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A Look at LADOT’s Annual Report and Bike Lane Implementation

By Joe Linton | Sep 18, 2015 | 9 Comments

The city of Los Angeles Transportation Department (LADOT) released its fiscal year 2014-2015 Annual Report [PDF] last week. From the LADOT General Manager’s message introducing the report: This year alone, we responded to 18,381 citizen requests, installed 38.2 miles of bikeways, helped Angelenos get to 300 special events, and kept Metro on track to deliver 26 new […]

Rowena Avenue Forum Reveals Significant Common Ground

By Joe Linton | Sep 15, 2015 | 22 Comments

In 2012, Ashley Sandau was walking across Rowena Avenue and was hit and killed by a motorist. Then-Los Angeles City Councilmember Tom LaBonge spearheaded efforts to make Rowena safer. The city Transportation Department (LADOT) implemented a road diet on Rowena. The street had two travel lanes in each direction. These were reduced to one travel […]

This Week’s L.A. Transportation Committee: Vision Zero, Parking, CicLAvia

By Joe Linton | Sep 10, 2015 | 1 Comment

Yesterday’s Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee touched on a number of items related to Los Angeles livability. Below is a brief recap of highlights. All these committee actions still need to be approved by the full city council before going into effect. Vision Zero and Pedestrian Enforcement – Council File 15-0546 This is the second committee […]

Why LADOT Won’t Have Its Portion of the Expo Bikeway Done Anytime Soon

By Jonathan Weiss | Sep 9, 2015 | 17 Comments

I am City Councilmember Paul Koretz’ appointee to the City of Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC). Former councilmember Jack Weiss (no relation) appointed me in 2006; Paul Koretz kept me on. The BAC charter says, “The purpose of the BAC is to act in an advisory capacity to the Mayor, City Council Members, and […]

First Round of Great Streets Improvements Continue on Cesar Chavez; City Says Community Engagement on Horizon

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 2, 2015 | 10 Comments

Tracking the Great Streets program as it has begun to unfold around town has, at times, been a bit of an exercise in frustration. Which never fails to strike me as odd, given Mayor Eric Garcetti’s declaration that the transformation of the 15 chosen streets into gathering places would happen via a “bottom-up and community-based […]

Vision Zero 101: Bike Lanes Are Not Parking Spaces

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 28, 2015 | 24 Comments

Tap tap tap. The parking enforcement officer looked up from his phone. When he rolled down his window, I smiled and asked politely about his having parked in the bike lane on Los Angeles Street. There was a long pause. “And?” he raised his eyebrows. Having only expected some, not total, disdain, I stuttered my […]

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