Recent Streetsblog LA posts about NELA

Tuesday's community input meeting for planned improvements on NELA's Fletcher Drive. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Vision Zero Workshopping Improvements To Make NELA’s Fletcher Drive Safer

By Joe Linton | Jun 15, 2017 | 2 Comments

LADOT is planning Vision Zero safety improvement for Atwater Village's Fletcher Drive. Cyclists and others are encouraged to express your opinion to Councilmember O'Farrell.

Northeast Los Angeles' new Riverside Drive Bridge includes a protected bike-walk path. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

NELA’s Outsized New Riverside-Figueroa Bridge Speeds Car Traffic

By Joe Linton | Feb 3, 2017 | 19 Comments

The city of L.A. opened its new Riverside Drive Bridge, featuring a protected bikeway and roundabout. The project was praised for safety improvements, but the oversized project is really about moving more cars even faster.

Cyclists are riding the nearly complete bike lanes on Fletcher Drive. All photos: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

New Road Diet Bike Lanes Striped On Northeast L.A.’s Fletcher Drive

By Joe Linton | Dec 19, 2016 | 7 Comments

The city of L.A. has nearly completed 0.8 miles of new road diet bike lane on Fletcher Drive, extending from San Fernando Road to Eagle Rock Boulevard. The lanes contribute to fairly strong bikeway network in northeast L.A.

Bike Lanes Planned for Fletcher Drive, Meeting Tonight

By Joe Linton | May 12, 2016 | 42 Comments

At tonight’s meeting of the Glassell Park Improvement Association, Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell will be presenting the Department of Transportation’s (LADOT) planned Fletcher Drive Streetscape Project. Project plans are posted at the GPIA website. The project includes a road diet with bike lanes, plus new landscaped median islands. The bike lanes extend 0.8 miles from […]

Army Corps, LADOT Announce Circuitous Detour For LA River Bikeway Closure

By Joe Linton | Feb 24, 2016 | 4 Comments

Due to this year’s El Niño storms, the federal Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is clearing vegetation (arguably illegally according to a similar regional water board lawsuit) in the most natural areas of the L.A. River. USACE is also adding temporary flood barriers along the river in the middle of the central stretch of L.A. River bike path. The […]

Andres Perez Death Shows Need for North Figueroa Safety Improvements

By Joe Linton | Dec 16, 2015 | 8 Comments

Tragedy has struck again on North Figueroa Street. Yesterday, traffic violence claimed the life of 17-year-old Andres Perez. Perez was walking to school, apparently not aware that local schools had been closed on account of a terror threat. He was in the crosswalk, crossing North Figueroa Street at Avenue 60 in Highland Park, when a large Los […]

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