Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bike Master Plan

Glendale Invests in Safe and Healthy Streets for a Safe and Healthy Future

By Damien Newton | Sep 7, 2011 | 5 Comments

This week’s series on the grants from the L.A. County Department of Public Health’s Policies for Livable and Active Communities and Environments (PLACE) Grants focuses on Glendale and their groundbreaking Safe and Healthy Streets Plan. Glendale’s grant was different than most because it wasn’t the city that was actually awarded the grant, but the Los […]

What the Heck Is Going on with Bike Plan Implementation?

By Damien Newton | Aug 11, 2011 | 16 Comments

Yesterday, the LADOT and City Planning made their quarterly update to the City Council on the progress of the implementation of the Bike Plan. The Council’s Transportation Committee also moved a motion that would transfer $475,000 to LADOT’s overtime account. Between the somewhat confounding report offered by the agencies and the revelation that bike projects […]

L.A. Bikeway Implementation Improved But Short of Stated 40 Miles Annually

By Joe Linton | Jul 5, 2011 | 14 Comments

(Update, July 7: Jane Choi from the Planning Department called me to inform me that the “40 miles per year” goal didn’t start until July 1, 2011, the start of the fiscal year. While it seems an odd date to start an implementation plan for the 2010 Bike Plan, it is the start of the […]

Bike Plan Projects Heading Off to Environmental Review

By Damien Newton | Apr 27, 2011 | 12 Comments

Yesterday the LADOT announced through the LADOT Bike Blog that a series of projects outlined in the Bike Plan would undergo a full environmental review before construction of these projects can begin construction. Between conversations with City Planning and LADOT, we have a good idea of how the environmental review will go forward. City staff […]

To Be Determined: A Quick Review of L.A. County’s Bike Plan

By Damien Newton | Apr 5, 2011 | 2 Comments

(This is the first of a two-part series. The second piece will look at some of the local maps and provide a more local review. – DN) If you haven’t been keeping up with the state of the L.A. County Bicycle Plan process, don’t feel bad. You’re not alone. Because the plan only covers the […]

A Letter from Bill Rosendahl to the Bicycling Community

By Bill Rosendahl | Mar 2, 2011 | 20 Comments

Today, we approved a Bike Plan which provides more opportunities for people in Los Angeles. More opportunities for people to discover the benefits of combining public transportation with a bike to finish that last mile. More opportunities for parents and kids to ride safely on streets. More opportunities for people to switch from gas to […]

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