Recent Streetsblog LA posts about bike lanes

MyFigueroa Unveils New Designs: Promises Cycletracks, Transit Lanes and More for South Fig, MLK, and 11th

By Damien Newton | Mar 25, 2013 | 10 Comments

The MyFigueroa team will be presenting all their images and renderings at the Andrew Norman Hall Orthopaedic Hospital at 5:30 pm on April 9th. Get the event details at the MyFigueroa website. Of course, we’ll be Live Streaming at Streetsblog TV. Bookmark our event page now. It seems like just yesterday a team of Los Angeles’ most […]

Will Vehicular Cyclists and the “Right to Park” Trump Safer Streets in Boston?

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 20, 2013 | No Comments

Beacon Street in Somerville, just outside Boston, is perhaps the most biked route in the state of Massachusetts. It also has a terrible safety record. There have been 154 collisions involving cyclists on the corridor between 2002 and 2010, according to the state Department of Transportation [<a href=”http://www.mhd.state.ma.us/downloads/trafficMgmt/10TopCrashLocationsRpt.pdf”>PDF</a>]. “There are more bikes going down Beacon Street […]

New Bike Lanes on Vermont: One Small Step Forward Where Three or Four Big Steps Are Needed

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 1, 2013 | 13 Comments

As a cyclist, I do my best to avoid Vermont Ave. like the plague. It’s always busy, it’s an important bus corridor, and much of it is in lousy, bone-rattling condition, especially in South L.A. Moreover, there are few spots where you feel like you have a comfortable cushion between you and drivers in a […]

RIP: Buffered Bike Lane in Front of LAPD Headquarters

By Damien Newton | Mar 1, 2013 | 7 Comments

This weekend, the Bureau of Street Services will be repaving parts of 1st Street in Downtown Los Angeles. After the repaving, the street will be repainted. Part of the repainting will include removing the buffer from the 1st Street Buffered Bike Lane in front of LAPD headquarters between Spring and Main Streets. The good news […]

Bike Lanes Are Good for Angelenos’ Love Lives (and Many Other Things), We Learn from Valentine’s Day Hearing

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 18, 2013 | 3 Comments

The LACBC’s Alek Bartrousof keeps a tally of comments for and against proposed bike lanes in Central and South L.A. (image courtesy of Michael MacDonald) “I’m lonely,” a man half-jokingly testified at the LADOT’s Public Hearing in support of the First Year Bike Lanes last Thursday night. “My friends find [riding in the street] terrifying.” […]

LADOT Holds Singles’ Night…er, a Public Hearing for First Year Bike Lanes in Central and South L.A. on Valentine’s Day

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 13, 2013 | No Comments

When I think “Valentine’s Day,” I think “bike lanes.” OK, maybe that’s a lie and I am more likely to think “CHOCOLATE!” than “Hearing to Support New Bike Lanes in South Los Angeles!” But this year, the LADOT has decided to help us all spice up our love lives by holding a hearing specifically designed […]

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