Recent Streetsblog LA posts about MyFigueroa!

MyFigueroa! Plan for LA’s First Protected Bike Lanes Clears Environmental Review

By Damien Newton | Aug 8, 2013 | 35 Comments

Yesterday, the Los Angeles Department of City Planning released the Final Environmental Impact Report for the South Figueroa Streetscape Project (MyFigueroa!). The $20 million MyFigueroa! Project will bring Los Angeles its first protected bike lanes and a transit-only lane while removing some street parking and mixed-use travel lanes. “As the first such protected bicycle facility […]

Eyes on the Street: New Bike Lanes and Continental Crosswalks from Wilshire to Cesar Chavez on Figueroa

By Damien Newton | Apr 29, 2013 | 10 Comments

An anonymous reader points out that bike lanes are being installed on South Figueroa Street between Wilshire Boulevard and Cesar Chavez, a cool 1.1 mile stretch of road. While he asked for anonymity, he/she did add: I cycle a lot, but don’t commute. Watching cyclists going north on Fig makes me nervous, so this will […]

The MyFigueroa! Doubters Speak: Fig Too Special for Cycletracks

By Damien Newton | Apr 17, 2013 | 12 Comments

After years of whispering in the ears of CRA and LADOT staff, and avoiding public comment, the opponents of the MyFigueroa! project to put a road diet, cycletracks, bike lanes, improved crosswalks and better transit facilities on South Figueroa street broke their public silence in the L.A. Downtown News . The basic argument against the […]

Packed Auditorium Cheers and Questions the MyFigueroa! Project

By Damien Newton | Apr 10, 2013 | 24 Comments

(It’s taking a long time to process the video from last night. We’ll have full, cleaner, copies of Gandy and Smith’s presentations and the Q and A. late tonight or tomorrow. – DN) The February 2011 MyFigueroa! meeting was something of a love-in. The room was packed with advocates who loudly applauded the project both […]

Group Ride Feeds to Tonight’s Mega MyFigueroa Meeting

By Damien Newton | Apr 9, 2013 | 1 Comment

After over two years, the MyFigueroa team is finally ready to present new designs and a new project to create a truly multi-modal corridor to connect Downtown to South Los Angeles. There’s a lot of ways to attend tonight’s meeting, beginning at 5:30 pm at Andrew Norman Hall Orthopaedic Hospital, 2400 S. Flower St. at […]