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Continental Crosswalks Appear at Barrington and National
Nearly two months ago, on November 12, Mayor Eric Garcetti stood with Councilmembers Mike Bonin and Joe Buscaino and Controller Ron Galerpin at the road repaving project at Barrington Avenue and National Boulevard. The Mayor announced that, thanks to new revenue, the city would now be repaving 200 additional miles of roadway, above and beyond its regular repaving budget every year.
January 5, 2015
Glendale-Hyperion Bridge Political Contortions Forcing Unsafe Compromise Design
Last night, the Citizens Advisory Committee for the design of the new Glendale-Hyperion Bridge met to discuss the city's latest proposal.
December 19, 2014
Orange Line BRT Speed Improvements Caught In Inter-Agency Delays
I was hoping to write a couple of happy stories this week about the Metro Orange Line. The San Fernando Valley's highly-regarded workhorse Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) opened in 2005. Lately, a new pedestrian tunnel and faster bus speeds seemed imminent. These facilities would save time for the Orange Line's 30,000 daily riders.
December 18, 2014
L.A. Council Approves Call for Projects List with Cedillo Snub Intact
Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council approved the list of projects [PDF] that the city plans to submit for Metro Call for Projects funding. Overall, the Call list includes a lot of great projects that reflect that many L.A. City elected officials and the city's Transportation Department (LADOT) are truly pursuing greater livability and safety.
December 17, 2014
NoHo Ped Tunnel Construction Underway, To Connect Orange and Red Lines
Construction is underway for a new tunnel that will make it easier for riders to transfer between Metro's Orange and Red Lines. Per Metro's fact sheet [PDF], the new tunnel, officially the North Hollywood Station Underpass project, is expected to be completed in Spring 2016. Riders are already detouring around the pedestrian-unfriendly construction site barriers.
December 16, 2014
Cedillo Insults Bikes as L.A. Gears Up for Metro 2015 Call for Projects
The Metro Call for Projects (the Call) competitively grants transportation funding to L.A. County cities to build various transportation projects. Metro's next Call for Projects will take place in 2015, with cities applying in late January, and awardees announced by mid-2015. The Call takes place every other year.
December 11, 2014
LADOT’s New Broadway Pre-Project Report Heralds Data-Driven Evaluation
Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Transportation Department (LADOT) released a new report entitled Broadway Dress Rehearsal: Pre-Installation Existing Conditions Report 2014 [PDF]. The handsome 82-page report is full of facts, figures and graphs all detailing the "safety, public life, and economic" conditions on Broadway from 2nd Street to 11th Street in downtown Los Angeles. This stretch of street is where the Broadway Dress Rehearsal project was recently completed. The streetscape project removed a traffic lane to make space for plazas which feature outdoor seating and planters.
November 26, 2014
Trick or Treat: LADOT Gets It Right on Halloween
This year the LADOT released its annual safety guide for Halloween, a tradition that dates back to 2008.
October 31, 2014
New Chamber of Commerce Excited About Great Streets on Venice Blvd.
Mike Bonin is not someone who is known for thinking small.
October 30, 2014