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What You Need to Know Before This Week’s Pico-Olympic Meetings
When I first read that the Los Angeles Department of Public Transportation was holding public meetings this week on a revised Pico-Olympic Plan, I got nostalgic. Covering the battle between the community and the city over the plan to remove rush-hour parking, restripe the roads and retime the signals was the signature story back at StreetHeat, the precursor blog to LA Streetsblog. As a matter of fact, most of the links below are to Street Heat stories that were brought over, which hopefully explains some of the issues with layout and image quality.
March 30, 2009
Dodgers Won’t Lift a Finger to Save Dodger Trolley
Blogdowntown reports that the chances that transit service comes back to Dodger Stadium are about the same as the Dodgers clearing out parking spaces for helicopter parking. Despite a verbal commitment to the City Council last year that they would try and find sponsors for the shuttle, they refuse to talk to team sponsors and won't of course wouldn't dream of actually paying for what is essentially private shuttle service themselves.
March 16, 2009
LADOT Opens Westwood Crosswalks to Pedestrians
On Monday, I re-posted a story that first appeared on the excellent blog bikinginla about a Westwood crosswalk that was posted as closed to pedestrians. On Tuesday, I decided to do the responsible thing and actually let LADOT know about the offending signage. To its credit, the DOT replied via email within minutes and within hours had removed the offending signage. They were even able to tell me which crosswalk was the offending one based on the picture after I told them I wasn't sure.
February 11, 2009
Only in LA: DOT Wants to Remove Crosswalks to Protect Pedestrians
(Editor's Note: Thanks to everyone who wrote in or commented that a "T Intersection" is a legal crosswalk in California regardless of whether it is striped or not. I knew that, I was going for satire and inadvertently misled people. Sorry for any confusion.)
January 23, 2009
City to Help Fix Streets Surrounding the Grove
One of the Faux Streets, Closed to Car Traffic, at the Grove
January 13, 2009
City’s Measure R Plan a Test for Villaraigosa
Mayor Villaraigosa Mugs for the Cameras at Opening of Dodger Trolley
January 5, 2009
The Stupidest Billboard in Los Angeles
This Billboard Creates an Obstacle Course Like Feel Adjacent to Culver Blvd.
December 17, 2008
LADOT Looking for Bike Coordinator
LADOT Senior Bike Coordinator Meets with Residents as Part of Positively 4th Street Ride
December 16, 2008