Recent Streetsblog LA posts about bike lanes

Eyes on the Street: the Ongoing Humiliation of the Spring Street Bike Lanes

By Damien Newton | Sep 23, 2013 | 9 Comments

As we reported last week, the dangerousification of Spring Street is in full swing these days. With the City Council mandated water blasting of the Green Buffered Bike Lane completed, advocates wait for the city to install its completely untested, but less expensive, new paint design. But while we wait for the city to make […]

On Bike/Ped. Count Day, Bonin Introduces Motion Demanding Better Bike/Ped Data from the City

By Damien Newton | Sep 10, 2013 | 3 Comments

During last year’s Park(ing) Day, City Council Members Jose Huizar and Jan Perry announced a city-wide parklet initiative. Following that lead, current Council Member Mike Bonin announced a new motion requiring better data collection after spending the morning volunteering with the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition/Los Angeles Walks counting bikes and walkers. “For too long, […]

LADOT Plans for Bike Lanes, Improved Crossings and Road Diet on Virgil Avenue

By Damien Newton | Sep 10, 2013 | 5 Comments

Tonight, the LADOT will present a proposal for a half mile of bike lanes and road diet on Virgil Avenue between Melrose Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard. Currently, Virgil Avenue has four mixed-use travel lanes, two parking lanes, and sidewalks. After the diet, there will be two mixed-use lanes, a turn lane, two 5 foot […]

Open Thread: LA Newspaper Group’s Summer of Cycling

By Ted Rogers | Aug 27, 2013 | 9 Comments

A couple months ago, the newspapers that make up the Los Angeles Newspaper Group declared that this would be the Summer of Cycling. For better or worse. The parent company of the Daily News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, et al, promised an in-depth look at bicycle culture, laws and customs, traffic enforcement […]

California Traffic Control Devices Committee Approves New Design for Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane

By Damien Newton | Jul 30, 2013 | 13 Comments

[poll id=”113″] Last week, the California Traffic Control Devices Committee approved the “compromise” design for the Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane. The CTCD was the last body that needed to approve the design. As you may recall, the new design will maintain the buffer, change the shade of green from bright green to forest […]

Eyes on the Street: Guess Who’s Blocking the Bike Lane?

By Damien Newton | Jul 3, 2013 | 16 Comments

Our friend Colin Bogart sent along this note to us and representatives of Film L.A. about his bike commute to work yesterday. Attached are photos from a film location I passed this morning at Sunset Blvd. and N. Reno Street. The bike lane is blocked on both sides of Sunset, with none of the minimum […]

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