Recent Streetsblog LA posts about West LA

Tomorrow’s Main Event: Neighbors for Smart Rail Gets Its Day in Court

By Damien Newton | Dec 20, 2010 | 9 Comments

(note: An earlier version of this story says that Robert Silverstein is representing Neighbors for Smart Rail. He has been replaced by John Bowman with a completely different law firm. Thanks to Dakota Smith at Curbed for the catch. To read more of Curbed’s coverage of Expo, Phase II and this lawsuit, click here.) Tomorrow […]

Brentwood Community Leaders Wants Out of Bus-Only Lanes

By Damien Newton | Dec 7, 2010 | 37 Comments

It’s official, many Westside neighborhood leaders really don’t want bus-only lanes. After reading a letter from the Brentwood Community Council, which can be read after the jump, exhorting residents to protest the inclusion of Wilshire Bus-Only lanes in the area “West of the 405,” I made the above map. It contains all of the areas […]

Westside Real Estate Agents Talking Expo with Clients

By Damien Newton | Nov 12, 2010 | 1 Comment

Via Light Rail for Cheviot comes news that while the legal battles over the Westside extension of the Expo Line may be pending, local real estate agents are talking the train with prospective clients. Naturally, the agents are hedging their bets, and have invited both Hello Expo! and Neighbors for Smart Rail to contribute to […]

Report: Expo Phase II Will Open in 2015

By Damien Newton | Sep 24, 2010 | 9 Comments

Expo supporter Gökhan Esirgen attended a special meeting of the Westside Neighborhood Council last night featuring a presentation by the Expo Construction Authority. Esrigen sent an email afterwards to other supporters and media, which can be read after the jump, but here are some of the highlights of Expo’s presentation. Expo believes they can open […]

Subway Critics Attacks Based on Faulty Logic

By Dana Gabbard | Sep 24, 2010 | 16 Comments

Earlier this month the L.A. Times headlined its coverage of the release by Metro of the draft environmental studies for the Purple Line westward extension “Proposed Westside subway will do little to relieve traffic congestion, report shows” as if this was a searing revelation. Just proof again of the sad decline of the Times these past few […]

Sharrows Dissapear from Westholme Boulevard (Updated, 2:54)

By Damien Newton | Aug 31, 2010 | 10 Comments

Westholme and Le Conte, a formerly Sharrowed intersection. Last night, UCLA Planner Madeline Brozen tweeted that the Westholme Sharrows, which have been on the street for nearly five weeks, have been partially removed after Westholme Avenue had been repaved. The Sharrows used to stretch from the corner of Westholme and Wilshire Boulevard all the way […]

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