Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Wilshire BRT

Metro Staff Reccomends Full 8.7 Mile Wilshire BOL, But City Council Will Make the Call

By Damien Newton | May 13, 2011 | 6 Comments

This month’s Metro Board of Directors Meeting, and their Planning and Programming Sub-Committee, will vote on how many miles of Wilshire Boulevard will be repaved and restriped for the popular Wilshire Bus Only Lanes project. Following the restriping, there will be two lanes in each direction to accommodate 60,000 rush hour car riders and one […]

Wilshire BRT Update: Removing Brentwood and Condo Canyon Reduces Effectiveness by 40%

By Damien Newton | Apr 22, 2011 | 5 Comments

Earlier today, Metro released the findings of the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Wilshire Bus Only Lanes Project. When the original “Final” EIR was presented last December, it called for 8.7 miles of bus only lanes running in both directions from Downtown Los Angeles to the border with Santa Monica, excluding a one mile […]

An Apology to Ray Klein and Why It Doesn’t Change Streetsblog’s Position on the Wilshire Bus Only Lanes

By Damien Newton | Feb 8, 2011 | 1 Comment

On Friday night, I received an agitated email from Ray Klein, a Board Member for the Brentwood Neighborhood Council who requested a retraction for my claim that he has continually misquoted LADOT Senior Traffic Engineer Kang Hu while making the case that Brentwood should be excluded from the Wilshire Bus Only Lane (BOL) project. I […]

Sounding Like Streetsblog, the Times Calls for Leadership in Wilshire BOL Debate

By Damien Newton | Feb 4, 2011 | 4 Comments

In an editorial in today’s paper, the Los Angeles Times comes out swinging while calling on Council Man Bill Rosendahl and County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky to show some leadership in the ongoing debate over the Wilshire Bus Only Lanes Controversy. The editorial is a powerful piece, and elevates the opposition to the Westside exemption from […]

Council Votes for More Study for Wilshire Bus Only Project

By Damien Newton | Feb 2, 2011 | 18 Comments

(Note: I’ve been trading emails with Ray Klein, who I parody in the second part of this story. He claims my claims that he’s misquoting Hu are false and he has a transcript. My claim is based on Hu’s argument at the end of the Transportation Committee hearing that he was being taken out of […]

(Updated: Item Moved to Next Wed. 2/2) This Week’s Big Transit Meeting: City Council Debates Wilshire BOL on Friday

By Damien Newton | Jan 26, 2011 | 3 Comments

(Update 4:04 P.M.: I just got the following message from Council Man Rosendahl’s Office. We’re cheered to know he’s doing well, and wish him a speedy return. FYI Bill is doing fine but still recovering from surgery. He will not be in for the remainder of the week so we have continued the Wilshire BRT […]

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