Recent searches
Search options
A century ago, Los Angeles passed an ordinance that put cars above people. That model spread worldwide—even to cities where car ownership is low.
via bsky @itsinternational.bsky.social
https://www.itsinternational.com/feature/walk-dont-walk-actually-just-dont-walk
ITS InternationalWalk | Don’t Walk – actually, just Don’t WalkIn 1925 a traffic ordinance was introduced in Los Angeles. The 100-year anniversary is significant because, transportation historian Peter Norton suggests, the law in effect set the blueprint for car-dependency across the US. Adam Hill asks him how…
The idea that streets exist primarily for cars wasn’t inevitable—it was engineered in a time when car ownership in LA was low. The 1925 ordinance became the blueprint for restricting pedestrian movement worldwide, even to places where today most people don’t own cars.
