Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LADOT

Agencies Install New Bike Facilities

By Damien Newton | | 1 Comment
Hmmm, I wonder what these were modeled after I was just sitting down to write a story about new bike facilities at CALTRANS’ building downtown when I found I’d been partially beaten to the punch by LAist. A lot of what I was planning to write about CALTRANS and the importance of an agency adding […]

A Flaw in Pico/Olympic Study?

By Damien Newton | | 1 Comment
At Monday’s Pico/Olympic meeting one comment questioned the validity of LADOT’s "pilot program" where they gauged the effects of re-timing the signals on the traffic pattern because the study occurred on Jewish holiday. DOT representative John Fisher seemed confused as DOT re-programs all pedestrian signals to take Jewish holidays into account. When he asked the […]

Westsiders Get Riled at Pico/Olympic Meeting

By Damien Newton | | 4 Comments
Everyone Opposed, Raise Your Hand…You in the Back, We’re Ony Counting That Once! It seems that every time I go to a meeting focused on the Pico/Olympic Boulevard controversy the meeting gets a) more crowded and b) more confrontational. Last night, literally hundreds of residents and business owners packed a forum held by the Westside […]

City/Locals Clash on Pico-Olympic Plan

By Damien Newton | | 5 Comments
Could there be a better illustration of the divide between the DOT and the community? As I sat and watched angry/scared locals from along the Pico-Olympic corridors testify against the Mayor’s Pico-Olympic plan, I suddenly felt bad for LADOT Transportation Engineer Ken Husting. Basically, it shouldn’t have been this way. The residents and business owners […]

LADOT, CALTRANS Look at Grating problem

By Damien Newton | | 1 Comment
(Image from The Los Angeles County Bike Coalition at labike.org) For those that haven’t heard, CALTRANS and LADOT have committed to replacing storm drains that are dangerous to bikes everywhere bikes are permitted throughout the city and all of CALTRANS‘ District 7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.) So far, CALTRANS’s Office of Maintenance has identified […]
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