Recent Streetsblog LA posts about bike lanes

Huizar: It’s Time to Paint the Spring Street Green Bike Lane

By Damien Newton | Apr 22, 2013 | 2 Comments

Last Friday, Downtown and Eastside City Councilman Jose Huizar upped the ante in the debate over by introducing a motion demanding that LADOT repaint the Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane. The motion, introduced by Bill Rosendahl and Ed Reyes on his behalf because of Huizar’s physical absence on Friday, The lane was painted in […]

Taking the Green Out of the Bike Lane

By Damien Newton | Apr 18, 2013 | 13 Comments

One of the unchallenged truths of the debate over the fate of the Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane is a claim from Film L.A. that it is really, really, super-duper, hard to edit out the green paint in post-production. For that reason, the green paint had to go.We decided to challenge that claim, and […]

Behind the Scenes, Are Hollywood’s Councilmen Delaying the Repainting of Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane

By Damien Newton | Apr 12, 2013 | 14 Comments

Surely Film L.A. doesn’t have so much clout that it can hold up the simple repainting of an already fading and chipped green buffered bike lane on Spring Street over the wishes of the Mayor’s Office, LADOT, local City Council Member Jose Huizar and the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council. So what’s the delay? Opposing […]

Announcing: The Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane Photo Contest

By Damien Newton | Apr 11, 2013 | 4 Comments

Following the surprisingly strong response to yesterday’s sarcastic short on the Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane, Streetsblog is proud to announce a new photo contest to our endangered bike lane project. For those that missed it, at the insistence of L.A. Film and other film industry groups the city seems poised to let the […]

Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane Will Not Ruin Every Film Made in the Future

By Damien Newton | Apr 10, 2013 | 18 Comments

(This is part 1 of a 3 part series on the battle over the Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane. More to come tomorrow and Friday. – DN) Last night, city staff confirmed to me what has long been rumored. The Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane, is indeed an endangered species. Rather than admit […]

Colorado, Figueroa, Lankershim, Westwood…Checking in on the Bike Wars

By Damien Newton | Apr 3, 2013 | 9 Comments

As LADOT and City Planning continue outreach over proposals for bike lanes and road diets in the city’s bike plan, opposition has sprung up from entrenched community activists and business owners and at least one stoner. As LADOT wraps up this round of outreach, Streetsblog checks in on the status of the bicycle projects along […]

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