Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bike Master Plan

News Bites from BikeLA Webinar: Gap, Parking, Cycle Tracks, Metrolink

By Joe Linton | Apr 18, 2014 | No Comments

Last night, the city of Los Angeles Departments of Transportation (LADOT) and City Planning (DCP) hosted a webinar to introduce L.A. cyclists to what are called the “second year study corridors” for the L.A. City Bicycle Plan. The webinar included a presentation and a question and answer session. The unscripted Q&A yielded a handful of newsworthy […]

How Does LA City’s Mobility Plan Modify Its 3-Year-Old Bike Plan?

By Joe Linton | Apr 14, 2014 | 7 Comments

Streetsblog readers are probably aware that the city of Los Angeles Department of City Planning (DCP) is currently updating the Transportation Element of the city’s General Plan. The Transportation Element has a great deal of influence over what L.A.’s streets look like, and which uses they prioritize. The new Transportation Element, called Mobility Plan 2035, […]

Community Voices on L.A.’s Mobility Plan: MCM’s Avila and BAC’s Jacobberger

By Joe Linton | Mar 25, 2014 | 3 Comments

Streetsblog L.A. is continuing coverage of Los Angeles’ draft Mobility Plan 2035. The draft plan is out for comment, SBLA profiled it here. The public is encouraged to submit comments via email, or at a series of Planning Forums taking place through April 12th. The next forum is this Saturday March 29th 9 a.m. to […]

Lessons from NYC, actually NJ: Bikeway Implementation in Jersey City

By Joe Linton | Feb 11, 2014 | 1 Comment

(This is my fourth and probably, for now, last tale from the East Coast. We’re nearly packed and I’ll be in L.A. and writing real L.A. stories full-time starting next week. -Joe) As I mentioned in the first installment of this series, I’ve been living in Jersey City, one subway stop from NYC. Jersey City […]

Bike Advisory Committee: Stop Wasting Time and Money Stalling on Bike Projects

By Damien Newton | Feb 7, 2014 | 6 Comments

In March of 2011, then-Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signed into law the city’s Bicycle Plan, a list of some 1,600 miles of bicycle lanes, routes, friendly streets and paths scheduled for the next 30 years. In some ways, implementation is going exceedingly well. The pace at which new bicycle lanes are being added exceeds even that […]

Cyclists Go Positive Against Mis-Information Campaign in Northeast L.A.

By Sara Bond | May 9, 2013 | 13 Comments

The past few months has literally been a battle as the LADOT readies to begin implementing the 2010 Bike Plan by adding bike lanes to a Northeast neighborhood in LA. After reading the Boulevard Sentinel’s (a local weekly paper) opinion on the negative impact bike lanes would have on this small community, I wanted to show […]

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