Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bill Rosendahl

What Is a “Call for Projects” and Why Is the City Gearing Up for It?

By Damien Newton | Sep 8, 2010 | 4 Comments

Today’s City Council Transportation Committee Hearing has a couple of big-ticket items sure to earn ink. A proposal to increase the city’s allotment of spaces for car-sharing has already been covered in LAist. A second motion asking LAPD and LADOT to make certain that the President can’t shut down the Westside next time he needs […]

Helmets Ready! Mayor Hosts First Bike Summit

By Joe Linton | Aug 17, 2010 | 53 Comments

Former Mayor Richard Riordan presents training wheels to the wounded Mayor. For more pics from the conference, visist Gary Rides Bikes’ Flickr Page Despite the Monday 9am hour and the picture perfect weather, a standing-room only crowd assembled in the Metro Board Room for city of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s first Bike Summit. Alongside Mayor Villaraigosa […]

Mayor’s Office Rescues 10% Set-Aside for Bicycling and Pedestrian Projects in Measure R Local Return

By Damien Newton | Apr 20, 2010 | 15 Comments

Photo: Chris Camargo via Green L.A. Girl As someone who has been pushing hard for a "bicycling and pedestrian set aside" for Measure R funds from before it was called Measure R, I have mixed feelings about yesterday’s City Council Joint Hearing with the Transportation and Budget & Finance Committees. On one hand, it was […]

Bike Corrals for the City of Los Angeles

By Joe Linton and Ramon Martinez | Mar 29, 2010 | 8 Comments

A bike corral on York Blvd. Rendering by Matt Schodorf Due to Los Angeles City Council leadership and community advocacy, bike corrals may soon be coming to Los Angeles. The April 14th meeting of the city’s Transportation Committee is scheduled to hear a council motion on implementation of a pilot corral in Northeast Los Angeles. Here’s the backstory on how […]

DIY Goes Legit: Hills Community Wants to Pay for Its Traffic Calming

By Damien Newton | Mar 17, 2010 | 8 Comments

Not exactly the same situation as Northeast L.A. Fed up with speeding traffic zooming through their local street, residents of the well-to-do Mt. Olympus Homeowner’s Association have approached the city with a plan to pay for the speed humps and speed feedback signs that would make a difference in protecting their street from speeding drivers […]

Expo Board Approves FEIR for Phase II. Off to Construction or Off to Court?

By Damien Newton | Feb 5, 2010 | 12 Comments

The Expo right of way just off of Exposition and Sepulveda. Photo: LA Streetsblog/Flickr After years of debates, threats of lawsuits, contentious community meetings and even heated discussion on Streetsblog message boards; there was a feeling that yesterday’s meeting of the Expo Board to debate the certification of the environmental documents for Phase II would […]

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