Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Westwood

Eyes On the Street: New Counterflow Bike Lanes at UCLA

By Joe Linton | Oct 5, 2015 | 18 Comments

The UCLA campus now has what I am pretty sure is L.A. County’s first counter-flow bike lanes.* The one-block bike lane is on Dixon Court, formerly just a one-way street. Alta’s Ryan Johnson mentions: This was a major gap in the campus bike route network, leading from a popular commuter bike route to the Urban […]

Opinion: Climate Change Leaves No Room for Phonies: The Westwood Bike Lane Represents the Future–or Failure–of Los Angeles

By Michael Fleming | Jul 27, 2015 | 5 Comments

Recently, Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz joined Mayor Eric Garcetti and others at a preview of the Expo Line Phase II, which extends that light rail line from its current terminus in Culver City, all the way to downtown Santa Monica. Afterwards, a press conference for this long-overdue project was held at the nearly-completed Palms […]

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. […]

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 […]

Bicycle supporters storm City Hall to demand a fair and honest study of bike lanes on Westwood Blvd

By Ted Rogers | Nov 19, 2013 | 13 Comments

Amid calls for more Americans to arm themselves and not to miss Ender’s Game, a handful of concerned citizens fought for safer streets for Westside bike riders. Acting on less than 24 hours notice, 10 bike lane supporters managed to free their morning to speak to the LA City Council, and take CD5 Councilmember Paul […]

Homeowners Kill Study of Westwood Blvd Bike Lanes, as Councilmember Koretz Caves in

By Calla Weimer | Nov 19, 2013 | 27 Comments

Last week, CD5 Councilmember Paul Koretz announced that he was opposed to any efforts to install a bike lane on Westwood Boulevard, despite earlier promises to study the issue. Westwood resident Calla Weimer has been an insightful and outspoken dissenter to the local Homeowner Association’s opposition to the bike lanes. Today she voices her reaction […]