The Coalition

The Hyperion Street Safety Coalition includes organizations, business owners, tenants, residents, schools, and students in the Los Feliz and Silver Lake communities who seek to prioritize safety and mobility on the 1.5 mile stretch of roadway extending from Hyperion Ave at Rowena Ave to Fountain Ave at Sunset Blvd.

We are partnering to build a multi-benefit active transportation infrastructure on Hyperion and Fountain Avenues that will result in Sustainable Mobility, Urban Cooling, Improved Health and Livability, and Thriving Businesses, while serving as a model for Community Resilience. Join us!

• >500 member coalition!
• 70 local businesses + 25 schools/local organizations have been engaged
• 66 local residents attended 3 virtual meetings with unanimous support
• 27 community members joined group walks, providing real-time feedback 
• 62 personal stories collected, showing dire need for change
• 13 engagement events

Since 2017, community members have engaged with CD4, CD13 and LADOT; prepared a collision analysis of The Avenue; conducted speed radar tests; hosted walk audits; staged pop-up events; met for virtual meetings; and hosted Community Mixers.

The Coalition was formally initiated in 2021 as a natural outgrowth of the numerous conversations held by the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council. We knew support was needed across multiple jurisdictions due to the complexity of the site – Hyperion and Fountain Avenues sit on the border of 2 Council Districts and align with 3 Neighorhood Councils. By growing our coalition of supporters, we hope to prove to our elected officials that will not stop until we have enacted a safety action plan.

We continue to reach out directly to our representatives and stakeholders for their official endorsements and to urgently prioritize funding for capital improvements to install signalized high-visibility crosswalks, at a minimum. We are also reaching out to new businesses and residents that move here. If you know of a group or individual who is unfamiliar with our coalition, please make an introduction! And if you would like to volunteer your time writing letters, making phone calls, or organizing the next community mixer, please reach out to us. We’d love to hear from you! Hyperion-safety@losfeliznc.org