Recent Streetsblog LA posts about bike lanes

Westwood Bike Lanes Connecting National and Wilshire Killed by Council Office

By Damien Newton | Nov 14, 2013 | 21 Comments

Streetsblog received word last night from Jonathan Weiss that the proposed bicycle lanes on Westwood Boulevard between Pico Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard are opposed by local City Councilmember, Paul Koretz. Weiss serves as Koretz’ appointee to the City of Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee. This news comes as a blow to cyclists that use […]

Buffered Bike Lanes in Downtown Los Angeles and Regular Lanes Through Second Street Tunnel

By Damien Newton | Nov 12, 2013 | 44 Comments

Getting to Downtown Los Angeles from points west seems to be getting easier every day. For the past several weeks, Streetsblog covered the addition of new bike lanes on 7th Street that link up with existing lanes in the Downtown. This weekend, the city striped new lanes through the iconic 2nd Street Tunnel into the […]

7th Street in Downtown Los Angeles Goes on a Diet

By Damien Newton | Oct 25, 2013 | 27 Comments

Commuters into Downtown Los Angeles were surprised this morning to note that 7th Street had gone on a crash diet overnight. For .6 miles, between Figueroa and Main Streets, bicycle lanes were installed and a mixed-use travel lane was removed. The new lanes are a key part in making connections in Downtown Los Angeles. The […]

The Movement Against the Highway Friendly Redesign of Hyperion Grows

By Damien Newton | Oct 8, 2013 | 7 Comments

Garcetti, LaBonge and O’Farrell promote the redesign and ask for public comment. It started as a note from contacts at the Bicycle Coalition (LACBC), turned into a mini-series on Streetsblog and now the movement to stop the redesign of the Hyperion-Glendale Complex of Bridges that would turn one of the region’s most iconic structures into […]

LADOT: Spring Street Re-Paint Will Be Completed by CicLAvia

By Damien Newton | Oct 3, 2013 | 5 Comments

In response to yesterday’s story on the Spring Street Bike Lane, LADOT reached out to assure me that the repainting of the Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane will be completed by Saturday. Some readers informed me this morning that there was some new paint on the ground (“It looks horrible,” more than one of […]

The Looming Disaster of the Hyperion-Glendale Bridges Re-Design

By Damien Newton | Sep 27, 2013 | 6 Comments

Earlier this week, Streetsblog published an article about how the Hyperion-Glendale Complex of Bridges Rehabilitation Project was giving short shrift to bicyclists and pedestrians and everyone that lived in the area. At the time, based on information provided to us by the Bureau of Engineering, I assumed that the issue could be resolved by arguing […]

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