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Behind the Scenes, Are Hollywood’s Councilmen Delaying the Repainting of Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane
Surely Film L.A. doesn't have so much clout that it can hold up the simple repainting of an already fading and chipped green buffered bike lane on Spring Street over the wishes of the Mayor's Office, LADOT, local City Council Member Jose Huizar and the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council. So what's the delay?
April 12, 2013
Announcing: The Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane Photo Contest
Following the surprisingly strong response to yesterday's sarcastic short on the Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane, Streetsblog is proud to announce a new photo contest to our endangered bike lane project. For those that missed it, at the insistence of L.A. Film and other film industry groups the city seems poised to let the green paint on the Spring Street Buffered Bike Lane fade away. In response, Streetsblog published this helpful map to help confused film crews find places to film that don't have green lanes.
April 11, 2013
Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane Will Not Ruin Every Film Made in the Future
(This is part 1 of a 3 part series on the battle over the Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane. More to come tomorrow and Friday. - DN)
April 10, 2013
MyFigueroa Unveils New Designs: Promises Cycletracks, Transit Lanes and More for South Fig, MLK, and 11th
The MyFigueroa team will be presenting all their images and renderings at the Andrew Norman Hall Orthopaedic Hospital at 5:30 pm on April 9th. Get the event details at the MyFigueroa website. Of course, we'll be Live Streaming at Streetsblog TV. Bookmark our event page now.
March 25, 2013
RIP: Buffered Bike Lane in Front of LAPD Headquarters
This weekend, the Bureau of Street Services will be repaving parts of 1st Street in Downtown Los Angeles. After the repaving, the street will be repainted. Part of the repainting will include removing the buffer from the 1st Street Buffered Bike Lane in front of LAPD headquarters between Spring and Main Streets.
March 1, 2013
Parklet Party in Downtown Los Angeles
There were lots of cameras, but only one outlet broadcasted the parklet opening live.
It felt like a political rally.
February 7, 2013
Downtowners Give Overwhelming Approval to Downtown Streetcar Funding
The Downtown L.A. Streetcar is one step closer to reality...one giant step.
December 4, 2012
It’s Official, 1st Street Bike Lane Will Lose Some of Its Buffer
For months, cyclist and writerRoger Rudick rides down the 1st Street Buffered Bike Lane. Often, Rudick stops near LAPD headquarters and snaps a picture of a police cruiser parked in the bicycle lane. Rudick would then send it to a sympathetic ear in the department, be it Sgt. David Krumer or Officer Jeff Kievit. After the complaints were too numerous to be written off as the work of a few rogue scofflaws, the LAPD revealed their internal strategy for informing officers that parking in a bicycle lane is not only unsafe, it's illegal.
December 3, 2012
De-Uglifying Hollywood: How to Make Our City Pedestrian-Friendly
Tourists arriving in Hollywood from all over the world are fascinated, at first. The Walk of Fame, historic Hollywood and Vine, glamorous Hollywood & Highland shopping center and Grauman’s theater – all of these attractions make an impression...
November 15, 2012
Op/Ed: Yes on Downtown Streetcar
(We'll resume our Measure J op/ed series tomorrow. During our one-day break, enjoy this piece by DTLA Rising author Brigham Yen's view on the vote on the Downtown Streetcar funding measure. You can still vote by mail before November 28. - DN)
November 1, 2012