Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

City Weighs Closure of One Ballona Creek Bike Path Entrance

By Damien Newton | Mar 19, 2008 | 6 Comments

Sepulveda Blvd. Over Ballona Creek Bike Trail Responding to a letter from the LAPD and constituent complaints about crime, Councilman Bill Rosendahl introduced a resolution to the City Council that would close an entrance for the Ballona Creek Bike Path along Culver Drive between Purdue Avenue and Sawtelle Boulevard. The path begins at Syd Kronenthal […]

Update on Non-Auto Options to Dodger Stadium

By Damien Newton | Mar 18, 2008 | 8 Comments

My first post for LA Streetsblog was about the Dodgers’ and City Council’s rushed attempt to provide bus access to Dodgers’ baseball games. A couple of days later, we discussed the challenges cyclists face when trying to park at Dodger Stadium. One Dodger’s fan site got in touch with Dodgers officials and confirmed that they […]

Congestion Pricing to LAX Not Dead Yet

By Damien Newton | Feb 27, 2008 | 1 Comment

Roads to and from LAX on Thanksgiving Eve, 2005 A recent report written by the LADOT seemed to spell an early end for efforts to create a congestionpricing plan for LAX. The report, spelled out eight major obstacles to such a plan including public opposition, the difficulty collecting tolls without creating more congestion along the […]

Redefining a 180

By Damien Newton | Feb 26, 2008 | 2 Comments

In yesterday’s Times, Steve Hymon discusses the changing attitude at LADOT about how best to move people throughout the city. The headline, "L.A. officials do a 180 in traffic planning" suggests that we were about to read some radical stuff. Maybe he was going to discuss Gordon Price’s argument that LA needs to be more […]

So I Went to a Bike Master Plan Meeting…

By Damien Newton | Feb 21, 2008 | 2 Comments

…and a Pico/Olympic meeting broke out . Frustrated with what they see as a limited public process, cyclists showed up by the dozens last night to discuss what should be in the next Bike Master Plan (BMP) for the city and vent about current conditions and the attitudes of city staff toward cyclists. Many cyclists in the […]

Cyclists Unhappy with LADOT’s Public Process

By Damien Newton | Feb 20, 2008 | 1 Comment

A growing chorus is building in the cycling/activist community that the LADOT’s public outreach for its Bike Master Plan is insufficient, and perhaps the harbringer of a bad plan. Stephen Box, of the Bike Writer’s Collective, Illuminate LA, and Soapbox LA wrote an article today for LAist comparing LADOT’s outreach plans with those in Portland […]

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