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Explanation of Rising Speed Limits: “The Public Votes with the Gas Pedal”
In recent weeks, CityWatch has done a fantastic job explaining why speed limits are rising throughout the city and why those limits are determined by speeding drivers and not the communities that have to deal with the speeding traffic.
August 20, 2008
Bike Unfriendly Place of the Week: Downtown Government Buildings?
As part of the Bike Unfriendly Place of the Week, one reader suggested I look at the Downtown governmental buildings that all of us, especially transportation reform advocates, visit somewhat regularly. This week, we'll look at Los Angeles City Hall, the Caltrans building and Metro Headquarters. All three buildings have bike racks, but as we know, not all bike racks are created equal.
August 1, 2008
DIY Lanes on Fletcher Bridge Already a Memory
Last week, MetBlogs reported that some enterprising souls took it upon themselves to improve the city's bike network by adding their own lanes to the Fletcher Bridge that runs over the Los Angeles River. The Do It Yourself, aka DIY, Lanes lasted less than half a week as the DOT saw to their quick removal. Apparently, in Los Angeles it takes well over a decade to construct the projects in a Bike Master Plan, but a couple of days to remove vigilante bike lanes.
July 28, 2008
Bike Unfriendly Place of the Week: Dodger Stadium
We've written before about some of the problems those brave few who bike to Dodger Stadium face. This year we found that a bike rack had been installed and hoped things would be better. After some decent early reviews from myself and the Militant Angeleno we discovered the biggest flaw with the new bike parking was nobody in the security and parking staff knew where it was and there was no mention of it on the Dodger website.
July 25, 2008
Streetsbloggers Write on Future of Car Sharing in LA
The following letter will be faxed to all the members of the City Council Transportation Committee. The letter is a compilation of reader comments to an article asking for people’s opinions whether or not the city should set aside dedicated parking for car sharing programs.
July 23, 2008
It’s Back: Council Approves Funding for Environmental Study of Pico/Olympic Plan
A View from Olympic Boulevard at Dusk
July 9, 2008
Expansion and Gate Closures on Bike Themed City Council Agenda
Needed Safety Amenity or Hotbed of Gang Activity
July 7, 2008