Second Class Sidewalks

Add First Street from Vignes to Alameda due to Gold Line construction.

They have it right under the Brockman & Roosevelt on 7th street. They set up a pedestrian path on the sidewalks underneath the renovation.

I've often noticed and been annoyed by the same thing. I likved in Europe for several years and never noticed a similar situation there.

I do recall, however, that there was a pedestrian walkway erected in front of Grand Central Market for a time.

This happens all over L.A. showing the city's true colors when it comes to its treatment of pedestrians. It's particularly sad that it's so common Downtown. One of the most annoying examples of this is the sidewalk in front of the new Ralphs on 9th street... and we all know how long that place has been under construction.

This happens in Chicago as well. Right now the Washington and State Red Line station downtown is closed for construction, and the sidewalk is closed. You are walking down the sidewalk and run into a wall... they don't even block it at the corner so you wont walk down partway and have to turn around and go back.

Walking from LADOT to Union Station yesterday, the northwest side of Los Angeles Street is closed north of Arcade Street, so I walked on the southeast side. When I reached Alameda street, I was met with a "no pedestrian crossing" sign and walked north on alameda in the road where the sidewalk was also blocked by construction. If they want to close a sidewalk, they should have the courtesy to let you know at the nearest adjacent crosswalk that either side is closed. When I used to design work zone traffic control plans, this was common practice.

If I understand correctly, you are suggesting that LA should take away either on-street parking and/or a traffic lane--causing real inconvenience to automobile users--just so people can engage in this freakish, unnatural activity you call "walking." Are you MAD? This is Los Angeles!

Hey.....a scaffolding w/ a pedestrian passageway has now been put up on the Market Lofts Flower street side. Hopefully they can get this around the building. And, so far, they've kept the on-street pedestrian passageway on 717 Flower construction on Flower street. First the APT and now the scaffolding, great job Eric!

The sidewalks around Concerto should really be reopened. They dug a deep hole and haven't done anything else for what? 6 or 8 months? They never even dug up the sidewalk on Figueroa. It would take a fence company about and hour to move the fence back 5 feet. They could then easily move it back again should they decide to restart the project. They'd have to move the trailers to reopen the sidewalks on 9th (assuming the concrete is still there) but that would take less than a grand in labor. Why are they still inconveniencing everyone?