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Downtown L.A. Celebrates New Protected Bike Lanes On Los Angeles Street
Downtown L.A. now has protected bike lanes! Woooot! Wooooot!
June 17, 2016
Los Angeles Street Protected Bike Lanes Ribbon-Cutting This Thursday
The city of Los Angeles has a brand new full-featured protected bike lane. It is on downtown L.A.'s Los Angeles Street, connecting Union Station with First Street, running literally in the shadow of Los Angeles City Hall.
June 14, 2016
Metro Sets Date To Launch DTLA Bike-Share: July 7
Downtown L.A. will get a little more bike-friendly with the launch of Metro bike-share, just announced for Thursday, July 7, 2016. Metro bike-share will include 1000+ bikes at 65 docking stations. The system is expected to expand to Pasadena in 2017, and other areas in future years.
May 25, 2016
Councilmember Jose Huizar Promotes a More Bikeable Downtown L.A.
Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar is excited about the future of bicycling in downtown Los Angeles. At a press event yesterday, Huizar took a test spin on one of Metro's bike-share bikes. SBLA Streetsie-winner Huizar sees bike-share as one key feature of "a snowball effect" virtuous cycle for central Los Angeles: more bikes on the street will trigger more safety-in-numbers, which will prompt more city investment in bikeways, which will lead to even more bicycling.
April 21, 2016
Construction Getting Underway For Los Angeles Street Protected Bike Lanes
Yesterday, a construction notice appeared on the official L.A. City Transportation Department (LADOT) Twitter account. It announced a "resurfacing and bike lane enhancement project" to include "protected bike lanes" on downtown L.A.'s Los Angeles Street, extending from First Street to Alameda Street. Construction is set to begin this weekend, and conclude by May 15. During the month-long construction, cyclists and drivers will share a single lane.
April 14, 2016
DTLA Pedestrians Get Expanded Head Start Signals
Downtown L.A. is getting a little safer for walking with some new traffic signals that give pedestrians a head start. Officially, these are called "Leading Pedestrian Intervals." The concept is that when pedestrians get the walk signal a few seconds before drivers get a green light, they can walk into the intersection and be more visible, and therefore safer.
March 1, 2016
Downtown L.A. Celebrates New Parklet On Hope Street
People Street meets Hope Street.
January 14, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Little Tokyo Track Relocation Construction Underway
Last Friday, Metro began its slightly-delayed closure of the Little Tokyo Gold Line Station. The station will be closed for about three months while Gold Line tracks are relocated to make way for Regional Connector subway construction. If this construction goes reasonably well, the on time within-budget Regional Connector will open in 2021.
January 11, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Bike Lane Closure Signage Gives Wrong Sign?
Streetsie winner Nathan Lucero encountered some irritating signage when bicycling north on the Main Street bike lanes near El Pueblo downtown. From his @onmybikeinla Instagram post: (lightly edited)
July 30, 2015
Bike-Share Round-Up: Multiple Motions At Tomorrow’s Metro Board Meeting
Last month, after a fairly lengthy debate, the Metro Board of Directors approved an $11 million contract to bring bike-share to downtown Los Angeles. Though there is a lot of interest in bike-share on the Metro board, there is not a lot of agreement on exactly how to move forward.
July 22, 2015