@JamesRojas

Latino Urbanism, Artist, Community Engagement. Co-writing book with John Kamp for @IslandPress

 Los Angeles, Bay Area
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See this Instagram post by @librosschmibros instagram.com/p/DLV9GYavDvo/…
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Rebuilding the city from the bottom up youtu.be/z6vbxUBLfgM?si=RdSC… via @YouTube

Rebuilding the city from the Bottom-Up

As part of "reclaiming the city" I facilitated a kick-off activity ...

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Los Angeles, 1925: “Looking down and up the tracks my eye encountered an unbroken procession of automobiles, firmly occupying the center of the street car track.” — Estelle Lawton Lindsey, columnist, former L.A. city council member and streetcar passenger, 1925.
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This is half of LA Drivers
Los Angeles Dept. of Transformation@LA_DOTr27 Oct 2024
This Los Angeles character brings the full package: • Honks at bicycles riding legally • Punish-passes bicycles dangerously close • Has an illegal license plate cover • Parks like a douche Don't be that guy.
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Join the Reconnecting Pasadena team for a Youth Workshop on Friday, 9/6, or Saturday, 9/7 at the Circadian Room at Pasadena City College (1570 E Colorado Blvd.)! The workshop will include model-building, history of the stub, how the project could improve connectivity, and more!
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Enjoy your trip, so-called "Raza".
🇺🇸 Hey Bert!🇲🇽@Limas102126 Aug 2024
Replying to @laloalcaraz
La Raza for Trump! 🇺🇸🇲🇽
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'This bus just got hijacked.' Fight to make L.A. transit safer embroiled in infighting, lawsuit says latimes.com/california/story…

'This bus just got hijacked.' Fight to make L.A. transit safer embroiled in infighting, lawsuit says

As ridership slumped and drug use became rampant, tensions rose between Metro's CEO and head of security, a new lawsuit alleges.

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Place Never uses language as the base
Danielle Zoe Rivera@danielle_zoe15 Jul 2024
This is going right onto my Fall syllabus! I've been talking to my Participation students about this, and am so thrilled to see a publication on the subject!
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I surprised LA is still doing these painted streets.
StreetsblogLA@StreetsblogLA29 Jun 2024
Looks like the North Hollywood People St. plaza (off Lankershim just north of Magnolia) got a recent paint refresh
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Looks like the North Hollywood People St. plaza (off Lankershim just north of Magnolia) got a recent paint refresh
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Having installed many LA bus shelters these white bus shelters will attacked graffiti.
Councilmember Nithya Raman@cd4losangeles28 Jun 2024
We have a huge shortage of bus shelters here in the City of Los Angeles – and in a city that gets this hot, that is outrageous. We cannot ask people to take public transit in order to meet our climate goals unless they can expect to be safe and comfortable.
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We have a huge shortage of bus shelters here in the City of Los Angeles – and in a city that gets this hot, that is outrageous. We cannot ask people to take public transit in order to meet our climate goals unless they can expect to be safe and comfortable.
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Enjoy our latest article on the springtime benefits of walking which was inspired by our recent trip to Chicago, and our Oakland neighborhood. The Missing Flower Power in Walkability and Neighborhood Vitality tinyurl.com/3xnzup8c
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Let LA elderly ride safely! They want to ride buses and trains, but they're afraid. For riders old and young, Metro must be safer latimes.com/california/story…

Column: They want to ride buses and trains, but they're afraid. For riders old and young, Metro...

Metro passengers are scared: 'I’ve lived in L.A. all my life, and I’ve never seen the level of violence that I’m seeing now. It’s like an insane asylum'

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Re-Imagine the Santa Monica Airport through Play: Interactive Planning Workshop Notes santamonicanext.org/2013/11/… via @santamonicanext

Re-Imagine the Santa Monica Airport through Play: Interactive Planning Workshop Notes - Santa...

(James Rojas, the renowned urban planner who led the "Clover Park Creative Community Engagement Project" at last weekend's Airport2Park picnic was nice enough to share his notes from the day with us....

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James Rojas retweeted
Heather Boyer@HMBoyer7 May 2024
Stop by the ⁦@IslandPress⁩ table at the ⁦@NACTO⁩ designing cities conference and see new books by ⁦@AnnaZivarts⁩ ⁦⁦@humantransit⁩ ⁦@christofspieler⁩ ⁦@VeronicaODavis⁩
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Places to Check Out… open.substack.com/pub/planni…
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Man accused of killing woman on L.A. subway is linked to earlier violence on Metro train latimes.com/california/story…

Man accused of killing woman on L.A. subway is linked to earlier violence on Metro train

Elliot Tramel Nowden, 45, is being held in a Van Nuys jail on $2-million bail in connection with the fatal stabbing.

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This has to stop. Man accused of killing woman on L.A. subway is linked to earlier violence on Metro train latimes.com/california/story…

Man accused of killing woman on L.A. subway is linked to earlier violence on Metro train

Elliot Tramel Nowden, 45, is being held in a Van Nuys jail on $2-million bail in connection with the fatal stabbing.

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