Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Metro Asks South L.A. Stakeholders: How Would You Use Rail-to-River Bike/Pedestrian Path?

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 26, 2016 | No Comments

“They’ve started work on that bike path!” a South Central bike shop owner announced excitedly after noticing mounds of dirt piled up in the rail right-of-way (ROW) at Slauson and Normandie. He couldn’t wait for it to be finished, he said. The Rail-to-River path – a bike and pedestrian path that would cut across South […]

LADOT Releases Annual Report, New Bikeway Mileage Declining

By Joe Linton | Sep 29, 2016 | 8 Comments

Last week, the L.A. City Department of Transportation (LADOT) released its Annual Report for the 2015-2016 Fiscal Year [PDF]. There are plenty of worthwhile accomplishments detailed in the annual report, but some disappointing news in that LADOT bikeway implementation has slowed. Among the good news are some features that Streetsblog readers may be familiar with: […]

Family Bike Touring Along the California Coast

By Joe Linton | Sep 7, 2016 | 11 Comments

My wife Carrie, our three-year-old daughter Maeve, and I bike-toured the central California coast last week. We took an Amtrak train from Los Angeles to Salinas, then an Amtrak through-bus to Monterey. From Monterey we biked down the coast through Big Sur and to San Luis Obispo, where we caught the train back to Los Angeles. […]

Metro Explores Alternative Rail-to-River Routes Through Southeast Cities

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 31, 2016 | 11 Comments

In thinking about the potential routes the eastern segment (B) of the Rail-to-River (R2R) active transportation corridor might take, stressed Mark Lopez of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, it was important that the needs of workers, youth, and community members of the Southeast Cities be put front and center. Connectivity to job centers and […]

Vision Zero: LADOT, Focus Group Have Same Goals, Different Ideas About How to Reach Them

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 2, 2016 | 18 Comments

“Remember, the end goal is to get to 20% reduction [in traffic-related deaths] by next year, and then zero by 2025,” said MIG Consultant Esmeralda Garcia of the city’s effort to put together an action plan to implement Vision Zero. Gesturing toward another consultant and Brian Oh of the L.A. Department of Transportation (LADOT), she […]

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