Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Spreading the Gospel of CicLAvia in Southeast L.A.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 23, 2012 | No Comments

One of the great things about the rise in riding events in South L.A. and the surrounding areas is that they are starting to take on the feel of a family reunion for me. Not that I have a large family in the U.S. or that I have ever been to a family reunion. But […]

Rider Review: The Orange Line Bike Path Extension

By Damien Newton | Jul 16, 2012 | 7 Comments

Last Wednesday, I had the opportunity to visit all five of the new Orange Line stations on a tour of the newly installed art (more on that tomorrow.) The afternoon also gave me a chance to ride and review the Orange Line Bike Path. While I found the bike trail easy to use for the […]

5 Things I’m Thinking About Transportation

By Damien Newton | Jul 16, 2012 | 7 Comments

There have been a handful of stories that I partially developed, but are on the back burner this week as I work to try and get out some stories that were researched last week, interview for the Long Beach writer position, and prepare L.A. Streetsblog’s tax forms. So, with apologies to Steve Hymon, here are […]

LADOT’s FY11-12: A Banner Year for Bikeways

By Damien Newton | Jul 12, 2012 | 2 Comments

Back in a January 2012 L.A. Streetsblog article, Joe Linton stated that LADOT was “not quite on track” to complete Mayor Villaraigosa’s pledge for 40 new miles of bikeway each year. In that article, Linton projected only 31 new miles to be completed during Fiscal Year 2011-2012. The fiscal year ended two weeks ago, and LADOT […]

Welcome to the Bike Wars. City Announces Meetings for Bike Plan EIR.

By Damien Newton | Jul 2, 2012 | 6 Comments

Bicycle advocacy in the city entered a new phase last week, when the Department of City Planning released a five page Notice of Preparation (NOP) for an environmental review of forty three miles of bike lanes. These projects represent some of the more controversial bicycling projects as they often times require removing curbside parking, mixed-use […]

Bike Hubs? Walkable Orange Line? What’s Your Favorite Planned Transportation Project? CRA Vote Could Help Determine Its Future

By Damien Newton | Jun 20, 2012 | 3 Comments

Regardless of one’s feelings on the dissolution of Community Redevelopment Agencies mandated by Governor Jerry Brown, there are some important transportation projects left hanging by a thread in Los Angeles by the sudden departure of one of the city’s largest grant receiving agencies. Tomorrow, the CRA’s Governing Board will vote on the fate of many […]

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