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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
LADOT: Building a Bus Only Lane Isn’t As Easy As It Sounds
Earlier this week I shared the latest on the Wilshire BRT and Gateway Plaza busway station projects.
December 2, 2011
LADOT: Of Course We’re Going to Patch the Spring Street Green Lane
One week ago, LADOT and city politicians opened the Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane to a flock of media and the appreciative roar of the L.A.'s cycling community. One week later, cheers have turned to grumbling as the green paint has dissolved in areas, gotten blotchy in others and basially looks like Long Beach's Green Sharrowed Lane after a year of wear and tear from cars and bikes.
November 28, 2011