Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycle Friendly Streets

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 […]

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 […]

League of American Cyclists Awards Los Angeles Bronze Medal for Bicycle Friendliness

By Damien Newton | Oct 18, 2012 | 9 Comments

Over the last two and a half years, Los Angeles turned a corner. While the city has a long way to go to be a safe and welcoming city for pedestrians and cyclists, things are getting better. The change in attitude has also changed the debate from, “What can the city do to make things […]

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 […]