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North Figueroa Bike Lanes: Public Safety Reps Against Public Safety Project
At last week's North Figueroa Street bike lane meeting there was a contentious debate. Cyclists are urging installation of road diet bike lanes to improve safety for all. Bike lanes were approved in the city's 2010 Bike Plan; L.A.'s Transportation Department (LADOT) studied the lanes extensively, and appeared to be on the verge of installing them. Then a new L.A. City Councilmember was elected.
May 16, 2014
The Other Lesson of Our #LA2050 Listens Events. We Need to Get Younger People More Involved.
Wider sidewalks, bike paths, fewer car lanes, park space.
May 13, 2014
Fight for Figueroa Bike Lanes Heats Up at Community Meeting
If there's one thing that was made clear from yesterday's community meeting for the proposed bike lanes on North Figueroa, it's that Councilman Gil Cedillo is going to continue dragging his feet on whether or not the Highland Park community is going to get bike lanes.
May 9, 2014
While Advocates Meet to Plan for North Figueroa 2050, Local Politics Are Muddy on #Fig4All 2014
It’s hard to say what North Figueroa Street will actually look like in 2050, but participants in James Rojas’ latest interactive model workshop shared their ideas on what the future might hold. Unlike so many events that focus on future-planning, many of the participants in this event were children. One of the two tables final visions was dictated by Scarlet, an eight-year-old who lives in the area.
April 30, 2014
Next Friday: Join Streetsblog for a #Fig4All Ride and Party Starting and Ending at the Flying Pigeon
Next Friday evening, Streetsblog rides back to the Flying Pigeon Bike Shop, 3404 North Figueroa Street, for a #fig4all ride and party.
June 7, 2013
Huizar: Bike Lanes on Colorado Will Go Forward. Fox 11 Is Shocked.
Los Angeles Local News, Weather, and Traffic
June 4, 2013
LADOT approves NELA bike lanes after lengthy contentious battle. But don’t declare victory just yet.
Update: City Planner Claire Bowen sends word that the determination sent out yesterday was merely a procedural matter, and should not be read as a final decision in the matter. The city is still accepting input and no decision has been made.
May 31, 2013
Cyclists Go Positive Against Mis-Information Campaign in Northeast L.A.
The past few months has literally been a battle as the LADOT readies to begin implementing the 2010 Bike Plan by adding bike lanes to a Northeast neighborhood in LA.
May 9, 2013
Economic Review of York Boulevard Road Diet Shows Bike Lanes Don’t Cause Loss of Business
A recent report by Cullen McCormick uses a road diet in Northeast Los Angeles as a case study to examine the economic impacts of reducing mixed-use travel lanes and increasing bicycle lanes. Despite the traditional opposition of local businesses when diets are proposed in front of their stores, McCormick's case study finds there was little difference in the hyper local economies after a portion of York Boulevard underwent a road diet in 2006.
September 25, 2012