Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

New Bike Lanes Striped On Wilshire Boulevard In Westwood Condo Canyon

By Joe Linton | Aug 5, 2016 | 4 Comments

The city of L.A. Department of Transportation (LADOT) is putting the finishing touches on new bike lanes on Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood. The new bike lanes run 0.7 miles from Selby Avenue to Beverly Glen Boulevard. They extend the existing Wilshire bike lanes that currently run 0.2 miles from Beverly Glen to Comstock Avenue. The new bike […]

LADOT Quietly Hosting Vision Zero Community Engagement Meetings

By Joe Linton | Jul 26, 2016 | 6 Comments

Streetsblog L.A. attended the city of L.A. Transportation Department (LADOT) Vision Zero meeting last night in Hollywood. The meeting was the fourth second in a series of ten Vision Zero community engagement meetings hosted by LADOT and their consultant, MIG. The meetings resume tonight in Echo Park, and continue through August 10 in various L.A. neighborhoods […]

Downtown L.A. Celebrates New Protected Bike Lanes On Los Angeles Street

By Joe Linton | Jun 17, 2016 | 23 Comments

Downtown L.A. now has protected bike lanes! Woooot! Wooooot! Not just a block-long tunnel, but full-on grown-up Euro-style protected bike lanes. The newly opened half-mile-long Los Angeles Street protected bike lanes feature bicycle signals, floating bus stop islands, neon-green merge zones and two-phase left turn markings, not to mention freshly resurfaced pavement. All just in time […]

Los Angeles Street Protected Bike Lanes Ribbon-Cutting This Thursday

By Joe Linton | Jun 14, 2016 | 12 Comments

The city of Los Angeles has a brand new full-featured protected bike lane. It is on downtown L.A.’s Los Angeles Street, connecting Union Station with First Street, running literally in the shadow of Los Angeles City Hall. Construction began in April and was recently completed. Celebrate the newly completed lanes with Councilmember Jose Huizar and the […]

West Hollywood and L.A. Celebrate New Fairfax Avenue Bike Lanes

By Joe Linton | Jun 10, 2016 | 6 Comments

The cities of West Hollywood and Los Angeles celebrated the grand opening of a collaborative project yesterday: 1.2 miles of bike lanes on Fairfax Avenue. The new bike lanes extend from Melrose Avenue to Hollywood Boulevard. The northern end of the lanes were striped by the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) in 2014. […]

L.A. City Faces Devil’s Bargain: Increase Limits To Allow Speed Enforcement

By Joe Linton | Jun 9, 2016 | 139 Comments

Over the course of the next two years, the city of Los Angeles plans to increase speed limits on many of its major streets. Why? According to the Police (LAPD) and Transportation (LADOT) Departments and due to pernicious state laws, cities are required to frequently study and increase speed limits to be able to actually […]

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