Let’s be honest: At this point, not much more needs to be said about the merit of putting a bike lane on Westwood Boulevard through the village. Daily Bruin columnists and the Daily Bruin Editorial Board have shown how a designated lane will make the street safer by reducing collisions. UCLA Transportation and Emergency Medical […]
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Submission: Westwood’s walkable street culture should be prioritized
Up until the 1990s, Westwood Village offered much more in the way of amenities and excitement, but in recent decades the area has seen much less activity and becomes especially quiet during evenings. This is a strange phenomenon; after all, if UCLA can scatter some $12.7 billion a year throughout the L.A. region, why can’t […]
Submission: UCLA should revive green spaces on campus
The conventional view is that the UCLA campus goes into sleep mode during the summer, and that the weeks of late September bear witness to the rebirth of life on campus. But in one key respect, the opposite phenomenon occurs: throughout the summer, the grass fields in front of Royce Hall and below Janss steps […]