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Eyes on the Street: Bike Detectors Appear on 4th Street
Over the weekend, Bike Commute News' Joe Anthony snapped this picture of brand new bike detectors for intersections on 4th Street between Mid-Town and Downtown Los Angeles. 4th Street has long been an important corridor for cyclists seeking to access Downtown Los Angeles from points west, but local opposition has stalled some of the more progressive treatments LADOT planned for the road. While negotiations between activists, LADOT and neighborhood groups continue, some features continue to be brought to the "4th Street Bike Boulevard."
March 19, 2012
Pedestrian Tragedy in the Valley, Again!
This past Tuesday, early in the afternoon, 11-year-old twin sisters Sydney and Alexis left Walter Reed Middle School and began to walk home, a trip that ended at Colfax Avenue and Moorpark Street when they were hit by a car as they attempted to cross the street.
March 16, 2012
Getting a Permit to Close a Lane Isn’t That Hard for Film Crews
Two weeks ago, while researching a story on LAPD "bike lane stings" for Streetsblog, Carlos Morales came upon a television film crew blocking a bike lane. When Streetsblog posted pictures and commentary, some readers were angry at the crew for "Ringer" and others were annoyed that Streetsblog was wasteing time writing about something that "real Angelenos" have learned to accept.
March 12, 2012
New Organization at LADOT Marks the End of an Era
Ladot Re-Organization Memo (2012!02!17) With Org Chart-1 (1)
March 8, 2012
An Interview with the Man Responsible for L.A.’s Bus Benches
As Damien has noted previously new bus benches are popping up around Los Angeles as new bench provider Martin Outdoor gets up to speed following the city council awarding the contract in August 2011.
March 2, 2012
L.A. City Adding New Bikeways, Will They Reach Pledged 40 Miles by June 30?
The good news: the city of Los Angeles is implementing more bike lanes than ever before. From July 2011 through December 2011, the city of Los Angeles has implemented 12.5 miles of new bike lanes. This is by far the highest total for any six-month period since at least 1996, and probably the most ever. For the past decade or so, the city has averaged roughly two-to-three miles of new bike lanes every six months.
January 19, 2012
The Case of the Vanishing Venice Blvd. Bike Lanes
Over the break, Josef Bray-Ali, of Bike Oven and Flying Pigeon Bike Shop fame, was bicycling on Venice Boulevard when he noticed something odd. The bike lanes vanished on the north side of the road well before the usual terminus at Crenshaw Boulevard. Furious, Bray-Ali took to the Internet to excorciate the city and Mid-Town Crossing mega development for sacrificing the lanes for the wishes of a developer.
January 6, 2012
LADOT: Finally Getting Serious About Safe Routes to School?
For years the LADOT's applications for state and federal Safe Routes to School (SRTS) funding have been an object of ridicule among transportation advocates. But over the last year, there are signs that the city is taking the funding and designing of safe school routes more seriously.
January 4, 2012
Cyclists Weigh in on Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane
The poor Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane. The first "outside the box" bike project in Los Angeles has come under fire from just about everyone for the peeling paint and tire tracks that dominate a portion of the lane. Even Midnight Ridazz hosts a thread entitled, "Green Lanes Are a Joke," although opinions ont eh lane are mixed. In order to bring some balance to the story, Streetsblog went out and found some actual riders of the lane to see what they had to say.
December 19, 2011