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Tragedy in Playa Del Rey, as a 7-months-pregnant mother was killed by a driver while biking with her family. The baby was delivered by C-section but died in the NICU. The crash took place on Pershing Ave., where safety measures were removed in 2017 after NIMBY backlash. Donate here:

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Pershing was part of the series of road diets installed with the leadership of Mike Bonin that led to lawsuits, a recall effort, and Mayor Eric Garcetti personally telling Bonin to undo the project. The affair set back mobility in LA for years, as no one had the courage to install bike lanes.

latimes.comL.A. reworks another 'road diet,' restoring car lanes in Playa del ReyFaced with an ongoing furor over traffic congestion and so-called “road diets,” Los Angeles officials announced they will restore car lanes removed from two Playa del Rey boulevards earlier this year.

Very sad. I just learned about the reversal last week from @streetsforall.org bsky.app/profile/stre...

Streets For All@streetsforall.org

Yesterday we hosted a discussion with @faizahforla.bsky.social about the future of CD11 and our city. We talked about charter reform, the city budget, SB-79 implementation, congestion pricing, extending Venice Blvd For All, LAX’s roadway expansion, and much more: youtu.be/4f4GBihgwWU

Perhaps we could mourn this death without casting aspersions. After all, I suspect that this family were NIMBYs, too, and had not built another dwelling in their own backyard. Also, there is no correlation between bike lanes and housing opinions.

also there is a literal positive correlation between housing density and multi-modal safety including it being much easier and less expensive to install cycling infrastructure

Certainly, housing density profits by being near mass transit. Many of the best and most frequently used--and protected--bike lanes in Nashville, however, are in solidly single-family zones.

Please provide the Venn diagram, with sources to support it and your numbers. While doing so, though, definitely place me outside it. Of course, considering that almost everyone is really a NIMBY (not building in their own backyards), both the pro- & anti-bike folks are in that circle.