Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycle Boulevards

Spend the Sunday of Your Holiday Weekend at the Bicycle Commuter Festival

By Damien Newton | Jan 31, 2014 | No Comments

It’s been nearly four years since the “Streets Summit” called together many of the city and county’s leading bicycling advocates to discuss advocacy, safety, and how the Livable Streets Community can move forward. While the movement has made great strides in this time, I miss the camaraderie and fun an event similar to the 2010 […]

Better Late Than Never: LaBonge and O’Farrell Celebrate Yucca Street, L.A.’s First Bike Friendly Street

By Damien Newton | Sep 26, 2013 | 9 Comments

In September of 2012, my son and I took a field trip to Hollywood not to see the tourist sites, but to ride on my bicycle back and forth on the .8 miles of Yucca Street, Los Angeles’ first Bicycle Friendly Street. Earlier today, Los Angeles City Council Members Mitch O’Farrell and Tom LaBonge hosted […]

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 […]

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 […]

Breaking News: City Releases DEIR for 5 Year Bike Plan Implementation/My Figueroa Project. Further Study Not Needed

By Damien Newton | Jan 17, 2013 | 32 Comments

When Governor Jerry Brown signed A.B. 2245 into law, a law allowing certain bicycle projects to opt-out of the CEQA process, the news was somewhat buried. On the same day, the Governor vetoed the “Give Me 3” safety legislation that created a legal buffer between cyclists and passing automobiles earning the scorn of cyclists everywhere. […]

LADOT Brings Bike Friendly Design to Yucca Street

By Damien Newton | Sep 10, 2012 | No Comments

“Bicycle Friendly Street.” The term first appeared in the City of Los Angeles’ Draft Bike Plan in 2009. Despite its nice sounding name, advocates groaned. Instead of the universally approved “Bicycle Boulevard,” LADOT, City Planning and their consultants had coined their own phrase. At the time, it was widely assumed that whenever the City tried […]

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