Damien Newton
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City Unveils First Serious Draft Plan to Address Sidewalk Repair. Public Is Split.
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Following a legal settlement in the summer of 2014, Angelenos have been waiting on the city to finally announce its plan to bring the city’s sidewalks into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Over three quarters of a year later, the city has released its draft plan, and the City Council is planning a […]
Bike Lanes, Partially Green and Partially Buffered, Appear on Westwood North of Le Conte
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Westwood and Le Conte is sort of a magical intersection for me. In 2008, the city’s first Sharrows appeared just north of Le Conte on Westwood Blvd. In 2010, Westwood and Le Conte teamed up again as the home of “30 seconds of Awesome,” in its scramble crosswalk. Those were both big stories for early Streetsblog L.A. […]
Celebrate Two Streetsie Wins This Friday in Eagle Rock
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Streetsblog is excited to confirm that we will have a small celebration of the 2014 Streetsie wins of Jose Huizar and Nate Lucero this Friday in Eagle Rock! Following a brief bike ride from Organix on Colorado Boulevard we will have a brief presentation of our Elected Leader of the Year and our Journalist of […]
The Week in Livable Streets Events
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There’s a lot of warmup for advocates readying for next week’s rumored showdown over the Hyperion Bridge at the City Council Gangs and Public Works Committee. City Council Transportation Committee! Metro Board times two! CicLAvia! Wednesday – The City Council Transportation Committee meets at 2 p.m. at City Hall. Mostly, the committee is discussing some of […]
Public Hearing: Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station Improvement Project
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Metro is developing plans to improve Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station where the Blue and Green lines meet. The public is invited to attend a public hearing to provide comments on the Draft Initial Study for the Station Improvement Project. In 2011, the Metro Board of Directors adopted the Rosa Parks Station Master Plan for this busy […]
State Route 710 North Public Hearing
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Via Metro: Learn the facts. Get involved. Be part of the solution. Metro and Caltrans are evaluating transportation solutions to reduce traffic congestion and improve mobility in your community. We recently released the draft environmental document that looks at five possible solutions equally: · Bus Rapid Transit · Freeway Tunnel · Light […]
Don’t Miss Part 1 of Joe’s Interview with Donald Shoup
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Over the weekend, Joe Linton provided the perfect long-weekend reading for Livable Streets Junkies, an interview with the parking rock star Donald Shoup. The retiring professor had so much to say at his Streetsblog exit interview, that we’re splitting the piece into two parts. Part II will run on Thursday or Friday of this week. […]
SCAG Open House: Help Us Chart the Future of Southern California
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Give your thoughts on important issues in the region such as traffic and congestion, housing, air quality, open spaces, public health and the economy. Help guide the development of the 2016-2040 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS), a long-range vision for Southern California, including the counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and […]
Damien Talks Episode 3: Oakland’s Uber Advocate Chris Kidd
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Welcome to the third episode of Damien Talks, our podcast about the people and politics behind the Livable Streets Movement throughout California. Our first month broadcasting coincides with Bike Month, so we’ve been working up the coast, talking to bike advocates throughout the state. This week, Damien Talks with Chris Kidd, a board member with […]
Now It’s Long Beach Who Could Be 1st to Get Bike-Share
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It looks like Long Beach will be the first city in LA County to have a bike-share program as the City let go of its former contract with the defunct Bike Nation, handing it over to German company Nextbike. This follows the announcement earlier this year that the City would bid for a Downtown bike-share […]
Expo: Phase II Bike Path Will Open with Light Rail in 2016
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Last week, in a short article celebrating that LADOT was beginning its portion of the bikeway that will run parallel to the Expo Line in West L.A., I stated that the separated bike path portion of the route was not under construction. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Via the Expo Construction Authority comes word […]
Happy Bike Week! .1 Miles of Bike Lanes Appear Adjacent to Palms Expo Station
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While construction of the Expo Bike Path still years away, the LADOT is doing its best to complete its portion of the bikeway that will connect westsiders to the Expo Line. This week SBLA Steering Committee member Jon Weiss noticed that the bike lanes adjacent to the future Palms Station of the Expo Line were […]