Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Paul Koretz

Five Things I Learned at This Week’s L.A. Transportation Committee

By Joe Linton | Aug 29, 2014 | 10 Comments

Here are the top five things I learned listening in to this week’s Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee meeting. The public meeting took place Wednesday, August 27, at Los Angeles City Hall. If you’re nimble and/or having trouble sleeping, catch the full audio here. 1. Seleta Reynolds Hearts Car Share In discussion of the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Koretz Pushes Expo for a Little Collaboration on the Expo Greenway

By Damien Newton | Feb 5, 2014 | 6 Comments

Tomorrow, the Expo Construction Authority Board of Directors will hear a motion by Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz requiring “the CEO and staff to work collaboratively with the City of Los Angeles to ensure that the landscaping of the two projects (the Expo Greenway and the landscaping for the Expo Line) compliment each other…” […]

Portraits in Courage: Paul Koretz Edition

By Damien Newton | Nov 22, 2013 | 9 Comments

There’s been a lot of controversy about Paul Koretz’ decision to pull the plug on a study of a floating bike lane for Westwood Boulevard, even though he had previously promised a full study before making a decision. Now, via the Daily Bruin we have an explanation for his decision. “I looked at the issue […]

Bicycle supporters storm City Hall to demand a fair and honest study of bike lanes on Westwood Blvd

By Ted Rogers | Nov 19, 2013 | 13 Comments

Amid calls for more Americans to arm themselves and not to miss Ender’s Game, a handful of concerned citizens fought for safer streets for Westside bike riders. Acting on less than 24 hours notice, 10 bike lane supporters managed to free their morning to speak to the LA City Council, and take CD5 Councilmember Paul […]

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