L.A. Street Summit 2010: Building Momentum for Change

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

L.A. Street Summit 2010: Building Momentum for Change

Whatever way you slice it, the L.A. Streets Summit 2010 was a big success. Take a gander at our wrap-up vid featuring many voices from the hundreds of conference attendees who made connections and started some L.A. synergy for livable streets.

As a special bonus, NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan (who spoke at Occidental College the previous Thursday night) dropped by the Los Angeles Trade Technical College to provide some inspiring mojo in the form of before & afters of her work transforming NYC's streets.

Mike

I don't see an actual video on this page...
http://www.livablestreets.com/people/Valleygirl_back_in_LA Sirinya Tritipeskul

Thank you so much for including me in your video, Clarence!

I really do believe that one of the biggest barriers to cycling as a way to get from one place to another in many parts in LA is the deteriorated state of the streets. Echoing Alexis Lantz's research on cyclists in LA (that was funded by the LA Sustainability Collaborative), I think one of the most impactful things that LADOT can do to make our streets friendlier to cycling is to prioritize repaving streets tagged for repair that also happen to be bike lanes or routes. I know that might not make everyone happy to hear, but LA is in dire fiscal straits and we have to use the resources that we do have as wisely as possible.

The editing was really nicely done too!
http://la.streetsblog.org Damien Newton

I'm so tired of Clarence filming me that I decided to shoot him back. You can see his interview from another angle. My flip cam is not quite as good as his equipment though...and I'm certainly not as steady a hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNuESljbcdg
http://ubrayj02.blogspot.com Umberto Brayj

Clearly, in L.A., we DO put people first. As long as they are in a car!

Ha ha! I kid!

We put them first, really! We put them first in line to develop respiratory illnesses, to get hit by a car and left for dead on the streets, to feel fear while riding a bike on the streets, and to close the doors to their local business to serve the interests of regional auto-dependent shopping centers (out of the City of LA).

People first! Go L.A.!
Jessica

Awesome event - awesome vid! More LA Streetfilms for sure!!
http://www.livablestreets.com/people/rmarti55 Ramonchu

Awesome video of an awesome weekend! A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out to make StreetSummit weekend an incredible event--StreetSummit wouldn't have been possible without the amazing community of streets advocates here in LA. And that goes for you as well Clarence. Come back anytime and make us all look so good again!
beth!

i miss biking in warm and sunny LA, although I am also loving the protected bike lanes here in Denmark. Great to see the continued momentum at the StreetSummit!
Hart Ryan Noecker

I am addicted to street films.
http://womenscyclingchallenge.org Dorothy Wong

Great work! Inspiring! Ready to make a difference!
http://www.valleybikery.com Valley Bikery

Thank you Streetfilms and Street Summit for the Bikery love!
Colleen Callahan

Thanks for creating this great video of an awesome event.

I agree with Sirinya about the importance of well maintained and shared streets. Sirinya, thanks for mentioning Alexis Lantz's bike research supported by the Los Angeles Sustainability Collaborative. Her report- including the "fix-it-policy recommendation to prioritize pavement maintenance- can be found here:
http://www.lasustainability.org.
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