Three New Ped/Bike Bridges Coming to the L.A. River
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In the coming years, the central Glendale Narrows stretch of the L.A. River will see three new bridges shared by pedestrians, cyclists, and, on one, equestrians.
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about River Development
L.A. River Atwater Ped-Bike-Horse Bridge Nears Approval
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Permitted, environmentally-cleared and publicly- and privately-funded, a planned multi-modal North Atwater Village L.A. River bridge faces final city approvals this month.
NELA’s Outsized New Riverside-Figueroa Bridge Speeds Car Traffic
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The city of L.A. opened its new Riverside Drive Bridge, featuring a protected bikeway and roundabout. The project was praised for safety improvements, but the oversized project is really about moving more cars even faster.
Army Corps, LADOT Announce Circuitous Detour For LA River Bikeway Closure
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Due to this year’s El Niño storms, the federal Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is clearing vegetation (arguably illegally according to a similar regional water board lawsuit) in the most natural areas of the L.A. River. USACE is also adding temporary flood barriers along the river in the middle of the central stretch of L.A. River bike path. The […]
Eyes on the Bridge: What Glendale-Hyperion’s Missing Sidewalk Means
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Above is a graphic created by Don Ward to show just how crappy the Bureau of Engineering’s Glendale-Hyperion Bridge plan is. The unsafe design was recently approved by L.A.’s Board of Public Works, and will soon come before City Council. Streetsblog USA profiled the board’s approval as a sign that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s commitment to great […]
Public Works Board Approves Sidewalk Deficient Glendale-Hyperion Bridge
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In a hearing at City Hall this morning, the mayor-appointed Board of Public Works unanimously approved proceeding with the city Bureau of Engineering’s (BOE) recommendation to eliminate one of two sidewalks on its Glendale-Hyperion Bridge retrofit project. The latest version, announced earlier this week, has not changed significantly since 2013 when BOE pushed a similar unsafe design, leading […]