Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

Eyes on the Street…L.A.’s First Protected Bike Lane

By Damien Newton | Dec 6, 2013 | 40 Comments

Last night, Los Angeles got its first protected bike lane last night when a series of plastic dividers went up in the Second Street Tunnel between Figueroa and Hill Street. Currently, the physical separators are only up in the tunnel despite bike lanes existing on either side. In total, the bike lanes extend from North Spring […]

Jon Kirk Mukri Chats with City Council on LADOT Staff and Multi-Modalism

By Damien Newton | Dec 5, 2013 | 2 Comments

On his third day in the office, Interim LADOT General Manager Jon Kirk Mukri appeared in front of the City Council Transportation Committee to discuss the future of the Department. After an opening statement that included several nods to multi-modalism, Transportation Committee Chair Mike Bonin cut right to the chase, asking Mukri how he would […]

The Next Reader Q and A: Jon Kirk Mukri

By Damien Newton | Dec 2, 2013 | 20 Comments

It’s been awhile since we’ve published a reader question and answer article. With the arrival of Interim General Manager Jon Kirk Mukri to the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, now seemed a great time to bring back this old series. You pick the questions, we’ll submit them to Mukri through the LADOT press office. Mukri […]

LADOT Announces TAP Card Design Contest

By Damien Newton | Nov 14, 2013 | 1 Comment

When Metro released special TAP cards for the opening of the Expo Line, I was intrigued. Why, I wondered, doesn’t Metro do more interesting things with TAP design all of the time? Why the insistence on selling these boring blue cards? Over the past year and a half, we’ve seen some other unique TAP designs, […]

Riders Reclaim Central Ave. for Bikes for a Few Happy Hours

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 5, 2013 | No Comments

For much of the time that I lived in Sevilla, Spain, I lived adjacent to the surprisingly still-formidable walls that once surrounded the old city and were constructed (for the second time) in the 11th century. History was everywhere you looked, often making the connection between past and present seamless. Because so many of the […]

Gabe Klein to Resign From Chicago DOT at End of Month

By Steven Vance | Nov 1, 2013 | No Comments

With two and a half years of service under his belt as Chicago’s transportation commissioner — not to mention 300 bike-share stations — Gabe Klein announced that he will be resigning at the end of November. A lot changed since Klein arrived. He oversaw a major reorganization of the transportation department, the creation of Chicago Forward, a […]

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