Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

The Changing Face of Downtown for Cyclists

By Veronica Hernandez | Aug 30, 2012 | 10 Comments

In 2011, the City of Los Angeles passed a new Bike Plan which included a “5 year bike network implementation plan.” The implementation plan focued on a handful of “core” areas to focus the bulk of the new bike facilities. One of those areas is Downtown Los Angeles. A year and a half later, checks […]

LADOT Adds Bike Parking to Online Map

By Damien Newton | Aug 20, 2012 | 2 Comments

LADOT Bikeways is celebrating the addition of 5,000 official bicycle parking spaces to their online bikeways map. While this is hardly earth-shattering news, it is a nice step for the agency as it moves towards creating a bicycle friendly city. In the real world, it’s nice to be able to plan a trip and know […]

LADOT’s FY11-12: A Banner Year for Bikeways

By Damien Newton | Jul 12, 2012 | 2 Comments

Back in a January 2012 L.A. Streetsblog article, Joe Linton stated that LADOT was “not quite on track” to complete Mayor Villaraigosa’s pledge for 40 new miles of bikeway each year. In that article, Linton projected only 31 new miles to be completed during Fiscal Year 2011-2012. The fiscal year ended two weeks ago, and LADOT […]

Welcome to the Bike Wars. City Announces Meetings for Bike Plan EIR.

By Damien Newton | Jul 2, 2012 | 6 Comments

Bicycle advocacy in the city entered a new phase last week, when the Department of City Planning released a five page Notice of Preparation (NOP) for an environmental review of forty three miles of bike lanes. These projects represent some of the more controversial bicycling projects as they often times require removing curbside parking, mixed-use […]

Separated Bike Lanes on South Fig? LADOT Presentation Hints at Future Project

By Damien Newton | Jun 15, 2012 | 18 Comments

In January 2011, consultants for the South Figueroa Corridor Project unveiled three different visions for the soon-to-be Living Street. The visions were labeled “Good,” “Better,” and “Best.” A recent presentation to Caltrans, made available on their website, shows current thinking on the legacy project from the project team and the new lead agency, LADOT. There’s […]

TAP Coming to LADOT Bus Services

By Dana Gabbard | May 30, 2012 | 5 Comments

Friday I was riding on the DASH Fairfax route when I noticed it had a message printed on a paper bag sitting on the dashboard announcing that the Transit Access Pass (TAP) is coming to L.A. Dept. of Transportation (LADOT) bus services (DASH and Commuter Express) in June. The LADOT website also has a frequently […]

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