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The Looming Disaster of the Hyperion-Glendale Bridges Re-Design
Earlier this week, Streetsblog published an article about how the Hyperion-Glendale Complex of Bridges Rehabilitation Project was giving short shrift to bicyclists and pedestrians and everyone that lived in the area. At the time, based on information provided to us by the Bureau of Engineering, I assumed that the issue could be resolved by arguing for a complete streets approach to the right people.
September 27, 2013
Eyes on the Street: the Ongoing Humiliation of the Spring Street Bike Lanes
As we reported last week, the dangerousification of Spring Street is in full swing these days. With the City Council mandated water blasting of the Green Buffered Bike Lane completed, advocates wait for the city to install its completely untested, but less expensive, new paint design.
September 23, 2013
On Bike/Ped. Count Day, Bonin Introduces Motion Demanding Better Bike/Ped Data from the City
During last year's Park(ing) Day, City Council Members Jose Huizar and Jan Perry announced a city-wide parklet initiative. Following that lead, current Council Member Mike Bonin announced a new motion requiring better data collection after spending the morning volunteering with the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition/Los Angeles Walks counting bikes and walkers.
September 10, 2013
LADOT Plans for Bike Lanes, Improved Crossings and Road Diet on Virgil Avenue
Tonight, the LADOT will present a proposal for a half mile of bike lanes and road diet on Virgil Avenue between Melrose Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard. Currently, Virgil Avenue has four mixed-use travel lanes, two parking lanes, and sidewalks. After the diet, there will be two mixed-use lanes, a turn lane, two 5 foot bike lanes and the sidewalk area.
September 10, 2013
Open Thread: LA Newspaper Group’s Summer of Cycling
A couple months ago, the newspapers that make up the Los Angeles Newspaper Group declared that this would be the Summer of Cycling.
August 27, 2013
California Traffic Control Devices Committee Approves New Design for Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane
Last week, the California Traffic Control Devices Committee approved the "compromise" design for the Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane. The CTCD was the last body that needed to approve the design.
July 30, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Guess Who’s Blocking the Bike Lane?
Our friend Colin Bogart sent along this note to us and representatives of Film L.A. about his bike commute to work yesterday.
July 3, 2013
It Is Easy Being Green…for the 1st Street Bike Lane in Boyle Heights
In contrast to the uproar over the repainting of Downtown's green bike lane; Spring's sister bike lane on 1st Street on the Eastside has proven quietly effective, at least according to anecdotal evidence and utterly uncontroversial.
June 25, 2013
Conjecture Versus Statistics: Spring Street Letters Show Differences in Style
If there's one thing I've learned, it's that delays in politics rarely offer good news for those with facts on their side. This is especially true when the political powers that be suddenly develop a case of collective laryngitis.
June 18, 2013