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Livable Places to CoordinateWalk & Bike Planning EffortIf you’ve taken the Gold Line lately you’ve probably noticed a lot going on around the Chinatown and Lincoln Heights stations just north of downtown Los Angeles. The obsolete industrial areas around the stations have the potential to be exciting mixed-use, economically diverse districts with over 600 new apartments and condominiums under construction, the new “Cornfields” state park, a new Homeboy Industries headquarters and cafe, and a revitalized Los Angeles River. Despite all the investment, the area isn’t ready for prime time, particularly if you get off the Gold Line to explore on foot or a bike. In June 2006, Caltrans awarded Livable Places a Community-Based Transportation Planning Grant to help improve the area. The planning effort will bring stakeholders together to develop a plan for making it a lot safer and more fun to walk and bike from the stations to the many coming attractions in the area. The perfect opportunity to create a vibrant “walking district” has arrived. Livable Places, Metro and Homeboy Industries will lead a collective community envisioning process to develop an urban design plan. Thoughtful urban design that recognizes the relationships among residents, businesses, environmental quality, future development and transportation could make a real difference in the quality of the districts. Livable Places expects to kick off the effort in early 2007. Livable Places would like to thank the following people and organizations for their support of the proposal: Los Angeles City Councilmember Ed Reyes, William Mead Homes Resident Advisory Council, Friends of the Los Angeles River, Latino Urban Forum, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, State Department of Parks & Recreation, National Resources Defense Council and North East Trees. |
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