Recent Streetsblog LA posts about West LA

Update on the Battle Over the Expo Light Rail

By Damien Newton | Apr 4, 2008 | 3 Comments

The Future Home of Expo Light Rail The community update meetings on the progress of Phase II of the controversial Expo Light Rail line are completed. For anyone who like me was unable to make any of the three meetings, a copy of the presentation is available at the Expo Construction Authority’s website. Even though […]

City Weighs Closure of One Ballona Creek Bike Path Entrance

By Damien Newton | Mar 19, 2008 | 6 Comments

Sepulveda Blvd. Over Ballona Creek Bike Trail Responding to a letter from the LAPD and constituent complaints about crime, Councilman Bill Rosendahl introduced a resolution to the City Council that would close an entrance for the Ballona Creek Bike Path along Culver Drive between Purdue Avenue and Sawtelle Boulevard. The path begins at Syd Kronenthal […]

So I Went to a Bike Master Plan Meeting…

By Damien Newton | Feb 21, 2008 | 2 Comments

…and a Pico/Olympic meeting broke out . Frustrated with what they see as a limited public process, cyclists showed up by the dozens last night to discuss what should be in the next Bike Master Plan (BMP) for the city and vent about current conditions and the attitudes of city staff toward cyclists. Many cyclists in the […]

"Done Deal" Pico Plan Moves Forward Depite "Some Opposition"

By Damien Newton | Feb 15, 2008 | 3 Comments

Who Cares What This Guy Thinks? In their rush to cover the news (broken last night in an excellent piece in the Times) that the Mayor is ignoring the wishes of the City Council and local councilmen, the mainstream media is downplaying the opposition to the Mayor’s plan to remove parking, synchronize lights and promote […]

Council Holds Slimmed Down Pico/Olympic Plan

By Damien Newton | Feb 14, 2008 | No Comments

When an angry mob of westside business owners descends on city hall it can mean just one thing…it’s time for another hearing of the Mayor’s Pico/Olympic Plan. Yesterday, the City Council’s Transportation Committee picked up where they left off last December to listen to LADOT and the local business owners tell two different stories of […]

Less People, Same Passion at Westside/Central Sector

By Damien Newton | Feb 14, 2008 | 2 Comments

Planned Westside and Central Sector Changes Last night the Westside/Central Sector Council for the Metro Board held their public hearing on Metro’s planned service cuts. The meeting wasn’t as well attended as the one I attended last week in the San Fernando Valley, but nearly everyone that attended the meeting testified and the outcry was […]

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