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Bike Lanes, Partially Green and Partially Buffered, Appear on Westwood North of Le Conte
Westwood and Le Conte is sort of a magical intersection for me.
May 27, 2015
City of L.A.’s First Parking-Protected Bike Lanes: Reseda Boulevard
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.
April 3, 2015
Reseda Boulevard Getting Its Great Street Improvements (Updated 5:30pm)
Update: LADOT Bicycle Program just tweeted photos of the Reseda Boulevard protected bike lanes! Woot! Wooooot!
April 2, 2015
L.A. Finally Shamed Into Doing Something About Decrepit Sidewalks
Yesterday, the City of Los Angeles and plaintiffs in an American with Disabilities Act lawsuit over the pitiful condition of the city's sidewalks reached an agreement in which the city agreed to pay more than $1.3 billion over the next three decades on sidewalk repair. The agreement needs to be certified by a federal judge before it becomes law.
April 2, 2015
Englander Touts Reseda Great Street Upgrade, Includes Protected Bike Lanes
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 cycle tracks, this Portland video can help.
March 24, 2015
Not Your Parents’ LADOT
One of the nice things about shopping for food and eating in France is that the quality is assured by rigorous government regulation. While some boulangeries are better than others, in general, consumers can find a good quality baguette in any bakery.
March 20, 2015
What Should Downtown L.A. Do to Get Ready for Bike Share?
Metro regional bike share is coming soon. If all goes as planned, a year from now, downtown Los Angeles will have system on the ground. It will include about 1,000 bikes at 65 docking stations. The system will extend from Union Station to USC. For more detail, see SBLA's earlier preview.
February 26, 2015
People St Opens First Project with Plaza in North Hollywood
What was once an empty alley near the busy intersection of Magnolia and Lankershim Boulevards in the heart of the North Hollywood Arts District is now a public plaza with tables, chairs, green polka dots on the pavement, and sun shade.
February 23, 2015
LADOT Striping Some, Not All, of Bike Lanes on Repaved Venice Blvd
The preliminary striping is down on the resurfaced mid-city stretch of Venice Boulevard that SBLA highlighted last week. The site is east of the existing Venice Blvd bike lanes, in the Los Angeles City neighborhoods of Harvard Heights, Arlington Heights, and Mid-City.
January 30, 2015