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New Bike Lanes Come to 7th Street (Updated: 1:55 P.M.)
Back in the day when I lived in Mid-town and regularly traveled Downtown 7th Street was by far my favorite route. I would pair it with 4th Street and a North-South connecting street and it was a relatively safe and easy ride excepting that one hill right before the end of Downtown where the wind always seemed to hit me like a wall.
August 15, 2011
What the Heck Is Going on with Bike Plan Implementation?
Yesterday, the LADOT and City Planning made their quarterly update to the City Council on the progress of the implementation of the Bike Plan. The Council's Transportation Committee also moved a motion that would transfer $475,000 to LADOT's overtime account. Between the somewhat confounding report offered by the agencies and the revelation that bike projects have to be built on overtime, it's no surprise that some advocates are anxious.
August 11, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Woodley Avenue Bike Lanes
Alert reader Joe Dunavan alerts that new bike lanes have appeared on Woodley Avenue heading south. The pictured section is just south of the Van Nuys Flyaway. These lanes-in-waiting will run for a half mile from Saticoy Street to Sherman Way, roughly a half mile. They connect to existing bike lanes to the north on Woodley Avenue.
August 4, 2011
Northridge South Neighborhood Council Considers Reseda Boulevard Bike Lanes
The LADOT is proposing to install bike lanes on both sides of Reseda Boulevard for a half mile, between Roscoe Boulevard and Parthenia Street. This gap closure project will connect existing bicycle lanes to the north and south on Reseda and is the last remaining gap in bicycle infrastructure.
March 23, 2011
Economics Professor Takes Aim at Bike Lanes at City Watch
In last Friday's City Watch, Cato Institute Adjunct Scholar and economics professor at Cal State University Northridge Dr. Shirley V. Svorny penned, People Who Want More Bike Lanes Need a Reality Check, an attack on on another City Watch piece, What a Difference a Few Years Makes, by Stephen Box. Box's piece celebrated the passing of the city's bike plan. Svorny's piece is a rather uninspired attack on bicycle planning.
March 14, 2011