Downtown LA
Streetsblog LA
Eyes on the Street: Red Pavement Bus Lanes in Downtown L.A.
The red pavement treatment makes the bus lane a bit more visible, a bit harder for drivers to ignore
June 30, 2020
Some New Details On New Bus Lanes and Bike Lanes Coming To Downtown L.A.
LADOT and Metro are adding needed bus and bike lanes on 5th and 6th Streets, with construction starting next week. But some say the bike lanes don't go far enough.
June 10, 2020
Metro and LADOT Collaborating To Add New Downtown L.A. Bus Lanes
Metro is working with LADOT to implement bus-only lanes on 5th Street, 6th Street, Aliso Street, Grand Avenue, and Olive Street.
May 22, 2020
Friday L.A. Round-Up: Traffic Deaths Spike, COVID-19 Slow Streets, and 7th Street Lanes
New protected bike lanes on the way downtown, first COVID slow streets on the Westside, and LAPD reports a surge in speeding and traffic fatalities.
May 15, 2020
Protected Bike Lanes Coming To DTLA’s 7th Street
7th Street - from Figueroa to Main - will receive temporary protected bike lanes later this month
May 7, 2020
Metro Plans Nearly Two-Year-Long Little Tokyo Gold Line Bus Bridge For Regional Connector Construction
Metro will demolish the existing Little Tokyo Gold Line Station for a new underground station. Construction means closing 1.2 miles of the Gold Line, running a 22-month bus bridge, expected to start late 2020
January 16, 2020
Huizar Opens New Main Street Protected Bike Lanes
Downtown L.A.'s Main Street has a new bike lane designed to improve safety and prevent conflict between cyclists and transit
November 26, 2019
Greta Thunberg Headlines L.A. Youth Climate Strike Urging Newsom to Reject Fossil Fuels
Youth Climate Strike Leaders called on Newsom to enact a safety buffer to protect frontline communities from oil drilling, to stop issuing new fossil fuel permits, and oversee a just transition to clean energy.
November 1, 2019
L.A. Proposes Eliminating Parking Requirements Downtown
Downtown L.A. follows Lancaster, Santa Monica, San Diego, San Francisco, Houston, and Cincinnati in eliminating unneeded parking requirements.
October 31, 2019
CicLAvia Heart of L.A. 2019 – Open Thread
CicLAvia returned to downtown L.A.. Arts District, Boyle Heights, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, and MacArthur Park
October 7, 2019
