Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

How’d They Do It: City Worked Hard to Avoid “Sportsaggeddon”

By Damien Newton | May 23, 2012 | 4 Comments

(Many of you know Carlos Morales from his leadership roles with the Eastside Bike Club or Voice Community Newspapers. In his earlier career, Morales was an event programmer, producing large concerts and other major attractions. He offers his views on this weekend’s Sportsaggedon from both the view of a transportation advocate and large event planner. […]

Happy Bike Month South L.A.: Trio of New Bike Lanes Appear, More on the Way

By Damien Newton | May 16, 2012 | 11 Comments

South Los Angeles has three new bike lanes. Maybe it’s the celebrations of bike week. Maybe it’s the push to meet the mayoral directive for 40 new miles of bikeway by June 30th 2012. Maybe Mayor Villaraigosa, City Councilmembers Bernard Parks and Joe Buscaino pushed hard enough. Maybe it’s just good livable streets attitudes taking […]

Add a Green Buffered Bike Lane and Number of Cyclists Explode

By Damien Newton | May 11, 2012 | 10 Comments

Yesterday, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition released “2011 City of Los Angeles Bicycle & Pedestrian Count Report” and a separate study on bicycling on Spring Street in the Green Buffered Bike Lane. The result? Cycling in the city is on the upswing, as positive press, CicLAvia and new infrastructure are encouraging more people to […]

Who Parks in the Bike Lane?

By Damien Newton | May 3, 2012 | 20 Comments

One of the major obstacles to building a truly bike friendly city isn’t in the engineering and design of a street, it’s in the enforcement and respect given to all modes of travel. In the above picture, a truck is blocking the new bicycle lane on Sepulveda Boulevard. Sadly, this not an unusual occurrence in […]

Good News for the Westside: New Bike Lanes Appear on Sepulveda Boulevard

By Damien Newton | May 2, 2012 | 4 Comments

In April, a pair of North-South bike lanes appeared on 1.2 miles of Sepulveda Boulevard, providing a crucial connection from National Boulevard to the Venice Boulevard bike lanes. The new bike route actually spans two City Council Districts, the 11th District represented by Bill Rosendahl and the 5th District represented by Paul Koretz. I’ve had […]

Middle School Students to Reyes: Build Those Bike Lanes! (Update: Read LADOT Comment Below…)

By Damien Newton | May 2, 2012 | 9 Comments

(Update: I’m leaving the text below unchanged so that peoples notes in the comments section makes sense. Both LADOT and the Office of Councilman Reyes report that there has been contact between the Councilman and LADOT and that lanes will be built “next year.” – DN) Two weeks ago, Streetsblog reported on efforts by middle […]

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