Compton Installs Rubber Medians to Deter Street Takeovers

LA city’s simpleminded solution for violent street takeovers mercilessly mocked: ‘They gonna drift around it’

Compton’s new rubber medians are drawing online ridicule, but street takeovers have dropped 45% after the city installed the barriers at major hotspots.

Compton installs rubber medians to deter street takeovers

Compton installed rubber medians to deter street takeovers in some of the city's most notorious hotspots.

Compton Unveils a Physical Road Barrier to Shut Down Street Takeovers

Following a surge in illegal street takeovers across Southern California—including a recent incident in South Los Angeles that escalated into the looting of a grocery store—the city of Compton has launched a new physical strategy to reclaim its intersections. Instead…

Compton Rubber Medians Target Street Takeovers

Compton installed rubber medians at three intersections, cutting street takeovers 45% but pushing sideshows to unequipped streets nearby.