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Metro recently installed new temporary metal barriers channel riders into three separate streams: one entering toward the platform, two exiting toward the street

Of 24 projects announced, so far: 4 sweet new bikeways, 4 traffic circles, and not much else

Up in the West San Fernando Valley is what appears to be the city’s of Los Angeles’ most substandard bike facility, and the city has all too many inadequate bike facilities to choose from. A stretch of De Soto Avenue has a three-foot wide bike lane, two feet of which are the concrete gutter. It’s at the intersection of De Soto and El Rancho Road, located in the community of Woodland Hills. It’s just one long block south of the Metro J Line (Orange) Bus Rapid Transit and bike path, and right across the street from Pierce College.

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The wait will soon be over.

The spectacular path would not have happened without the vociferous, aggressive advocacy of its namesake Mark Bixby

Watts' Central Avenue and 103rd Street hosted the first edition of CicLAvia's new CicLAmini format - shorter events, targeted more toward walking - but not markedly different than the CicLAvia festivals Angelenos have come to know and love

Is La Sombrita a new design for bus stop shading and lighting to be installed quickly and cheaply? Or a sad joke at the expense of L.A. transit riders? Probably somewhere in the middle of those.

Tonight, Metro will host a construction update on the 5.5-mile Rail-to-Rail walk/bike path that will run along the neglected Slauson corridor right-of-way