Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

City of Lights Success: New LADOT Bike Parking at Day Labor Center in Pico-Union

By Damien Newton | Oct 14, 2010 | 3 Comments

Allison Mannos from the LACBC’s City of Lights Program and Allison Mannos and Councilman Ed Reyes Install Bike Parking at the CARECEN Day Laborers Center How long does it take to install a bicycle rack? Once you have a place selected, all the tools, and funding to install it, installing a bicycle rack takes about […]

The Wilbur Avenue Road Diet Controversy Goes Mainstream

By Damien Newton | Oct 13, 2010 | 25 Comments

Let the backlash against sustainable transportation practices begin! Throughout the summer Streetsblog has reported on the Road Diet the LADOT has placed on Wilbur Avenue in the Valley community of Northridge and the backlash the Diet has caused. City Councilman Greig Smith was so incensed that the Diet was placed without community input that he’s […]

Councilman Smith Steps Up: Neighborhood Council Motion Now Addresses All Modes. (Updated, 10:10 A.M.)

By Damien Newton | Sep 23, 2010 | 5 Comments

(Update: Paul Krekorian’s office provides a copy of the resolution and a plug for the importance of Neighborhood Councils on their blog. Read it here.) Earlier this month, Streetsblog broke the news that Councilman Greig Smith was pushing a motion that would give Neighborhood Councils the ability to approve or veto bikeways projects before any […]

Word on the Street: Rita Robinson Leaving LADOT

By Damien Newton | Sep 22, 2010 | 25 Comments

Rumors are floating around City Hall that Rita Robinson will be stepping down as General Manager of the LADOT to take a high-level position with L.A. County. While nobody who discussed the rumor with me wanted their name attached to this story, I can say that the sources are high enough up in the city […]

LADOT on Vanishing Westholme Sharrows: We’re Working on It

By Damien Newton | Sep 9, 2010 | 2 Comments

Through the LADOT Bike Blog, we’ve gotten some answers as to what the heck happened on Westholme Boulevard, where a large portion of Sharrows were covered up last week. Basically, there was a communication breakdown between the Bureau of Street Services, the same government body that physically installed the Sharrows in the first place, and […]

Sharrows Dissapear from Westholme Boulevard (Updated, 2:54)

By Damien Newton | Aug 31, 2010 | 10 Comments

Westholme and Le Conte, a formerly Sharrowed intersection. Last night, UCLA Planner Madeline Brozen tweeted that the Westholme Sharrows, which have been on the street for nearly five weeks, have been partially removed after Westholme Avenue had been repaved. The Sharrows used to stretch from the corner of Westholme and Wilshire Boulevard all the way […]

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