Recent Streetsblog LA posts about NELA

Cartoon Tuesday: Neighborhood Council Meeting Bike Lane Bingo

By Joe Linton | Oct 7, 2014 | 2 Comments

It’s not quite a cartoon, but it is a clever, sad, ironic laugh. Friend of the blog Nathan Lucero posted his Bike Lane meeting bingo card at the Figueroa for All Facebook group. Not all neighborhood councils are the same; many have been very supportive of facilities for bicycling and walking. It does seem like […]

City Nears Purchase of Key Parcel for L.A. River Revitalization

By Joe Linton | Aug 25, 2014 | 25 Comments

A big property acquisition is underway that will set the stage for planned large-scale revitalization of the Los Angeles River. The City of Los Angeles is expecting to complete the purchase of a former railyard site that Mayor Eric Garcetti and others describe as the “crown jewel” of any large-scale restoration of the river. While there’s a long lineage […]

Cedillo’s Folly: Council Adjourns in Memory of Veteran Killed Crossing North Fig.

By Damien Newton | Aug 22, 2014 | 32 Comments

On August 20, at the ironic request of Councilmember Gil Cedillo, the Los Angeles City Council adjourned in memory of 84 year-old Korean War Veteran, William Matelyan. Matelyan was crossing North Figueroa Street at Avenue 26 last month when he was struck and killed by a car. This area of North Figueroa was approved for […]

Editorial: Respect Your Advisory Committee, Build a Safer Hyperion Bridge

By Joe Linton | Aug 12, 2014 | 8 Comments

There has been quite a bit of proverbial water under the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge. Under a great deal of community displeasure in 2013, the city of Los Angeles set aside an outdated bridge retrofit plan and formed an advisory committee to decide the future of the historic span. The 9-member Glendale-Hyperion Viaduct Improvement Project Community Advisory Committee […]

NELA’s Historic Riverside-Figueroa Bridge Being Demolished

By Joe Linton | Aug 6, 2014 | No Comments

An innovative proposal for re-use as a “landbridge” park could not save the Riverside-Figueroa Bridge. A lawsuit could not save it. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Landmark Number 908 is on its way down. The Riverside-Figueroa’s existing steel span structure dates to the late 1930s. The concrete-arched abutments date to the late 1920s. In the name of […]

Glendale-Hyperion Bridge Traffic Projections Favor Bike Lanes Option

By Joe Linton | Aug 4, 2014 | 20 Comments

As the saga of the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge retrofit project continues, it becomes clearer that, even under the city’s car traffic growth assumptions, it will be viable to add bike lanes to the new project and to keep two sidewalks. The story thus far: In 1927 the City of Los Angeles completed the Victory Memorial Viaduct spanning […]

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