Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee
The City Council meets to discuss People St and a new LADOT General Manager. Read the agenda, here.
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Vision Hyperion: Advocates Sue City Claiming Inadequate Study of Bridge Redesign
By Damien Newton |
Flanked by community and safe streets advocates holding signs reading “Save Our Sidewalk” and “Safe Streets 4 All,” Don Ward leaned into a microphone to announce the battle over the redesign of the Glendale-Hyperion series of bridges was not over just because the City Council has given the project a green light. “This morning, we are […]
L.A. City Council Approves New Mobility Plan, Including Vision Zero
By Joe Linton |
After a lengthy and contentious debate, the full Los Angeles City Council approved the city’s new Mobility Plan, the Transportation Element of the city’s General Plan. Mobility Plan 2035 replaces the city’s former transportation plan in effect since 1999. The final vote was 12 in favor, with only Councilmembers Paul Koretz and Gil Cedillo opposing. The approved […]
Who Do We Blame for the Next Death on the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge?
By Joe Linton |
In a unanimous 11-0 vote, the Los Angeles City Council approved the city Bureau of Engineering’s (BOE) single-sidewalk pedestrian-killer design for the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge. Though the item was not approved at the Public Works Committee last week, the City Council approved the item today with no public comment, after brief misleading characterizations by Councilmembers Tom LaBonge and Mitch O’Farrell. […]
Greig Smith: Neighborhood Councils Should Have Final Say on Bike Projects
By Damien Newton |
A new motion by Valley Councilman Greig Smith would require the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to create a public outreach plan whenever new bicycle projects are proposed and would require the approval of the local Neighborhood Council before any new bicycle infrastructure would find its way onto the streets. Why does Smith single out […]
Mobility Plan Re-Approval Passes Joint Council Committee Meeting
By Joe Linton |
The city of Los Angeles’ progressive Mobility Plan 2035 was re-affirmed yesterday at a joint meeting of the City Council Transportation and Planning Committees. In August, the plan was approved on a 12-2 vote of the L.A. City Council. Under the scrutiny of a lawsuit challenge, the city is in the process of removing some allegedly […]