Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

Is Reynolds the Antidote to L.A.’s Defeatist Attitude on Transportation?

By Damien Newton | Jul 22, 2014 | 16 Comments

Should Mayor Eric Garcetti have hired someone with more Los Angeles experience to run Los Angeles’ Department of Transportation? With San Francisco’s Seleta Reynolds chosen as the incoming department head, there’s been a small buzz that only someone with direct experience with our region can handle making L.A. a better place to live. It has […]

Showdown Over Bike/Walk Funds Missing from Metro Short Range Plan

By Joe Linton | Jul 14, 2014 | No Comments

Metro’s Short Term Transportation Plan is on the agenda for this Wednesday’s Metro board Planning and Programming Committee. The SRTP is the agency’s $88 billion plan for the next 10 years. Though concerns have been raised about technology, articulated buses, and extending the Gold Line east of Azusa, the main point of contention appears to […]

City Planners Listen to Stakeholders Regarding Potential for Bike Lanes Along Boyle and Soto

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 11, 2014 | 7 Comments

As I pedaled my way up the hill towards Mariachi Plaza, I had to dodge a skateboarder coming straight at me at a rather significant clip. It’s not the first time I’ve seen a skateboarder in the middle of the road there. The eastbound stretch of 1st between Boyle Ave. and Pecan St. is quite […]

S.F. Supervisors Commend Pedestrian Safety Champion Seleta Reynolds

By Joe Linton | Jul 10, 2014 | No Comments

For a quick preview of what Seleta Reynolds has to offer Los Angeles, watch this video of her commendation appearance before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors two days ago. Reynolds’ item begins at 00:43. San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim, in a glowing speech, praised the departing San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency manager. Kim states, in […]

LADOT Has Completed More Than 50 Miles of Road Diet Bike Lanes

By Joe Linton | Jul 2, 2014 | 8 Comments

Earlier in 2014, the national Streetsblog Network website highlighted BikeSD’s coverage of the city of San Diego’s first road diet bike lanes. Streetsblog Los Angeles has covered quite a few city of Los Angeles road diets over the past few years; most of them non-controversial, including 7th Street, Grand Avenue, Hoover Street, and Myra Avenue. A few of […]

Council Approves Garcetti Nominee Seleta Reynolds to Head LADOT

By Joe Linton | Jul 1, 2014 | 2 Comments

In a unanimous vote 13-0 this morning, the Los Angeles City Council approved Seleta Reynolds, Mayor Eric Garcetti’s nominee to head the Los Angeles City Transportation Department (LADOT). The approval means that Reynolds will take the General Manager reins of LADOT starting August 11th, 2014. Reynolds replaces Jon Kirk Mukri, who became DOT’s head after former GM […]

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