Seleta Reynolds, New Chief of LADOT

With luck (our city council is notably neanderthal), Reynolds may make good things happen in Lo sAngeles.  Aquote form a Streertsblog interview:

> “We have a public health crisis in these neighborhoods, and it starts on the streets,” she started. ”That’s where I would start the conversation. The biggest predictor of fatalities on a street is speed, and the biggest factor in speed on your street is design.”
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> After pressing for better public outreach to reach people in times and places where it is most convenient, Reynolds picked back on the theme that street improvements have a ripple effect on other parts of the community.
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> “There’s that famous work from the 1970s that the width of the street actually contributes to crime. The wider and faster a street is, the more crime you’ll see in that neighborhood because our streets contribute to social isolation. Or…they can contribute to bringing people together in strong communities. That helps get at the other problems on the list.”

The link:

http://la.streetsblog.org/2014/09/15/meet-seleta-reynolds-the-safe-streets-advocate-running-ladot/

Rick
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Richard Risemberg
http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.SustainableCityNews.com
http://gridlogisticsinc.com
http://www.rickrise.com








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