Bike Plan EIR Community Meeting: West
LADOT Western Parking Enforcement Office
11214 West Exposition Boulevard
LA CA 90064
ALSO ON STREETSBLOG
LADOT Ready to Embrace “Floating” Bike Lanes for Westwood, But Is West L.A.?
By Damien Newton |
Tonight, city officials with LADOT and City Planning will present the environmental documents for five Bike Plan projects in West Los Angeles. Highlighting the list of projects is a proposal by the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) to restripe 1.6 miles of Westwood Boulevard between National Boulevard and Santa Monica Avenue to create a […]
North Figueroa Bike Lanes: Public Safety Reps Against Public Safety Project
By Joe Linton |
At last week’s North Figueroa Street bike lane meeting there was a contentious debate. Cyclists are urging installation of road diet bike lanes to improve safety for all. Bike lanes were approved in the city’s 2010 Bike Plan; L.A.’s Transportation Department (LADOT) studied the lanes extensively, and appeared to be on the verge of installing them. Then a […]
LADOT: We Were Never Considering Removing Bike Lanes on Reseda Blvd.
By Damien Newton |
Yesterday I got an e-mail from Carolyn Jackson at the Los Angeles Department of Transportation which basically said that the LADOT has no plans to remove bike lanes or change the street parking patterns to increase peak hour travel on Reseda Boulevard. Realizing that she was facing a skeptical audience of one, Jackson even included […]
City of L.A.’s First Parking-Protected Bike Lanes: Reseda Boulevard
By Joe Linton |
Yesterday, the city of Los Angeles installed its first ever parking-protected bike lanes. They’re on Reseda Boulevard in Northridge, part of the mayor’s Great Streets Initiative. As of this morning, the project is roughly one-quarter complete. The new protected lanes, also known as cycletracks, are mostly complete on the west side of Reseda Blvd from Plummer Street […]
City Council Gives Unanimous Nod to New Bike Plan
By Damien Newton |
It’s all over but the signing. And that’s scheduled for tomorrow. By a 12-0 vote, the Los Angeles City Council approved the Bike Plan sending it to the Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s desk for a signature. The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition and Villaraigosa have already announced the signing will take place tomorrow on the steps […]
Does LADOT Headquarters Know What’s Happening in District Offices? (Updated 4:55 P.M.)
By Damien Newton |
Can you see the streets from LADOT’s offices in Caltrans’ Death Star? Photo: Leighton Group (Update: the LADOT responded just before "closing time" today. Here is their official response: The information provided yesterday is accurate and still stands: the Department has no current plans to remove any portion of the bike lane or to install […]