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Bike Lanes Planned for Fletcher Drive, Meeting Tonight
By Joe Linton |
At tonight’s meeting of the Glassell Park Improvement Association, Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell will be presenting the Department of Transportation’s (LADOT) planned Fletcher Drive Streetscape Project. Project plans are posted at the GPIA website. The project includes a road diet with bike lanes, plus new landscaped median islands. The bike lanes extend 0.8 miles from […]
Englander Touts Reseda Great Street Upgrade, Includes Protected Bike Lanes
By Joe Linton |
The city of Los Angeles will receive its first parking-protected bike lanes this weekend. The new parking-protected lanes are part of a Great Streets upgrade to Reseda Boulevard in Northridge. They will extend one mile from Parthenia Street to Plummer Street, replacing existing conventional bike lanes. If readers are unfamiliar with parking-protected bike lanes, also called […]
This Week In Livable Streets
By Joe Linton |
Election Day, T-Committee, accessible streets, Universal Station mobility hub, e-bikes, L.A. BAC, and more
Rise and Shine, Mayor Announces “Bike Summit” for August 16
By Damien Newton |
(Note: You can read full copies of the statements of everyone quoted below here.) The now famous picture of the mayor fooling around the night before his crash. Following his bike crash and broken elbow, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa vowed to hold a "Bike Summit" to talk speak with cyclists about ways to make […]
LAFD: No Evidence NELA Road Diet Would Impact Emergency Response Times
By Damien Newton |
When a bike lane and road diet were approved by LADOT for 5.1 miles of N. Figueroa Street, from San Fernando Road to Colorado Boulevard, safe streets advocates were thrilled. The plan promised better pedestrian crossings, buffered bike lanes and reduced traffic speed. But once Councilmember Gil Cedillo replaced Ed Reyes in last year’s election, the plans were knocked off track. In less than a year, Cedillo […]
Helmets Ready! Mayor Hosts First Bike Summit
By Joe Linton |
Former Mayor Richard Riordan presents training wheels to the wounded Mayor. For more pics from the conference, visist Gary Rides Bikes’ Flickr Page Despite the Monday 9am hour and the picture perfect weather, a standing-room only crowd assembled in the Metro Board Room for city of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s first Bike Summit. Alongside Mayor Villaraigosa […]