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Reseda Boulevard Bike Lanes: One Mile Done, Four to Go
Yesterday, the city of L.A. Department of Transportation (LADOT) made
good on their pledge to stripe the first new mile of Reseda Boulevard
bike lanes. The lanes were approved in 1996, but languished for various reasons detailed earlier, until bicyclists and community members rallied. It's one mile of a five mile gap closure.
October 5, 2009
LADOT Stripes Half-Mile of Reseda Bike Lanes
New bike lanes are in use on Reseda Boulevard. L.A. StreetsBlog readers will remember that these lanes were
approved in the city of Los Angeles' 1996 bike plan,
but weren't implemented due to conflicting Department of Transportation
(LADOT) plans for additional peak-hour car lanes. When the peak-hour lanes plan faced opposition, LADOT pledged to implement a mile of bike lanes on Reseda Blvd from Devonshire Street to San Fernando Mission Road.
September 28, 2009
LADOT: A Mile of New Reseda Boulevard Bike Lanes in September
At last night's meeting of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council (NENC,) the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) announced their plans to install nearly a mile of new bike lanes on Reseda Boulevard in September 2009. The announcement was made by LADOT's Principal Transportation Engineer for Valley Traffic Operations, Alan Willis. The new bikeway will extend from Devonshire Street to San Fernando Mission Road.
August 20, 2009
Does LADOT Headquarters Know What’s Happening in District Offices? (Updated 4:55 P.M.)
(Update: the LADOT responded just before "closing time" today. Here is their official response: The information provided yesterday is accurate and still stands: the
Department has no current plans to remove any portion of the bike lane
or to install peak hour lanes on Reseda Boulevard.
August 14, 2009
LADOT: We Were Never Considering Removing Bike Lanes on Reseda Blvd.
Yesterday I got an e-mail from Carolyn Jackson at the Los Angeles Department of Transportation which basically said that the LADOT has no plans to remove bike lanes or change the street parking patterns to increase peak hour travel on Reseda Boulevard. Realizing that she was facing a skeptical audience of one, Jackson even included an email from the LADOT to the Northridge West Neighborhood Council to prove her point.
August 13, 2009
Northridge West Neighborhood Council Rejects DOT’s Plans for Reseda
A quick update on yesterday's Northridge West Neighborhood Council meeting from Los Angeles Bike Advisory Committee Chair Glenn Bailey.
August 12, 2009
DOT Working to Remove Reseda Blvd. Bike Lane
Ted Rogers, who's Biking In LA blog should be required reading for L.A. cyclists, has discovered a plot in the Valley to take out a Bike Lane on Resedal Blvd., along with street parking, to double the car-capacity of the road at rush hour. Apparently, traffic engineers in the West Valley Department of Transportation decided that not enough cyclists use the lane to justify its existance.
August 11, 2009
Sometimes a Bike Lane Isn’t Enough
Yesterday, I had the distinct pleasure of riding with a handful of bike activists from around the city to the A.B. 766 press conference in Coldwater Canyon Park. I expected a pleasant ride to and from the park, after all most of it would be on Chandler Blvd., which has bike lanes on both sides of the street and runs parallel to the Orange Line Bike Trail.
May 8, 2009