Recent Streetsblog LA posts about West LA

Bike Lanes, Partially Green and Partially Buffered, Appear on Westwood North of Le Conte

By Damien Newton | May 27, 2015 | 4 Comments

Westwood and Le Conte is sort of a magical intersection for me. In 2008, the city’s first Sharrows appeared just north of Le Conte on Westwood Blvd. In 2010, Westwood and Le Conte teamed up again as the home of “30 seconds of Awesome,” in its scramble crosswalk. Those were both big stories for early Streetsblog L.A. […]

Eyes on the Street: DIY Maintenance On Lincoln Blvd Under Culver Bridge

By Joe Linton | Jan 13, 2015 | 7 Comments

Editor’s note: The Department of Do-It-Yourself works in strange and mysterious ways. Today we run a guest post by cyclist Eric Weinstein who may or may not have been part of Dept. of DIY’s westside cycling division’s Lincoln Boulevard sand removal effort last week. You’ll probably never notice. Last Friday night a very small crew […]

Krekorian and Garcetti Tout Metro’s New 405 Freeway Express Bus Service

By Joe Linton | Dec 12, 2014 | 18 Comments

Starting this Sunday, Metro is introducing its new Valley-Westside Express bus line that takes advantage of the recently-widened 405 Freeway’s new high-occupancy vehicle lanes. The new line runs from Pacoima to Westwood, with stops at the Van Nuys Metrolink Station and the Metro Orange Line’s Van Nuys and Sepulveda stations. The full map of the new […]

New Chamber of Commerce Excited About Great Streets on Venice Blvd.

By Damien Newton | Oct 30, 2014 | 5 Comments

Mike Bonin is not someone who is known for thinking small. “There’s a universe of opportunities,” said Councilmember Mike Bonin, of the proposed “Great Street” on Venice Boulevard. “But it’s important that this not be ‘Mike’s project,’ or the ‘Mayor’s project,’ or the ‘DOT’s Project,’ but the people’s project.” Bonin was speaking excitedly about the […]

Two New Bike Corrals Installed on Abbot Kinney Blvd.

By Damien Newton | Mar 11, 2014 | 9 Comments

Fabled Abbot Kinney Boulevard, on Los Angeles’ Westside, is the first street in the city to have two bike corrals installed. Councilmember Mike Bonin alerted Streetsblog to their installation this morning and I was able to bike over and catch one of the installations as it was being finished and another corral in action. These […]

A Photo Essay of a Tour of Expo Phase II

By Damien Newton | Dec 16, 2013 | 2 Comments

When Stephen Villavaso, known to many Streetsblog readers as the volunteer traffic engineer who makes CicLAvia possible, asked me if I would like to ride along on a tour of Expo Phase II construction, I jumped at the chance. Villavaso is also one of the engineers working for Skanska-Rados Joint Venture – the design-build contractor […]

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