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Good News for the Westside: New Bike Lanes Appear on Sepulveda Boulevard
In April, a pair of North-South bike lanes appeared on 1.2 miles of Sepulveda Boulevard, providing a crucial connection from National Boulevard to the Venice Boulevard bike lanes. The new bike route actually spans two City Council Districts, the 11th District represented by Bill Rosendahl and the 5th District represented by Paul Koretz.
May 2, 2012
Middle School Students to Reyes: Build Those Bike Lanes! (Update: Read LADOT Comment Below…)
May 2, 2012
Plenty of Hurdles Still Remain for Progressive South Figueroa Corridor Project
(Not sure what the My Figueroa project is? Check out this story from last year?)
April 30, 2012
Riding with the Real Rydaz: Planning for a July Tour of South L.A.
Although a few state parks will close on July 1, Shuntain Thomas, the Real Rydaz, and We Are Responsible People (WARP) want you to know that the streets of South Los Angeles will be open for riding.
April 3, 2012
It Should Be Easy Being Green – Responding to the L.A.Times
For the second time in just over a month, the Los Angeles Times devoted a good portion of its real estate to hitting the Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane. A lot of the piece hits the same points as last month's editorial on the same topic, but transportation writer Ari Bloomekatz goes into greater detail and includes interviews with Film L.A. and even a brief recap of Carlos Morales' run-in with a film crew last week.
March 16, 2012
Getting a Permit to Close a Lane Isn’t That Hard for Film Crews
Two weeks ago, while researching a story on LAPD "bike lane stings" for Streetsblog, Carlos Morales came upon a television film crew blocking a bike lane. When Streetsblog posted pictures and commentary, some readers were angry at the crew for "Ringer" and others were annoyed that Streetsblog was wasteing time writing about something that "real Angelenos" have learned to accept.
March 12, 2012
Report from Last Week’s DTLA Bike Sting
On Thursday, March 1, 2012, the LAPD Central Traffic Division deployed eight motorcycle officers to Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) in what was called a “Bike Lane Sting.” The LAPD's mission was to educate and issue traffic citations to motorist, cyclist and pedestrians whose actions infringed on the rules of the road. The focus was on bike lanes violations. The task force deployed along both the green striped bike lane on Spring Street and soon to be striped Main Street.
March 8, 2012
Editorial: It Ain’t Easy Bein’ L.A.’s Green Bike Lane
The Los Angeles Times ran an editorial earlier this week entitled L.A.'s bike lane blooper. While the Times was generally supportive of L.A. City bike plan implementation, it did come out against green bike lanes in downtown Los Angeles stating that "the green lane spoiled the shots that made Spring the perfect stand-in for Anytown, USA."
February 16, 2012
Main Street Road Diet Only Partially Completed Last Weekend
Back in September of last year, the LADOT persuaded the Venice Neighborhood Council to give conditional support to a plan to shrink Main Street in Venice from a five lane street to a three lane street with bike lane on each side. The LADOT announced the plan would be on the ground "in the next couple of weeks."
January 23, 2012