Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Mike Bonin

March Transpo Committee Recap: SRTS, Counts, Parking and Commish Bayne

By Joe Linton | Mar 27, 2014 | 3 Comments

Yesterday’s Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee meeting featured a number of livability issues that deserve more in-depth attention: Safe Routes to School, bicycle and pedestrian traffic counts, parking privatization, and more. SBLA will do a brief re-cap, and will track and report on these issues more in the future. The Top 50 List You […]

Two New Bike Corrals Installed on Abbot Kinney Blvd.

By Damien Newton | Mar 11, 2014 | 9 Comments

Fabled Abbot Kinney Boulevard, on Los Angeles’ Westside, is the first street in the city to have two bike corrals installed. Councilmember Mike Bonin alerted Streetsblog to their installation this morning and I was able to bike over and catch one of the installations as it was being finished and another corral in action. These […]

Next Weekend, Streetsblog Parties with Mike Bonin to Honor Paul Backstrom

By Damien Newton | Mar 7, 2014 | No Comments

Join Streetsblog Los Angeles and Councilmember Mike Bonin (confirmed) at the Brentwood home of Joel Epstein and Karen Sarachik at a celebration to honor the public service of PAUL BACKSTROM Transportation Deputy to Mike Bonin, and Formerly Bill Rosendahl and Jack Weiss March 15, 2014 6 pm to 9 pm Suggested donation $100, proceeds will […]

On Bike/Ped. Count Day, Bonin Introduces Motion Demanding Better Bike/Ped Data from the City

By Damien Newton | Sep 10, 2013 | 3 Comments

During last year’s Park(ing) Day, City Council Members Jose Huizar and Jan Perry announced a city-wide parklet initiative. Following that lead, current Council Member Mike Bonin announced a new motion requiring better data collection after spending the morning volunteering with the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition/Los Angeles Walks counting bikes and walkers. “For too long, […]

Did City Admit Culpability in Boardwalk Hit and Run by Calling for Traffic Bollards?

By Damien Newton | Aug 8, 2013 | 1 Comment

For the most part, Council Member Mike Bonin and the City of Los Angeles have received high marks for their response to Saturday evening’s vehicular attack on the Venice Boardwalk. However, following Tuesday’s vote to install temporary bollards to physically block vehicular access to the Boardwalk, a rumble began that the city may have erred. […]

Response to Venice Boardwalk Crash Should Be Model, Not Outlier

By Damien Newton | Aug 5, 2013 | 3 Comments

Saturday in the late afternoona, Nathan Lewis Campbell got in his car and created carnage on the Venice Boardwalk. The 38-year-old native of Colorado drove on to the boardwalk and swerved through the area injuring dozens and killing Italian Alice Gruppioni, a 32 year old newly waling barefoot on the beach next to her husband. They […]

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