Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bike Master Plan

If L.A. Is Going to Invest in Bike Lanes, Then Do It Right!

By Enci Box | Jan 12, 2010 | 44 Comments

Bike Lanes are a deterrent for me to ride in and I oftentimes cringe when I hear people blindly supporting them without asking for enhanced safety standards and regulations. So when the LA Draft Bike Plan proposes Bike Lanes and Paths all over the city without taking into consideration what the people want, it upsets […]

Bike Master Plan Comments Due Friday: Here’s Mine

By Damien Newton | Jan 6, 2010 | 12 Comments

Cyclists from last May’s "Expo Exposure" Ride. Photo: LA Streetsblog/Flickr This Friday, comments are due on the Draft Bike Plan lovingly prepared by Alta Planning and Design and submitted for public perusal and comments by City Planning and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. I’ve gotten some criticism from critics of the Bike Plan for […]

Thoughts on Portland, Los Angeles, Race and Bicycling (updated 4:24 P.M.)

By Damien Newton | Dec 16, 2009 | 11 Comments

October 2008 San Fernando Valley Critical Mass. Photo: Digable Soul/Flickr At last week’s Big Bike Meeting at City Hall, Senior Bike Coordinator Michelle Mowery took a swing at a question about the city’s outreach on the Draft Bike Plan, and missed. The questions, which compared the outreach in Los Angeles to that of Portland, home […]

In San Francisco: Judge Partially Lifts Ban on Bike Injunction

By Matthew Roth | Nov 30, 2009 | No Comments

Under the judge’s order, the MTA can only install 3.7 of the 14 miles of bike lanes it had hoped to paint in the first year. Flickr photo: Doubletee (Editor’s note: Because the LADOT uses the lawsuit barring bicycle projects in San Francisco as reason to "go slow" on bike projects, I thought checking in […]

Westside Kids “Testify” on Bike Plan and Are Heard Across the Country

By Sarah Goodyear | Nov 6, 2009 | 4 Comments

Today on the Streetsblog Network, a story about some kids in Los Angeles who did their research and came up with several good ideas about improving conditions for bicycle commuters. Then they ran up against the reality that the public forums on the city’s bike plan weren’t so public. But they didn’t let that stop […]

The Times Looks at the State of Cycling in Los Angeles

By Damien Newton | Nov 2, 2009 | 2 Comments

Image by Ken Kwok/ Los Angeles Times Over the past two days, the Times has written five articles about bicycling in Los Angeles. Because these articles appear in L.A.’s paper of record, and this is the largest look the Times has given to cycling in Los Angeles in recent memory, Streetsblog is going to take […]

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