Glendale Speaks: Turning Community Feedback Into Art
This past week, Here LA installed a temporary art piece that illustrated a year's worth of feedback from community workshops in the City of Glendale, as part of the City's Pedestrian Plan.
One Arroyo
Here LA is currently working on the One Arroyo project with the City of Pasadena.
See You at the California American Planning Association (APA) Conference This Weekend!
Here LA will be at the California APA conference, September 23 - 26 in Sacramento.
Blue Line Summer Series Slauson Station Pop Up
Fun times again at the Blue Line Summer Series, this time at the Slauson Station, together with LA Metro, Trust South LA, LA Conservation Corps, Fehr & Peers, and Metro Bike Hub.
Testing, Testing: Temporary Urban Murals
Here LA is in the workshop this week exploring public murals as a city place making tool.
Blue Line Summer Series Slauson and Vernon
The Blue Line Summer Series continues on August 23rd at Slauson Station and August 27th near Vernon Station.
Having Fun In Front of the Green Screen
Here LA's Amber Hawkes and Shannon Davis visited Planetizen's LA office today in Koreatown to film a segment for Planetizen Courses about First/Last Mile and 'Storytelling'.
Blue Line Summer Series Downtown Long Beach Pop-Up
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Metro Blue Line Summer Series Pop-Up in DTLB, Promenade Square Park!
Blue Line Summer Events are Coming
Be sure to join us on August 6th for a pop-up event for the Metro Blue Line First/Last Mile Summer Series!
Global Street Design Guide
We have been enjoying using the Global Street Design Guide in the office! The Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI) and NACTO have teamed together to create a graphically rich and informative resource manual for planners and urban designers.
Two Awards for Here LA and the City of Santa Monica
Here LA is proud to accept two new awards along with the City of Santa Monica for the Creative Crosswalks Pilot Project: the 2017 APA LA Award of Excellence for Urban Design and the 2017 Westside Urban Forum Award of Merit for Public Open Space.
West Hollywood's Pedestrian & Bicycle Mobility Plan Approved by City Council
This week, the West Hollywood City Council approved the Pedestrian and Bicycle Mobility Plan, which Here LA has been working on for the past year.
See You at the APA National Conference this Weekend in NYC!
Here LA's Shannon Davis will be speaking at this year's American Planning Association (APA) National Conference, which will be held this weekend, May 6 - 9 in New York.
See You at the 2017 West Coast Urban District Forum
Here LA’s Amber Hawkes will be speaking at the 2017 West Coast Urban District Forum about: “Using Tactical Urbanism for Testing, Engaging, and Building Community.”
Long Beach Bicycle Master Plan Approved!
Last night, the Long Beach City Council approved the Bicycle Master Plan. The Long Beach Bicycle Master Plan serves as the foundation for creating a more bicycle-friendly City.
Come Check Out the Community Workshop in Burbank this Weekend
This weekend, Here LA will join the City of Burbank and AECOM for the first community workshop for the Golden State Specific Plan, which covers the area east of the Burbank Airport.
Here LA Welcomes Urban Designer Chad So to the Team
Here LA is pleased to welcome Chad So to our team as Urban Designer!
Pasadena Street Design Guide
Here LA will be heading to the City of Pasadena to help host a workshop on the City's Street Design Guide project.
NACTO's City Data Sharing Principles
With the increased amount of information cities will be receiving through the new Uber Movement Data (an online database that was recently released to help cities access anonymous transit-demand and trip-related data), NACTO has issued a City Data Sharing Principles policy to help identify the type of data that will most benefit transportation planning.
Here LA's Shannon Davis and Amber Hawkes are Teaching at UCLA
Shannon and Amber are teaching Visual Communication for urban planning Masters students this quarter at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs along with Georgia Sheridan, AICP, Transportation Planning Manager at LA Metro.