Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

City of Los Angeles Call for Projects Review: Car Capacity Enhancements

By Damien Newton | Jan 11, 2011 | 4 Comments

Following yesterday’s article announcing a review of the LADOT’s application to Metro’s Call for Projects program, I got a few comments (although none in the comments section.) People commented that not every project submitted was an LADOT one so I should give full credit, and full blame, across the spectrum. People also noted that I […]

City Prepares List for Metro Call for Projects

By Damien Newton | Jan 10, 2011 | No Comments

To get an idea of where a city’s priorities are, one can look at what kinds of projects for which they seek funding. If that person were to look at the Metro Call for Project application lists prepared by LADOT in 2009 and the one the City Council Transportation Committee will hear on Wednesday, they […]

In NELA, D.I.Y. Sharrows Remain, But L.A. Is Moving On

By Damien Newton | Dec 9, 2010 | 4 Comments

Yesterday, Carter Rubin and I were in Northeast L.A. on our way to a meeting at Occidental College and we had a chance to stop in and visit with Josef Bray-Ali st the Flying Pigeon Bike Shop (see ad on the right). I commented that the “D.I.Y. Sharrows” that appeared along some local streets connecting […]

Eagle Rock Residents Pushing for a Slimmer Colorado Boulevard

By Damien Newton | Dec 2, 2010 | 4 Comments

Calls for a Road Diet on Colorado Boulevard are growing, and beginning to become too loud to ignore. For those not familiar with the layout of the road, it currently spans six car travel lanes, provides on-street car parking, and features a seventeen foot median that occasionally features live grass. Eagle Rock residents have been […]

Final Voting: Papandreou v Penalosa in “Fantasy LADOT G.M. Ballot”

By Damien Newton | Nov 29, 2010 | No Comments

[poll id=”18″] The results are in from our Streetpoll and Streetsbloggers have narrowed the field for our “Fantasy General Manager Election.” Now it’s time for the final vote between Tim Papandreou and Gil Penalosa. Penalosa is an international figure famous for his relationship to CicLAvia. Papandreou is more of a “local boy does well” story, […]

Three More Fantasy Candidates for LADOT’s General Manager

By Damien Newton | Nov 19, 2010 | No Comments

I got a couple of complaints via email after Wednesday’s story that with all of the effort we put in to finding the perfect candidate for the new General Manager for LADOT, we overlooked candidates from our own back yard. Even as I type these words, a comment came in on a previous story that […]

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