Recent Streetsblog LA posts about bike lanes

New bike lanes on Channel Road - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

New Bike Lanes Installed on Channel Drive in Pacific Palisades

By Joe Linton | Oct 15, 2021 | No Comments

New Channel Road bike lanes extend about about 0.2-mile from Mesa Road to Short Street. The facility connects to the beach bike path via one block of new sharrows and an existing pedestrian undercrossing.

New two-way protected bikeway on Elenda Street in Culver City. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: New Two-Way Protected Lanes on Elenda in Culver City

By Joe Linton | Sep 17, 2021 | No Comments

Armadillos spotted on southern California streets - on Elenda Street from Washington Blvd to Culver Blvd

This portion of Foothill Boulevard is protected (by plastic bollards) but is not actually a bike lane. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

L.A. City Added Bikeways in FY20-21, But Missed Some Opportunities for More and Better

By Joe Linton | Aug 26, 2021 | No Comments

LADOT did significant bikeway mileage in FY20-21, but here are some missed opportunities where they could have done more, longer, and better bikeways.

FY20-21 LADOT bikeways included 12.7 new lane miles on Avalon Boulevard in South Los Angeles. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

LADOT Annual Bikeway Mileage Installation Up in FY20-21, Buoyed By Resurfacing

By Joe Linton | Aug 19, 2021 | No Comments

It’s the new L.A. City fiscal year, so time for Streetsblog L.A.’s annual look at the past year’s bikeway implementation. At the end of each fiscal year, LADOT typically publishes its annual report which includes bikeway mileage completed. LADOT recently provided Streetsblog a spreadsheet showing Fiscal Year 2020-21 bikeway implementation. Under Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, LADOT […]

Bike Lanes, Partially Green and Partially Buffered, Appear on Westwood North of Le Conte

By Damien Newton | May 27, 2015 | 4 Comments

Westwood and Le Conte is sort of a magical intersection for me. In 2008, the city’s first Sharrows appeared just north of Le Conte on Westwood Blvd. In 2010, Westwood and Le Conte teamed up again as the home of “30 seconds of Awesome,” in its scramble crosswalk. Those were both big stories for early Streetsblog L.A. […]

Bike Advisory Committee: Stop Wasting Time and Money Stalling on Bike Projects

By Damien Newton | Feb 7, 2014 | 6 Comments

In March of 2011, then-Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signed into law the city’s Bicycle Plan, a list of some 1,600 miles of bicycle lanes, routes, friendly streets and paths scheduled for the next 30 years. In some ways, implementation is going exceedingly well. The pace at which new bicycle lanes are being added exceeds even that […]

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