Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bike Master Plan

City Council Gives Unanimous Nod to New Bike Plan

By Damien Newton | Mar 1, 2011 | 56 Comments

It’s all over but the signing. And that’s scheduled for tomorrow. By a 12-0 vote, the Los Angeles City Council approved the Bike Plan sending it to the Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s desk for a signature. The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition and Villaraigosa have already announced the signing will take place tomorrow on the steps […]

Final Bike Plan Up for a Final Vote Later Today

By Damien Newton | Mar 1, 2011 | No Comments

At 10:00 A.M. today, the City Council will meet to, amongst other things, vote on final passage of the Bike Plan. Gone is the word “Master” as in Bike Master Plan. Gone is the word “Draft” as in “Draft Bike Plan.” We’re so close to the finish line that even the Los Angeles Times is […]

Despite Rocky Hearing, Draft Bike Plan Moves to Last Stop, the Full City Council

By Damien Newton | Feb 10, 2011 | 16 Comments

(Note: We’re just covering yesterday’s hearing in this article. For more on the actual content of the plan, click here.) Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council held a joint hearing of the Transportation Committee and the Planning and Land Use (PLUM) Committee to discuss the city’s Draft Bike Plan. By the end of the hearing, […]

Planning Commission Leadership Strengthens Bike Plan

By Joe Linton | Dec 17, 2010 | No Comments

Yesterday morning, at its meeting at the Van Nuys City Hall, the city of Los Angeles’ Planning Commission approved the latest draft of the city’s Bike Plan. In November, the commission’s hearing was contentious and drawn-out, resulting in a vote to continue the plan, essentially sending it back to Planning Department for revisions. Yesterday’s hearing saw […]

Planning Commission Approves L.A. Bike Plan. On to City Council!

By Damien Newton | Dec 16, 2010 | 2 Comments

I’ve been following the debate over the newest Draft Bike Plan at the City Planning Commission this morning on twitter, and the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition just announced that the Commission passed the plan. You can get details of the hearing by clicking here and reading the tweets from Joe Linton and the LACBC. […]

Light Appears at the End of a Long Bike Plan Tunnel

By Joe Linton | Dec 14, 2010 | 12 Comments

The city of Los Angeles’ update to its 1996 Bicycle Master Plan has been years in the making, and it looks like there’s finally some light appearing at the end of the bike tunnel. City work began in 2007, with an initial round of public meetings in early 2008. Shifting 2009 drafts drew near-universal derision from local […]

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