Recent Streetsblog LA posts about West LA

2009 Wrap-Up: With FEIR In-Hand, Expo Phase II Seems Ready to Roll, But Is It?

By Damien Newton | Dec 21, 2009 | 30 Comments

Rendering of proposed Bergamont Station in Santa Monica. Photo:Santa Monica via Friends 4 Expo (This is the first in a four part series following up on stories that have run through the year but aren’t yet finished.) Just because the word "Final" appears in the document name doesn’t mean that the battle over the routing […]

Expo Releases FEIR for Phase II Chooses Alignment Along ROW and Colorado Avenue

By Damien Newton | Dec 18, 2009 | 62 Comments

The Source has a full sized map here. The Expo Construction Authority has finally released the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Phase II of the Expo Line with some key changes. I’ll spend more time reviewing the document and talking to some of the key players in the drama over the weekend and will be […]

Less Anger, More Posterboard at 2009 Bike Plan Meeting

By Damien Newton | Oct 29, 2009 | 3 Comments

There was no power point presentation. Instead LADOT, City Planning and Alta Planning just made mini-presentations in front of a series of poster board. The balloons were not related to the presentation. For more images, visit the Streetsblog Flickr page. The first thing I noticed when I arrived at last night’s Bike Plan meeting for […]

Council Moves Forward with EIR for Wilshire Boulevard

By Joe Linton | Sep 10, 2009 | 9 Comments

Bus lane free. Photo: LA Wad/Flickr Yesterday’s full Los Angeles City Council meeting ran extraordinarily late due to a potential lawsuit between the Controller and the City Attorney. The council’s Transportation Committee meeting, previewed last week here and here, was scheduled for 2:00 P.M. but didn’t begin until after 4:30 P.M. By then, most of the Department of […]

Council Transportation Committee Moves to Remove Traffic Calming

By Damien Newton | May 6, 2009 | 6 Comments

Endangered in Westwood. At an early morning meeting, scheduled for 8:30 A.M. but not starting until close to 9:00, of the Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee, both sides in the contentious debate over the fate of temporary traffic calming measures placed in near the Palazzo development in Westwood. The battle between the Holmby-Westwood community […]

Council Considers (Again) Removing Traffic Calming in Westwood

By Damien Newton | May 5, 2009 | 4 Comments

Traffic calming prevents left turns at corner of Hilgard and Lindbrook Nearly a month ago, we discussed the efforts of local Councilman Jack Weiss and the LADOT to remove three temporary traffic calming measures that were placed on streets surrounding the Palazzo development to mitigate traffic on the streets surrounding the large, mixed-use development. Before […]

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