Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

The Gold Line Is Rolling, Now What about a Bike Network to Support It?

By Damien Newton | Nov 16, 2009 | 3 Comments

The Gold Line crosses the L.A. River and heads toward Indiania on First Street within City Limits. During our ride on Friday, Steven Frien wondered a couple of times why there wasn’t talk of having a bicycle lane on 1st Street running parallel to the Gold Line on First Street . Later in the day, […]

SCAG and City of Los Angeles Thinking About Solutions to the Last Mile Problem

By Damien Newton | Nov 12, 2009 | 31 Comments

Rita Robinson and Tony Jusay’s folding bikes testify at a joint meeting of the Planning and Transportation Commissions. Photo: BikePedSCAG/Twitpic It’s not often that we cover news out of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), but a recent study funded by the City of Los Angeles and SCAG on the "last mile" problem has […]

LADOT Values Capacity over Community on Route 2/Glendale Blvd. Drags Metro along for the Ride

By Damien Newton | Nov 11, 2009 | 8 Comments

For over a decade, the Echo Park community has been in negotiations with the big three of local transportation agencies, Metro, LADOT and Caltrans, over redesigning the terminus of Route 2 to improve traffic flow. Over forty years ago a coalition of Echo Park and Silver Lake residents banded together to keep Route 2 from […]

Trick or Treat from LADOT

By Damien Newton | Oct 30, 2009 | 4 Comments

I know what the BRU is wearing for Halloween. Photo: The Strategy Center/Flickr Two years ago I poked the LADOT and LAPD for not putting out safety tips for Halloween. Sure enough, last year an email arrived in my inbox announcing the Department’s advice to parents, children and drivers on All Hallows Eve. The LADOT […]

How Do Angelenos Travel?

By Damien Newton | Oct 26, 2009 | 7 Comments

Mode share by city. Image: Think Progress/Yglessias The passage of Metro’s Long Range Transportation Plan last week has helped heat up a national conversation about Los Angeles, how it grows, how it moves and the future of our Metropolis. Of course, Diane Meyer’s "World Without a Car" exhibit has people locally thinking outside the auto; […]

City Ends Traffic Officer Subsidies for Major Events

By Damien Newton | Oct 19, 2009 | No Comments

Political events and charities, such as yesterday’s AIDS Walk, can be exempted on a case-by-case basis. Photo: Dave Marez/Flickr At last week’s meeting of the City Council Transportation Committee, LADOT’s Alan Willis presented on the status that the DOT has made with the owners of the Greek Theatre, Hollywood Bowl, Coliseum, Sports Arena, former Olympic […]

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