Recent Streetsblog LA posts about bike lanes

It Is Easy Being Green…for the 1st Street Bike Lane in Boyle Heights

By Damien Newton | Jun 25, 2013 | 9 Comments

In contrast to the uproar over the repainting of Downtown’s green bike lane; Spring’s sister bike lane on 1st Street on the Eastside has proven quietly effective, at least according to anecdotal evidence and utterly uncontroversial. In fact, while residents, business owners, safety advocates, pedestrian advocates, bicycling advocates, urban planners, and the Neighborhood Council came ready […]

Update: Did LA Cyclists Just Get Hosed by Unanimous Vote?

By Ted Rogers | Jun 19, 2013 | 34 Comments

(Update, 3:28 p.m.: Council Member Huizar sends along a rendering of the new design. The text of the final motion can be found here.) The verdict is in. And it looks like Hollywood won. The Los Angeles City Council just voted unanimously to replace the Spring Street green bike lanes with a new treatment hashed out […]

Conjecture Versus Statistics: Spring Street Letters Show Differences in Style

By Damien Newton | Jun 18, 2013 | 2 Comments

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that delays in politics rarely offer good news for those with facts on their side. This is especially true when the political powers that be suddenly develop a case of collective laryngitis. Which is why the news that the Los Angeles City Council hearing and vote on the future […]

Showdown or Compromise? All’s Quiet in Advance of Tomorrow’s Hearing on the Spring Street Green Bike Lane

By Damien Newton | Jun 13, 2013 | 22 Comments

(An earlier version of this story featured a picture we believed showed an image from a film shot in New York that had a green bike lane removed. The location did not include a bike lane, we fell for a twitter joke. Sorry. – DN) For awhile, it seemed as though everyone had something to […]

Huizar: Bike Lanes on Colorado Will Go Forward. Fox 11 Is Shocked.

By Damien Newton | Jun 4, 2013 | 27 Comments

Los Angeles Local News, Weather, and Traffic Good news out of Eagle Rock. Last night, a public meeting on a proposed bike lane for Colorado Boulevard drew out supporters and opposition, but in the end there were more cyclists in favor of the lanes than cranky people opposing them. Recognizing the riding tide, Councilman Jose […]

LADOT approves NELA bike lanes after lengthy contentious battle. But don’t declare victory just yet.

By Ted Rogers | May 31, 2013 | 2 Comments

Update: City Planner Claire Bowen sends word that the determination sent out yesterday was merely a procedural matter, and should not be read as a final decision in the matter. The city is still accepting input and no decision has been made. So much for that. …….. The announcement, when it broke yesterday, came without […]

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