Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

Cases Against Two Hit-and-Run Drivers Roll On

By Damien Newton | Aug 24, 2009 | 6 Comments

Cyclists stage a “die-in” where Jesus Castillo was killed during April’s Critical Mass. Last Thursday “DJ Wheels” spent his day attending the arraignment of Robert Sanchez, the driver accused of killing Rod Armas and his fourteen year old son at the end of the L.A. Wheelman’s June Grand Tour Double Century and then pedaling downtown […]

When Santa Monica Takes Traffic Surveys, They Slow Streets Down

By Damien Newton | Aug 18, 2009 | 8 Comments

Photo of Olympic Blvd. in Santa Monica via Friends 4 Expo Recently, the City of Santa Monica completed a series of speed surveys on it’s streets, as required by state law. The result might be a surprise to people that have followed the inability of the City of Los Angeles to maintain lower speed limits […]

LADOT: We Were Never Considering Removing Bike Lanes on Reseda Blvd.

By Damien Newton | Aug 13, 2009 | 36 Comments

Yesterday I got an e-mail from Carolyn Jackson at the Los Angeles Department of Transportation which basically said that the LADOT has no plans to remove bike lanes or change the street parking patterns to increase peak hour travel on Reseda Boulevard. Realizing that she was facing a skeptical audience of one, Jackson even included […]

Northridge West Neighborhood Council Rejects DOT’s Plans for Reseda

By Damien Newton | Aug 12, 2009 | 1 Comment

A quick update on yesterday’s Northridge West Neighborhood Council meeting from Los Angeles Bike Advisory Committee Chair Glenn Bailey. After Bailey and the Biking in L.A. announced that the LADOT was planning on removing the Reseda Boulevard bike lane and street parking to increase road capacity; there was a hastily scheduled effort to turn out […]

DOT Working to Remove Reseda Blvd. Bike Lane

By Damien Newton | Aug 11, 2009 | 12 Comments

Photo of SUV parked in Reseda Blvd. bike lane via SoapBoxLA. Ted Rogers, who’s Biking In LA blog should be required reading for L.A. cyclists, has discovered a plot in the Valley to take out a Bike Lane on Resedal Blvd., along with street parking, to double the car-capacity of the road at rush hour. […]

Another DIY Story: Bike Coaltion Doing Their Own Bike Counts

By Damien Newton | Aug 10, 2009 | 7 Comments

Photo: Dr. Alex Thompson/Flickr In yet another example of our bike culture’s Do It Yourself ethic, the Los Angeles County Bike Coalition is planning to do its own bike counts to paint a clearer picture of how many people travel by bicycle in Los Angeles. Bike counts are a necessary feature of any well thought […]

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