Today’s Headlines

Screen shot 2010-09-14 at 8.41.41 AM — The LADOT Bike Blog created a map showing all bike projects for 2010.

Check out the LADOT’s Map, here.

Must Read: Alex Thompson Destroys Congestion-Based Attacks on Westside Subway (City Watch)
The Source Responds to the BRU’s Attack on 30/10
5ht and Flower Stop for Regional Connector on the Block? (Downtown News)
Smith’s Motion for NC’s on Bikeways is Dumb. But LADOT Kind of Asked for It (City Watch)
Meet the Spring Street Park (Blog Downtown)
Cargo at the Ports is Back Up! We Need a Plan to Move the Containers. (Daily Breeze)
15,000 Bikes Per Day at USC? (Daily Trojan)
Tips for a Safe Trip to School (Daily News)
Car Loving Suburban Pols Fighting Back Against Green Transportation (Tree Hugger)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Peter Smith

Our customers?

Is The Source’s post just a Metro press release?

Funny.

Also, in the entire response, there was almost nothing that actually addressed the BRU’s concerns. I can only assume that was intentional. It’s a typical non-response response.
joe

The valley might not get rail,
We might not get museums.

But we will get a hodge podge of un connected bike lanes Gosh Darnit, and I will be happy about it.

Like really happy.
Dan Wentzel

“there was almost nothing that actually addressed the BRU’s concerns. I can only assume that was intentional.

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The BRU’s nonsense doesn’t warrant a response.
LADOT Bike Blog

Joe,

A number of bike lanes currently “in design” will close a lot of gaps that currently exist in the valley’s bicycle network.
http://ladotbikeblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/new-google-map-for-all-ladot-bicycle-facilities/
Also, the draft 2010 LA Bike Plan’s 5 year expenditure plan calls for even more gap closure between existing facilities in the valley.
Joe Linton

@joe (another joe!) – I am going to actually agree with the LADOT bike blog – if you look at the 5-year implementation plan, there are quite a few gap closures in the Valley. See the streetblog article I wrote here: http://la.streetsblog.org/2010/08/10/looking-into-los-angeles-draft-bike-plan-implementation-strategy/

With so few facilities on L.A. streets, I think we need to be careful about being too critical of “unconnected” facilities. If we don’t go forward with some unconnected facilities, then we may never get anything to connect to… be careful with the “it doesn’t go far enough” argument – because it often ends up justifying inaction and the status quo.