of Santa Monica will begin testing out some new strategies to help improve the vehicle and pedestrian flows through the area. 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 ›

As the new school day begins at Roosevelt High School, officials are speaking out about yesterday's deadly accident involving a LAUSD school bus. more ›

The good people from the Hollywood Community Studio took today's Park[ing] Day concept to new heights. Instead of taking over a parking space and transforming it into a park, they took a whole street and made it into a pedestrian plaza of sorts. Tables, chalk, board games and benches made up 200 feet of Hudson Street just off busy tourist-heavy Hollywood Boulevard (map). more ›

It's worked in other cities, so why not Los Angeles? 200 feet of a street off Hollywood Boulevard this weekend will be turned into a temporary pedestrian plaza and community space. It's one of the many events taking place Friday in conjunction of Park[ing] Day, which will transform a number of metered parking spaces across the city into mini parks. more ›

No matter what, we are all a pedestrian at some point when getting from here to there. But in a city that has more pedestrian deaths than most others, how much attention is paid to sidewalks and other walking-related infrastructure from our politicians? 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 ›

Hollywood is often accused of stereotyping a culture, but it's usually a race thing. A cyclist, however, would argue that no matter the color or their skin or how thick their wallet is, riding the streets of Los Angeles means you will be treated like a second-class citizen and be discriminated against. more ›

It's Los Angeles' biggest park, yet accessing it is not always easy, especially on its eastern side. For over three miles, there is zero pedestrian access to it, much of it thanks to being lined by the 5 and 134 Freeways. Now as part of their L.A. River plan surrounding the Glendale Narrows Riverwalk, the city of Glendale is looking to connect the narrows to the park. 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 ›

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a big rig this afternoon, prompting police to close local streets. The woman was apparently walking on Hauser Blvd, just north of Wilshire when the incident happened at 1:06 p.m. more ›

Over 20 stages make up Hollywood Theatre Row on Santa Monica Boulevard. From the Hudson to the Unknown, from Elephant to Asylum, the small area is alive with the performance spaces that attract audiences from across the city. more ›

The Los Angeles City Council this morning approved a chunk of money from Measure R--the sales tax devoted to L.A. County transportation projects--that will be devoted to pedestrian and bicycle projects. The amount is only about $3.3 million... more ›