Recent Streetsblog LA posts about bike lanes

Eyes on the Street: Woodley Avenue Bike Lanes

By Damien Newton | Aug 4, 2011 | 4 Comments

Alert reader Joe Dunavan alerts that new bike lanes have appeared on Woodley Avenue heading south. The pictured section is just south of the Van Nuys Flyaway. These lanes-in-waiting will run for a half mile from Saticoy Street to Sherman Way, roughly a half mile. They connect to existing bike lanes to the north on […]

Northridge South Neighborhood Council Considers Reseda Boulevard Bike Lanes

By Damien Newton | Mar 23, 2011 | 5 Comments

The LADOT is proposing to install bike lanes on both sides of Reseda Boulevard for a half mile, between Roscoe Boulevard and Parthenia Street. This gap closure project will connect existing bicycle lanes to the north and south on Reseda and is the last remaining gap in bicycle infrastructure. The Northridge South Neighborhood Council will […]

Economics Professor Takes Aim at Bike Lanes at City Watch

By Damien Newton | Mar 14, 2011 | 27 Comments

In last Friday’s City Watch, Cato Institute Adjunct Scholar and economics professor at Cal State University Northridge Dr. Shirley V. Svorny penned, People Who Want More Bike Lanes Need a Reality Check, an attack on on another City Watch piece, What a Difference a Few Years Makes, by Stephen Box. Box’s piece celebrated the passing […]