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We Can Tell You How to Get, How to Get to People St
"Thank you for liberating our streets," City Council Transportation Committee Chair Mike Bonin greeted LADOT staff last week. While LADOT staff may not be used to a hero's welcome, Assistant General Manager Dan Mitchell and Assistant Pedestrian Coordinator Valerie Watson weren't there to present a typical transportation project, or even to talk about why some five-lane street in The Valley needs to have its speed limit increased.
December 11, 2013
Getting Closer and Closer to Broadway’s Dress Rehearsal.
This summer, the city and the "Bringing Back Broadway" coalition announced an exciting program to recreate the physical layout of the historic theatre district on Broadway between 1st and 11th Streets. Phase I, or the appropriately named "dress rehearsal" involved the creation of semi-permanent infrastructure to create plazas, barrier planters, and other traffic calming and pedestrian enhancement obligations.
December 10, 2013
Eyes on the Street…L.A.’s First Protected Bike Lane
Last night, Los Angeles got its first protected bike lane last night when a series of plastic dividers went up in the Second Street Tunnel between Figueroa and Hill Street.
December 6, 2013
Jon Kirk Mukri Chats with City Council on LADOT Staff and Multi-Modalism
On his third day in the office, Interim LADOT General Manager Jon Kirk Mukri appeared in front of the City Council Transportation Committee to discuss the future of the Department.
December 5, 2013
The Next Reader Q and A: Jon Kirk Mukri
It's been awhile since we've published a reader question and answer article. With the arrival of Interim General Manager Jon Kirk Mukri to the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, now seemed a great time to bring back this old series. You pick the questions, we'll submit them to Mukri through the LADOT press office.
December 2, 2013
LADOT Announces TAP Card Design Contest
When Metro released special TAP cards for the opening of the Expo Line, I was intrigued. Why, I wondered, doesn't Metro do more interesting things with TAP design all of the time? Why the insistence on selling these boring blue cards?
November 14, 2013
Riders Reclaim Central Ave. for Bikes for a Few Happy Hours
For much of the time that I lived in Sevilla, Spain, I lived adjacent to the surprisingly still-formidable walls that once surrounded the old city and were constructed (for the second time) in the 11th century.
November 5, 2013
Gabe Klein to Resign From Chicago DOT at End of Month
With two and a half years of service under his belt as Chicago's transportation commissioner -- not to mention 300 bike-share stations -- Gabe Klein announced that he will be resigning at the end of November.
November 1, 2013
Jaime De La Vega Out at LADOT
Moments ago, the Mayor's Office announced that Jaime De La Vega will no longer serve as General Manager of the Department of Transportation. Jon Kirk Mukri, the General Manager for Recreation and Parks will serve as interim General Manager for LADOT while a permanent replacement is sought.
October 31, 2013
Jaime De La Vega Releases Response to Leadership Change at LADOT
The following statement was released moments ago by Jaime De La Vega through the LADOT press office in reference to the just announced leadership change at LADOT:
October 31, 2013