Cañon Drive Came Back. Now the Rest of the Golden Triangle Is Slowing Down to Meet It.

North Cañon Drive was closed from 2019 until the morning of March 14, 2026, when it reopened to cars after the D Line subway work. Seven months later, the streets around it are being reset to match. Starting October 1, most of the Business Triangle's shopping streets drop to a 20 mph limit. A landscaped median goes in on Wilshire between Beverly and Crescent starting October 2. The station those changes lead to is forecast for spring 2027. No street is going car-free. The city is slowing the traffic on the streets it already has.

The block that reopened first

Final restriping on North Cañon was scheduled for as early as March 20. Even then, crews were still working along Wilshire between Beverly and Crescent around the Beverly Drive station. The street spent the spring regaining its traffic. In late summer it started gaining businesses.

MOTHER opened its first flagship at 351 N. Cañon Dr. in August. It includes a café serving coffee, tea, matcha and snacks, which gives a denim store a reason to keep people in the building. A block south, Joseph Kendall opened his fourth namesake salon at The Maybourne Beverly Hills, 225 N. Cañon Dr., on September 8.

The Maybourne and the plaza next door are also where this fall's biggest food event on Cañon takes place. The second annual Beverly Hills Autumn BBQ runs October 18 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the hotel and at Beverly Cañon Gardens, 241 N. Cañon Dr. It benefits No Kid Hungry, and organizers said last year's event raised $50,000. The chef lineup includes Wolfgang Puck and Byron Puck of Spago, Nancy Silverton and Alisa Vannah of Chi Spacca, Burt Bakman of SLAB, Jorge "Joy" Alvarez and Victor Delgado of Tacos 1986, Daisy Ryan of Bell's, and Eric Werner of Hartwood. General admission went from $300 to $350 after September 30, plus tax and gratuity.

So the stretch of Cañon that was a construction zone a year ago now hosts a cooking event with live stations and cocktail bars set up across the plaza.

Twenty miles an hour, nearly everywhere you shop

The October 1 ordinance lowers limits on parts of 19 streets. The biggest group drops from 25 mph to 20 mph in the commercial areas. The list reads like a map of the Triangle:

• Bedford, Camden, Cañon, Crescent, Rexford, Rodeo and Roxbury drives, from North Santa Monica Boulevard to Wilshire
• Beverly Drive, from North Santa Monica Boulevard to Whitworth Drive
• Brighton Way, from Wilshire to Crescent
• Clifton Way, from Cañon to Rexford
• Dayton Way, from Wilshire to Rexford
• Linden Drive, from South Santa Monica Boulevard to Wilshire
• South Santa Monica Boulevard, from Moreno Drive to Rexford

The roads that get you to the Triangle are slowing down too, from 35 mph to 30. That covers Benedict Cañon Drive from the northern city limits to Sunset, Doheny Drive from Phyllis Street to Santa Monica Boulevard, La Cienega from Clifton Way to Olympic, Olympic from the western city limits to Robertson, North Santa Monica Boulevard from the western city limits to Doheny, and all of San Vicente inside the city.

"These new, updated limits should lead to fewer vehicle and pedestrian crashes, making our city more enjoyable to walk and travel through." — Mayor Craig Corman

The 20 mph figure follows state law. Assembly Bill 43 took effect in 2022 and lets cities weigh crash history and nearby land uses when they set limits. It also allows qualifying business districts to go as low as 20 mph. The Beverly Press story cites the National Association of City Transportation Officials, which puts the stakes plainly: a pedestrian hit at 35 mph is five times more likely to die than one hit at 20 mph. The story says the limits will be changed in the coming weeks.

What Metro is building at the foot of Cañon

The slower limits apply across the Triangle. Metro's work this month is concentrated on the Wilshire block where Cañon meets the future station. Starting Friday, October 2, crews will install a new landscaped median on Wilshire between Beverly and Crescent. The job includes moving signal plates, saw cutting and restriping the street.

