Recent Streetsblog LA posts about The Valley

LADOT: A Mile of New Reseda Boulevard Bike Lanes in September

By Joe Linton | Aug 20, 2009 | 17 Comments

At last night's meeting of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council (NENC,) the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) announced their plans to install nearly a mile of new bike lanes on Reseda Boulevard in September 2009. The announcement was made by LADOT's Principal Transportation Engineer for Valley Traffic Operations, Alan Willis. The new bikeway will extend from Devonshire Street to San Fernando Mission Road.

Does LADOT Headquarters Know What’s Happening in District Offices? (Updated 4:55 P.M.)

By Damien Newton | Aug 14, 2009 | 18 Comments

Can you see the streets from LADOT’s offices in Caltrans’ Death Star? Photo: Leighton Group (Update: the LADOT responded just before "closing time" today. Here is their official response: The information provided yesterday is accurate and still stands: the Department has no current plans to remove any portion of the bike lane or to install […]

LADOT: We Were Never Considering Removing Bike Lanes on Reseda Blvd.

By Damien Newton | Aug 13, 2009 | 36 Comments

Yesterday I got an e-mail from Carolyn Jackson at the Los Angeles Department of Transportation which basically said that the LADOT has no plans to remove bike lanes or change the street parking patterns to increase peak hour travel on Reseda Boulevard. Realizing that she was facing a skeptical audience of one, Jackson even included […]

Northridge West Neighborhood Council Rejects DOT’s Plans for Reseda

By Damien Newton | Aug 12, 2009 | 1 Comment

A quick update on yesterday’s Northridge West Neighborhood Council meeting from Los Angeles Bike Advisory Committee Chair Glenn Bailey. After Bailey and the Biking in L.A. announced that the LADOT was planning on removing the Reseda Boulevard bike lane and street parking to increase road capacity; there was a hastily scheduled effort to turn out […]

DOT Working to Remove Reseda Blvd. Bike Lane

By Damien Newton | Aug 11, 2009 | 12 Comments

Photo of SUV parked in Reseda Blvd. bike lane via SoapBoxLA. Ted Rogers, who’s Biking In LA blog should be required reading for L.A. cyclists, has discovered a plot in the Valley to take out a Bike Lane on Resedal Blvd., along with street parking, to double the car-capacity of the road at rush hour. […]

Sometimes a Bike Lane Isn’t Enough

By Damien Newton | May 8, 2009 | 6 Comments

This Fed-Ex Truck wasn’t the only thing we found in a bike lane. Yesterday, I had the distinct pleasure of riding with a handful of bike activists from around the city to the A.B. 766 press conference in Coldwater Canyon Park. I expected a pleasant ride to and from the park, after all most of […]