Recent Streetsblog LA posts about The Valley

End Goal in Pacoima: A Wash That’s Beautiful

By Damien Newton | Sep 26, 2011 | 5 Comments

One of the lessons that the world’s great cities learned is how to use natural and man created landmarks to strengthen and create great places. This is one area where Los Angeles still lags, and nowhere is this clearer than in the case of the Pacoima Wash. The Wash is a tributary of the Los […]

The Real Lessons of Carmageddon – Angelenos Aren’t Idiots, We Have Too Many Highways

By Damien Newton | Jul 18, 2011 | 8 Comments

There are two theories to transportation engineering and traffic. One theory is that traffic is like a raging river. If you block it in one place, it will flow someplace else. If you add more space for it to flow, it will flow more smoothly. This theory has dominated traffic and transportation plans for years. […]

Eyes on the Street: Oh, Wilbur…

By Damien Newton | Jun 27, 2011 | 12 Comments

If the newly-restriped .3 mile area of Wilbur Avenue was supposed to be a compromise between the LADOT, City Council Office, advocates of fast moving car traffic, bicyclists and residents, it appears the LADOT put the politics of the situation over the road diet ahead of responsible engineering. Glenn Bailey, a mayoral appointee to the […]

Chalk on the Ground, Bike Lanes in the Gutter, Faster Cars: A Wilbur Ave. Update

By Damien Newton | Jun 15, 2011 | 7 Comments

When we last checked in on the embattled Wilbur Avenue Road Diet, Councilman Greig Smith had ordered asked the LADOT to move forward with a “compromise” proposal that would maintain continuous bike lanes along the 2.3 mile diet but would return the northern .3 miles of the old diet to a four lane road. The […]

Revitalizing San Fernando Road through Landscaping

By Damien Newton | May 18, 2011 | 5 Comments

The Sylmar Business Improvement District (BID) is seeking to improve and re-imagine a just-over-half-mile section of San Fernando Boulevard through the power of greenspace creation and landscaping. The BID isn’t seeking to change the use of the road, all changes will happen on existing medians. Instead, they just want to make San Fernando Boulevard a […]

Bikelash in the SFV: Neighborhood Council Considers Asking for Bike Licensing

By Damien Newton | Apr 12, 2011 | 16 Comments

Even in the wake of another tremendously successful CicLAvia, there are still signs of a Bikelash growing in some quarters against progressive transportation design that attempts to make streets safer and efficient for all road users, not just automobiles. Tonight, the Northridge West Neighborhood Council will vote on what Los Angeles Bike Advisory Committee member […]

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