Alissa Walker
@awalkerinla.bsky.social
I'm a writer and a walker in LA. Tracking the city's megaevent progress at Torched. Co-host LA Podcast, new episodes drop every Monday. LAUSD mom. @awalkerinla everywhere else. Sign up for my newsletter at torched.la 🔥
Even a space captain can see this isn't the future
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Even a space captain can see this isn't the future
And the interim safety improvements are in! Look what we can do in a single day! How do we make this happen without sacrificing our children
Today LADOT installed official crosswalks and interim quick-build traffic circle at 4th & New Hampshire in #Koreatown
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
And the interim safety improvements are in! Look what we can do in a single day! How do we make this happen without sacrificing our children
Just gotta keep saying it over and over until it sinks in ☺️ thank you for all your important work 🙏🏼
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just gotta keep saying it over and over until it sinks in ☺️ thank you for all your important work 🙏🏼
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This is why I think #weekwithoutdriving is so valuable. It's about recognizing that involunary nondrivers exist in every community and trying to understand our mobility needs.
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is why I think #weekwithoutdriving is so valuable. It's about recognizing that involunary nondrivers exist in every community and trying to understand our mobility needs.
📣 Transit ridership (with no rail system) was higher right before the 1984 Olympics than it is now
Also I did a whole radio segment about that song
Also I did a whole radio segment about that song
Nobody Walks in LA | Studio 360 | WNYC
In 1982, the Missing Persons song “Walking in LA”quickly made Los Angeles the poster child for a national bad habit. The refrain — “Nobody walks in LA” — became an unofficial mott...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
📣 Transit ridership (with no rail system) was higher right before the 1984 Olympics than it is now
Also I did a whole radio segment about that song
Also I did a whole radio segment about that song
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...And there are lot more people who don't have the choice to drive then we want to recognize.
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
...And there are lot more people who don't have the choice to drive then we want to recognize.
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...and access in our communities, choice nondrivers don't see that there are people taking that two-hour, multiple transfer bus trip, people with less choices than they have. It's not a moral or ethical choice not to drive for involuntary nondrivers. It's life...
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
...and access in our communities, choice nondrivers don't see that there are people taking that two-hour, multiple transfer bus trip, people with less choices than they have. It's not a moral or ethical choice not to drive for involuntary nondrivers. It's life...
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...are part of this too, but just a part. However most transportation advocacy spaces are made up of almost all "choice" nondrivers. Or people who try to use other transportation options but still do drive when it's too inconvenient to take transit, walk or bike. with the extreme divides in wealth..
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
...are part of this too, but just a part. However most transportation advocacy spaces are made up of almost all "choice" nondrivers. Or people who try to use other transportation options but still do drive when it's too inconvenient to take transit, walk or bike. with the extreme divides in wealth..
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I think this comes from a couple of different places. One nondrivers are largely invisible in 'legitimate' spaces because of who we are - poor people, black and brown people, immigrants, people with suspended licenses, disabled people, seniors and children/youth. "Choice" nondrivers...
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I think this comes from a couple of different places. One nondrivers are largely invisible in 'legitimate' spaces because of who we are - poor people, black and brown people, immigrants, people with suspended licenses, disabled people, seniors and children/youth. "Choice" nondrivers...
Truly says it all
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Truly says it all
Please read, share, and subscribe to Torched where we will never define people based on their driving status!
And please also read Anna Zivarts' excellent book "When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency" which is linked in the first paragraph of this story
And please also read Anna Zivarts' excellent book "When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency" which is linked in the first paragraph of this story
One-third of Angelenos do not drive
Walking back the "car-free" games promise is unconscionable in a city where the people who don't drive are also the most vulnerable users of our streets
www.torched.la
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Please read, share, and subscribe to Torched where we will never define people based on their driving status!
And please also read Anna Zivarts' excellent book "When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency" which is linked in the first paragraph of this story
And please also read Anna Zivarts' excellent book "When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency" which is linked in the first paragraph of this story
That's what the study is all about!
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
That's what the study is all about!