Recent Streetsblog LA posts about MyFigueroa!

MyFigueroa Project Picking Up Key Neighborhood Council Support

By Joe Linton | Mar 12, 2014 | No Comments

MyFigueroa is picking up some steam as the city’s decision on an appeal of the project’s certification approaches. MyFigueroa is the city of L.A.’s innovative downtown complete streets project, in the works since 2008. The project extends from Downtown L.A. (from the 7th and Fig outdoor mall) into South L.A.(to Exposition Park), and features pedestrian, […]

MyFigueroa! Needs a Hero as Livable Streets Villains Line Up Against City’s First Cycletracks

By Damien Newton | Jan 29, 2014 | 12 Comments

Listening to yesterday’s City Council Planning and Land Use Committee over the phone, it felt as though I was listening to a parody of a hearing. What should have been a major moment for the MyFigueroa! project, the city’s most important bicycle and pedestrian project on the books. turned into an almost baffling show of […]

Garcetti Has Skin in the Game on My Figueroa!

By Damien Newton | Jan 27, 2014 | 11 Comments

Earlier this month, the City of Los Angeles wrote to the Green Lane Project, seeking to be a partner city in “Green Lane Project 2”. If selected, L.A. would be one of six American cities that would work with People for Bikes to receive a suite of technical, financial and strategic resources, opportunities to network […]

The MyFigueroa! Streetscape and Protected Bike Lane Plan Moves Forward as City Council Begins Hearing the Appeal

By Damien Newton | Jan 23, 2014 | 5 Comments

Next week, the Los Angeles City Council will hear the formal appeal of the environmental certification of the MyFigueroa! project brought by Darryl Holter, owner of the Shammas Auto Group. But, even as the Council begins to hear the appeal, the MyFigueroa! team is preparing to put the project out to bids in February and March. […]

Formal Appeal Filed Against MyFigueroa! Streetscape Project by Auto Dealerships

By Damien Newton | Sep 24, 2013 | 13 Comments

It’s not quite a series of scribbles by Eli Broad, but the formal appeal of the MyFigueroa! Project, also known as the South Figueroa Streetscape Project, by Darryl Holter of the Shammus Auto Group is so half-baked, it’s hard to believe that anyone would take it seriously. The two-page hand-written complaint contains no new information […]

L.A. Approves Cycle Tracks, But Council Motion Could Derail South Fig. Plans

By Damien Newton | Aug 30, 2013 | 2 Comments

At long last, it looks like the City of Los Angeles is ready to build some cycle tracks. Earlier this week, the City of Los Angeles certified the environmental documents for the South Figueroa Streetscape Project, known to social media buffs as MyFigueroa! The plan calls for reducing South Figueroa from five mixed-use travel lanes […]

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