Recent Streetsblog LA posts about bike lanes

Bicycle Awareness: For Those in Power, Ignorance Is Still Bliss!

By Stephen Box | Oct 20, 2011 | 8 Comments

Law enforcement officers are fond of quoting the popular standard “ignorance of the law excuses no one” when dealing with the public but when faced with an accusation of scofflaw behavior, suddenly ignorance is a solid defense. The LAPD officers responsible for the blocked Bike Lane pictured above are going to have a hard time […]

L.A.’s Bike Lanes, Not Just for Bikes!

By Stephen Box | Oct 19, 2011 | 16 Comments

Bike Lanes are one of the most misunderstood elements of bikeways engineering, responsible for much confusion as they lie nestled peacefully between the noisy travel lane to the left and the quiet but dangerous door zone to the right. Some folks see that empty real estate and, in spite of the fact that they lack […]

Thoughts While Riding the Expo Bike Lane

By Damien Newton | Oct 17, 2011 | 17 Comments

Last week, I had a chance to ride on the recently-installed bike lane that runs parallel to the Expo Light Rail Line in South Los Angeles from USC to La Cienega Boulevard. At first, the lanes run on Exposition Boulevard until La Brea where they shoot up to Jefferson Boulevard. There has already been some […]

Seventh Street Open for Cycling

By Joe Linton | Sep 8, 2011 | 7 Comments

This morning, a crowd of about 200 celebrated the completion of the 7th Street bike lanes. These are among the first projects implemented under the city’s new bike plan. They’re also the city’s first bike lanes in the population-dense central Los Angeles neighborhoods of Koreatown and Westlake. And they’re the first bike lanes to reach […]

New Bike Lanes Come to 7th Street (Updated: 1:55 P.M.)

By Damien Newton | Aug 15, 2011 | 18 Comments

Back in the day when I lived in Mid-town and regularly traveled Downtown 7th Street was by far my favorite route. I would pair it with 4th Street and a North-South connecting street and it was a relatively safe and easy ride excepting that one hill right before the end of Downtown where the wind […]

What the Heck Is Going on with Bike Plan Implementation?

By Damien Newton | Aug 11, 2011 | 16 Comments

Yesterday, the LADOT and City Planning made their quarterly update to the City Council on the progress of the implementation of the Bike Plan. The Council’s Transportation Committee also moved a motion that would transfer $475,000 to LADOT’s overtime account. Between the somewhat confounding report offered by the agencies and the revelation that bike projects […]

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