Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

Glendale-Hyperion Bridge Political Contortions Forcing Unsafe Compromise Design

By Joe Linton | Dec 19, 2014 | 47 Comments

Last night, the Citizens Advisory Committee for the design of the new Glendale-Hyperion Bridge met to discuss the city’s latest proposal. L.A.’s historic Glendale-Hyperion Bridge opened in 1927. It connects the Los Angeles communities of Silver Lake and Atwater Village. About ten years ago, city plans to renovate the bridge got underway. In 2013, the city […]

Orange Line BRT Speed Improvements Caught In Inter-Agency Delays

By Joe Linton | Dec 18, 2014 | 79 Comments

I was hoping to write a couple of happy stories this week about the Metro Orange Line. The San Fernando Valley’s highly-regarded workhorse Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) opened in 2005. Lately, a new pedestrian tunnel and faster bus speeds seemed imminent. These facilities would save time for the Orange Line’s 30,000 daily riders. Earlier this week, I […]

L.A. Council Approves Call for Projects List with Cedillo Snub Intact

By Joe Linton | Dec 17, 2014 | 15 Comments

Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council approved the list of projects [PDF] that the city plans to submit for Metro Call for Projects funding. Overall, the Call list includes a lot of great projects that reflect that many L.A. City elected officials and the city’s Transportation Department (LADOT) are truly pursuing greater livability and safety. Unfortunately, the […]

NoHo Ped Tunnel Construction Underway, To Connect Orange and Red Lines

By Joe Linton | Dec 16, 2014 | 37 Comments

Construction is underway for a new tunnel that will make it easier for riders to transfer between Metro’s Orange and Red Lines. Per Metro’s fact sheet [PDF], the new tunnel, officially the North Hollywood Station Underpass project, is expected to be completed in Spring 2016. Riders are already detouring around the pedestrian-unfriendly construction site barriers. The […]

Cedillo Insults Bikes as L.A. Gears Up for Metro 2015 Call for Projects

By Joe Linton | Dec 11, 2014 | 18 Comments

The Metro Call for Projects (the Call) competitively grants transportation funding to L.A. County cities to build various transportation projects. Metro’s next Call for Projects will take place in 2015, with cities applying in late January, and awardees announced by mid-2015. The Call takes place every other year. In the recent past, Metro’s Call was […]

LADOT’s New Broadway Pre-Project Report Heralds Data-Driven Evaluation

By Joe Linton | Nov 26, 2014 | 3 Comments

Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Transportation Department (LADOT) released a new report entitled Broadway Dress Rehearsal: Pre-Installation Existing Conditions Report 2014 [PDF]. The handsome 82-page report is full of facts, figures and graphs all detailing the “safety, public life, and economic” conditions on Broadway from 2nd Street to 11th Street in downtown Los Angeles. This stretch of […]

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