Here is what is scheduled near Wilshire in the next several weeks, along with the Triangle events on the same calendar:

While the median goes in, Metro's notice says flaggers will be stationed from near Crescent Drive through Reeves Drive. It also says pedestrian access will be kept open around the clock and parking will be restricted next to the work zone. Metro describes the schedule as subject to change and runs a 24/7 hotline at 213-922-6934. Separately from the median work, Metro's September look-ahead says construction enclosures will stay on both the north and south curbs at the station. Wilshire keeps two lanes each way, and some sidewalks may close.

Reeves Drive is where the station entrance will be. The city puts the Beverly Dr Station entrance at the southwest corner of Wilshire and Reeves and says the station plazas will have monitored bike lockers and bike hubs. A separate North Portal project was canceled in May 2024 because of cost increases. That leaves one way into the station, at Reeves.

The eastern end of the line is already running. D Line Section 1 opened May 8, 2026, including the Wilshire/La Cienega station. At a Beverly Hills community meeting in September 2026, Metro presented a forecast of spring 2027 for Section 2 service, which includes Beverly Dr. That means the median and the slower limits will be in place for at least one full season before trains arrive under Wilshire.

The doors opening and closing around it

The storefront changes this fall are spread around the Triangle and its edges. They are not all on Cañon.

On Wilshire, Israeli chef Eyal Shani opened the first Los Angeles-area location of Malka at SIXTY Beverly Hills, 9360 Wilshire Blvd. The menu is kosher and Mediterranean, with dishes only served in Beverly Hills such as melanzana and a Wild King Ora salmon bruschetta. It serves dinner Sunday through Thursday from 5 to 11 p.m. and takes Resy reservations and walk-ins. On South Beverly Drive, Lillie Frozen Yogurt plans a permanent shop at 182 S. Beverly Dr. for October. No exact opening day has been announced. Lipton Coins, Fine Art & Antiques held its public showroom grand opening September 16 at 9478 W. Olympic Blvd. and is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

On Bedford, a longtime restaurant has closed. Crustacean, which chef Helene An opened in 1995, planned its last dinner service at 468 N. Bedford Dr. for September 30. The restaurant had first announced July 29 as its last night. After the building's sale, it got a temporary lease extension, and owner Elizabeth An said it would give the restaurant time to properly thank guests and staff. An told Fox 11 News that the new owner has different plans for the site and that the family is looking at possible new locations in Calabasas or Pasadena. Until then, the House of AN group plans Crustacean pop-ups at Tiato in Santa Monica and AnQi in Orange County. No reporting so far says what will replace it.

Slower streets, no pedestrian plaza

None of the public records point to a car-free Triangle. Our research found no 2026 city or Rodeo Drive Committee plan for a permanent pedestrian plaza, a recurring car-free program or a Triangle streetscape project tied to the 2028 Olympics. The city's station FAQ covers walking and biking connections, crosswalks, streetscape amenities and wayfinding. It does not mention a separate plaza project.

What the city does have is a price list for sidewalk space. Under the FY 2026-27 fee schedule, parklets on North Rodeo, North Cañon, North Beverly and Beverly Cañon Gardens lease for $2.15 per square foot per month. Parklets on other Triangle streets and South Beverly lease for $1.90. The city charges more for outdoor tables on four of the Triangle's busiest pedestrian frontages, North Cañon among them, than for the same space a few blocks away.

The full car-free version still happens only for events. Council approved the 2026 Rodeo Drive Holiday Lighting Celebration at its September 1 study session. For that event, Rodeo will close from South Santa Monica Boulevard to Wilshire, along with parts of Dayton Way and Brighton Way, from 9 p.m. on November 18 to 6 a.m. on November 20. The celebration itself is free and takes place on Thursday, November 19. North on Santa Monica Boulevard, installation of Route 66 banners designed by Vinnie Hager began August 12.

The city's approach is to keep cars on these streets but slow them down. The 20 mph limits, the median between Beverly and Crescent and the single entrance at Reeves fit that pattern, and the subway arrives in spring 2027.

Questions about how the new limits, the Wilshire median or the Reeves station entrance affect your block or a property you're thinking about selling? The Carrabba Group follows Triangle changes street by street and can tell you what is scheduled near any address before you list. Work With Us.