International Livable Streets rock stars Gehl Architects put together a beautiful vision for South Figueroa. What vision do the candidates vying to replace Bill Rosendahl have for the Westside and all of L.A.? Image: My Figueroa Tonight, L.A. Streetsblog, Bikerowave, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition and Los Angeles Walks, hosts the first candidate forum [...]
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39.5 miles of bicycle lanes on congested streets and the My Figueroa Project are headed towards environmental clearance following release of a DEIR and a new law signed by Governor Brown. Map via: The 2010 Bicycle Plan - First Year of the First Five-Year Implementation Strategy and the Figueroa Streetscape Project When Governor Jerry Brown signed [...]
la.streetsblog.org/2013/01/17/breaking-news-city-releases-deir-for-5-year-bike-plan-implementationmy-figueroa-project-further-study-not-needed/
The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition’s East L.A. Bike Ambassador Program is proving to be one of its most active local programs. While the group is meeting again tonight to discuss strategy for working with the city to improve bicycle access and safety in East and Northeast Los Angeles. Photo: LACBC via Change.Org It’s been a cause [...]
la.streetsblog.org/2013/01/07/change-org-petition-asks-for-bike-lanes-on-north-figueroa/
Best Innovation: Every now and then, Los Angeles comes up with some pretty cool ideas ahead of everyone else. This category honors some of the best creative ideas for the area. The nominees: Sunset Triangle Plaza, Santa Monica Bike Campus, New Parklet Design for East, Northeast L.A., 50 Parks Initiative, Bike Center Editor’s Choice: Santa Monica Bike Campus 2012 [...]
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While pretty much everyone loves CicLAvia, coming back to Los Angeles’ streets this Sunday, there has been one complaint that keeps popping up. The event is just too popular. There is such a latent demand to safely explore the city on bicycle, that over 100,000 bikes crowd the streets, making other CicLAvia events, such as [...]
la.streetsblog.org/2012/10/02/thinking-of-walking-ciclavia-think-of-joining-the-figueroa-street-parade/
The proposed My Figueroa (Not sure what the My Figueroa project is? Check out this story from last year?) Less than a month ago, it seemed as though the progressive South Figueroa Corridor Project, known as the My Figueroa project, was on the ropes. No agency was stepping up to take it from the CRA and Streetsblog [...]
la.streetsblog.org/2012/04/30/plenty-of-hurdles-still-remain-for-progressive-south-figueroa-corridor-project/
When two Streetsblog sponsors get together, the world is our oyster. For more on the meeting, read this first hand review at g4do-g4do Earlier this year, when the designs for South Figueroa’s My Figueroa project were released, Josef Bray-Ali wasn’t happy. While many advocates celebrated designs that would, if implemented, result in segregated bike paths, transit-only [...]
la.streetsblog.org/2011/08/25/making-change-on-north-figueroa-street/
Murphy, presenting for the MyFigueroa project team. Photo:LA Streetsblog/Flickr Over the course of this year, I wanted to take time ever now and then to introduce you to members of our L.A. Streetsblog team here in Los Angeles by letting you hear them discuss transportation issues in their own words. Previous articles have focused [...]
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I have written about how amorphous the scoping process for Metro and Caltran’s 710 gap-closure/ big dig project has been. I’ve now given shape to my own opinions in comments for the scoping phase of their environmental review (which ends on April 14th). Please submit comments if you are interested in the future of freeways [...]
la.streetsblog.org/2011/04/13/editorial-don%e2%80%99t-extend-the-710shrink-it-and-expand-alternatives/
All pictures were taken by Darrell Clarke. Here, the committees and Villaraigosa take questions from the media. Mica is at the podium flanked by Villaraigosa and Boxer. Goodbye “30/10″ and hello “Fast Forward America.” Congressman John Mica (R-FL) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) brought their road show to Los Angeles earlier this morning to get [...]
la.streetsblog.org/2011/02/23/field-hearing-report-villaraigosa-rebrands-l-a-s-transit-funding-plan-for-as-one-for-all-america/
For a full size of this slide from Metro's Powerpoint slide, click here. Metro has some pretty big plans on what to do with the federal funds they’re receiving to pilot a congestion pricing plan on two Los Angeles freeways. But one plan for Adams Boulevard in South Los Angeles has some locals scratching their heads. [...]
la.streetsblog.org/2011/02/22/metro-plans-to-remove-adams-blvd-sidewalks-near-my-figueroa/
San Gabriel Valley Tribune Endorses Football Stadium in San Gabriel Valley Planning Commission Approves Much Improved Lorenzo Project (LAT) A Must Watch Film, Not a Streetfilm, About How Bike Crashes Are Treated in Europe (Streetfilms) 1st Amendment? Trutanich Throwing the Book at Political Protesters (LAT) Metro Highways Boss: Everything on the Table for 710 Project (The Source) My Figueroa Was [...]
la.streetsblog.org/2011/02/11/todays-headlines-687/
The South Figueroa Corridor Plan proposes changes for more than just Figueroa Street. A standing room only audience descended on the Fashion Institute of Design on South Grand Street to listen to a presentation from the embattled Community Redevelopment Agency for a ground breaking and popular proposal to transform the South Figueroa Corridor. When people discuss [...]
la.streetsblog.org/2011/02/09/cra-unveils-draft-plans-for-south-figueroa-public-mostly-positive/
For a copy of the flyer announcing their February meetings, click here. I have to be honest. If the My Figueroa project ends up fulfilling its mission of designing a people-friendly Figueroa Street from the southwest corner of Exposition Park to Downtown Los Angeles only by adding a couple of trees and repainting the crosswalks, I’ll [...]
la.streetsblog.org/2011/01/25/will-figueroa-street-be-los-angeles-first-truly-complete-street/
There’s a full calendar this week with something new and different every week. So who’s up for a trip to Riverside? Monday – Metro holds its second hearing updating the progress of the Regional Connector. It looks as though the Little Tokyo community is on board, so there’s few roadblocks in the way of bringing this [...]
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