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Filed Under: O Valley Bike Lane, Thou Art but a Vehicular Temptress
When the driver pulled in behind me in the new buffered bike lane along Vineland, I thought, OK, it's a little weird, but he's probably going to turn right or park.
August 17, 2015
Photo Essay: Pacoima’s Opening Celebration For Bradley Plaza
Yesterday, the community of Pacoima celebrated the opening of the city of L.A.'s latest car-free space: Bradley Plaza. The plaza closes to cars one block of Bradley Avenue immediately east of Van Nuys Boulevard in the north San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Pacoima. The plaza is a product of the city Transportation Department's (LADOT) innovative community-driven People St program. Through the People St program, community groups can apply for and receive local plazas, parklets, and bike corrals.
July 31, 2015
City of L.A.’s First Parking-Protected Bike Lanes: Reseda Boulevard
Yesterday, the city of Los Angeles installed its first ever parking-protected bike lanes. They're on Reseda Boulevard in Northridge, part of the mayor's Great Streets Initiative.
April 3, 2015
Reseda Boulevard Getting Its Great Street Improvements (Updated 5:30pm)
Update: LADOT Bicycle Program just tweeted photos of the Reseda Boulevard protected bike lanes! Woot! Wooooot!
April 2, 2015
Englander Touts Reseda Great Street Upgrade, Includes Protected Bike Lanes
The city of Los Angeles will receive its first parking-protected bike lanes this weekend. The new parking-protected lanes are part of a Great Streets upgrade to Reseda Boulevard in Northridge. They will extend one mile from Parthenia Street to Plummer Street, replacing existing conventional bike lanes. If readers are unfamiliar with parking-protected bike lanes, also called cycle tracks, this Portland video can help.
March 24, 2015
CicLAvia XII Open Thread: Viva the Valley!
With a winning formula that attracts tens of thousands of participants, spurred on by funding from Metro, Southern California open streets programs are not just for central and Downtown L.A. any more. Coming soon, inaugural ciclovías will take Long Beach and Pasadena. But we're getting ahead of ourselves.
March 23, 2015
CicLAvia – The Valley: Tips For Fun, Families, Getting There, and More
CicLAvia - The Valley takes place this Sunday, March 22, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CicLAvia is L.A.'s open streets celebration - a free, fun, family-friendly festival - where streets are closed to cars to allow people on foot, skates, and bikes to take over.
March 18, 2015
Eyes on the Street: North Hollywood Station Tunnel Construction
Last December, Streetsblog L.A. reported that construction had gotten underway for Metro's new tunnel below Lankershim Boulevard. The $22 million North Hollywood Station Underpass will connect the Red Line subway with the Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit. Full details and diagrams at the earlier article.
March 16, 2015
No Pitchforks as LADOT GM Seleta Reynolds Addresses West SFV Forum
I was a little worried that there might be pitchforks at last night's transportation town hall. The event was hosted by L.A. City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield and held at the Tarzana Recreation Center.
January 23, 2015
San Fernando Valley Prioritizes Freeways, Then Bemoans Lack of Transit
This seems to be the week that the news is that nothing happened in the San Fernando Valley. Last Thursday, SBLA reported that Metro Orange Line speed improvements are not happening yet. On Sunday, the Daily News ran a piece by Dakota Smith entitled, Lack of new San Fernando Valley rail lines draws complaints. Here's an excerpt:
December 23, 2014