Spoiler alert: Competitive walking is involved How do Americans move through their cities" Here at Curbed, we?re super curious about the transportation habits of regular folks. So, using a diary format, we?re asking real people to track their multimodal journeys for a week and report back with the highs and lows of what it takes to get around town.
Jessica Meaney is executive director of Investing in Place, a Los Angeles nonprofit focused on getting transportation investments to the communities that need them most, which means she does a lot of sidewalk advocacy work.
In addition, she?s got a captivating Instagram account, @SidewalksinLA, where she captures the good and bad of LA underfoot using #LAsidewalks. Here?s Meaney?s extremely walk-heavy Transit Diary. Tuesday, January 30
My workday starts right in my own neighborhood. I?ve been a renter in Echo Park since 2002, living less than a half-mile from Sunset Boulevard and a super-busy Metro bus hub where I can catch the 2, 4, and 704. I ride the 200 a lot, which stops nearby, too. That?s how I usually get to work. I load cash value on my TAP card?a monthly pass doesn?t make sense because I combine it with riding my own bike, Lyfting, and using the Metro bike share. It?s rad because my job covers my TAP card and Metro bike share costs.
Today, though, I walk to a press conference near my house with Councilmember Mitch O?Farrell. The city is installing a new crosswalk and signal on a dangerous part of Sunset Boul...