Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

North Figueroa Bike Lanes: Public Safety Reps Against Public Safety Project

By Joe Linton | May 16, 2014 | 89 Comments

At last week’s North Figueroa Street bike lane meeting there was a contentious debate. Cyclists are urging installation of road diet bike lanes to improve safety for all. Bike lanes were approved in the city’s 2010 Bike Plan; L.A.’s Transportation Department (LADOT) studied the lanes extensively, and appeared to be on the verge of installing them. Then a […]

L.A. Councilmember O’Farrell Opens New Sunset Plaza Bike Repair Stand

By Joe Linton | Apr 28, 2014 | 1 Comment

This morning, Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell opened a new public bike repair stand. The repair stand is located at the Sunset Triangle Park Plaza. The Department of Transportation (LADOT) crews put the finishing touches on the installation while O’Farrell stood with LADOT and local business owners. An audience of a couple dozen supporters […]

News Bites from BikeLA Webinar: Gap, Parking, Cycle Tracks, Metrolink

By Joe Linton | Apr 18, 2014 | No Comments

Last night, the city of Los Angeles Departments of Transportation (LADOT) and City Planning (DCP) hosted a webinar to introduce L.A. cyclists to what are called the “second year study corridors” for the L.A. City Bicycle Plan. The webinar included a presentation and a question and answer session. The unscripted Q&A yielded a handful of newsworthy […]

Eyes On The Street: Broadway’s Got New Bulb-Outs

By Joe Linton | Apr 17, 2014 | 5 Comments

Crews are out this week doing striping and new crosswalks for a project called Broadway’s Dress Rehearsal. Broadway is, arguably, Los Angeles’ most heavily pedestrian street. The current project reallocates former car-lane space to make way for pedestrians. It’s no secret that the transformation here is inspired by NYC’s relatively-inexpensive street plazas, including Times Square. […]

Pop-Up Plaza Enhances Art Walk, Hints at What Could Be in Leimert

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 1, 2014 | No Comments

As we watched the group led by female elders drumming their way toward us, Rashida, a vendor of wonderful-smelling body scrubs, leaned over and said, “You can’t get this anywhere else in L.A.!” She’s so right. For the last four years, the monthly art walk in Leimert Park has brought together community, culture, art, and […]

March Transpo Committee Recap: SRTS, Counts, Parking and Commish Bayne

By Joe Linton | Mar 27, 2014 | 3 Comments

Yesterday’s Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee meeting featured a number of livability issues that deserve more in-depth attention: Safe Routes to School, bicycle and pedestrian traffic counts, parking privatization, and more. SBLA will do a brief re-cap, and will track and report on these issues more in the future. The Top 50 List You […]

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