Recent Streetsblog LA posts about bike lanes

Report from Last Week’s DTLA Bike Sting

By Carlos Morales | Mar 8, 2012 | 31 Comments

On Thursday, March 1, 2012, the LAPD Central Traffic Division deployed eight motorcycle officers to Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) in what was called a “Bike Lane Sting.” The LAPD’s mission was to educate and issue traffic citations to motorist, cyclist and pedestrians whose actions infringed on the rules of the road. The focus was on […]

Editorial: It Ain’t Easy Bein’ L.A.’s Green Bike Lane

By Joe Linton | Feb 16, 2012 | 15 Comments

The Los Angeles Times ran an editorial earlier this week entitled L.A.’s bike lane blooper. While the Times was generally supportive of L.A. City bike plan implementation, it did come out against green bike lanes in downtown Los Angeles stating that “the green lane spoiled the shots that made Spring the perfect stand-in for Anytown, […]

Main Street Road Diet Only Partially Completed Last Weekend

By Damien Newton | Jan 23, 2012 | 10 Comments

Back in September of last year, the LADOT persuaded the Venice Neighborhood Council to give conditional support to a plan to shrink Main Street in Venice from a five lane street to a three lane street with bike lane on each side. The LADOT announced the plan would be on the ground “in the next […]

L.A. City Adding New Bikeways, Will They Reach Pledged 40 Miles by June 30?

By Joe Linton | Jan 19, 2012 | 10 Comments

The good news: the city of Los Angeles is implementing more bike lanes than ever before. From July 2011 through December 2011, the city of Los Angeles has implemented 12.5 miles of new bike lanes. This is by far the highest total for any six-month period since at least 1996, and probably the most ever. […]

Expo Bike Lanes, Smooth and Flat…for the Most Part

By Damien Newton | Jan 12, 2012 | 5 Comments

In October, the day after CicLAvia, I pedaled west from Downtown to the Westside on Exposition Blvd. to test the bike lane that run parallel to Phase I of the Expo Line. I was surprised by the absolutely terrible state of the road and the impact it had on the quality of the ride. Less […]

Ridley-Thomas Survey Shows Strong Support for Slauson Ave. Bike Lane

By Damien Newton | Jan 6, 2012 | 5 Comments

For years, residents surrounding the Slauson Avenue Corridor between La Brea and Angeles Vista have argued that the sad looking street needs an upgrade. What form that upgrade takes is up to debate, some residents want the street changed to allow more cars to move through the corridor while most others want to see the […]

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