Recent Streetsblog LA posts about West LA

You Can’t Fix Traffic. You Are Traffic.

By Damien Newton | Feb 26, 2013 | 24 Comments

(Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times printed an editorial in their online opinion page by editorial writer Carla Hall. The editorial called out the City Council Candidates in CD 11 for not addressing car drivers’ concerns at a Streetsblog Forum and suggested some ways to “improve” traffic on the Westside. Since we were mentioned, we thought […]

Oppose the Expo Line or Wilshire Bus Only Lanes? Then You Probably Want to Fight Bike Lanes Too.

By Damien Newton | Feb 20, 2013 | 15 Comments

(Note: The Westside Neighborhood Council contacted me to clarify that they have not taken a position on the lanes being debated at this community meeting. I even snarked that they “continued their streak of opposing everything.” Oops. I have struckthrough their name below and offer my apologies. – DN) From the start, it looked like […]

LADOT Ready to Embrace “Floating” Bike Lanes for Westwood, But Is West L.A.?

By Damien Newton | Feb 19, 2013 | 18 Comments

Tonight, city officials with LADOT and City Planning will present the environmental documents for five Bike Plan projects in West Los Angeles. Highlighting the list of projects is a proposal by the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) to restripe 1.6 miles of Westwood Boulevard between National Boulevard and Santa Monica Avenue to create a […]

Eyes on the Street: Sepulveda Blvd. Bike Lane Turning Into “Express Lane” for Scofflaws

By Damien Newton | Dec 11, 2012 | 19 Comments

In May, Streetsblog reported that new bike lanes were painted on Sepulveda Boulevard between Venice Boulevard and National Boulevard. The new lanes could connect all the way to the Expo Line Station scheduled for Sepulveda and Exposition, about a half mile north of where the lanes now end. Reader Irwin Chen notes that the lanes […]

Settlement Reached Between Homeowners, LADOT on Expo Bikeway

By Damien Newton | Nov 16, 2012 | 7 Comments

Coming fresh on the heels of news that the California Supreme Court won’t halt construction while they consider an appeal filed against the Expo Line Phase II, comes news that a different Expo legal challenge has been resolved. Last May, a group of Cheviot Hills homeowners filed sut against the portion of the Expo Bikeway […]

Bikelash on Motor Avenue Bike Lanes? Palms Neighborhood Council, Koretz Will Get an Earful Tonight

By Damien Newton | Nov 7, 2012 | 13 Comments

Amidst all the election news comes word that there is a small Bikelash brewing on the Westside from residents worried that the diet is creating spillover traffic jams on other local streets. The good news is that the proposed solutions seem to be about improving traffic calming measures on the streets parallel to Motor Avenue. […]

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