Bicycle Boulevards
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Colorado, Figueroa, Lankershim, Westwood…Checking in on the Bike Wars
As LADOT and City Planning continue outreach over proposals for bike lanes and road diets in the city's bike plan, opposition has sprung up from entrenched community activists and business owners and at least one stoner. As LADOT wraps up this round of outreach, Streetsblog checks in on the status of the bicycle projects along three of Los Angeles' iconic corridors: Lankershim, Colorado, and Westwood.
April 3, 2013
Breaking News: City Releases DEIR for 5 Year Bike Plan Implementation/My Figueroa Project. Further Study Not Needed
When Governor Jerry Brown signed A.B. 2245 into law, a law allowing certain bicycle projects to opt-out of the CEQA process, the news was somewhat buried. On the same day, the Governor vetoed the "Give Me 3" safety legislation that created a legal buffer between cyclists and passing automobiles earning the scorn of cyclists everywhere.
January 17, 2013
The 4SBB, Homeowner’s Groups and How to Avoid a Bikelash
(The LACBC's 4th Street Campaign has an open meeting tonight at the Halal Indian restaurant at 4th and Highland at 7:00 P.M. Just got word that the location has moved to Larchmont Bungalow, 107 Larchmont Blvd. Sorry for the last minute change.)
October 5, 2011
Long Beach’s Leap Towards Livability Part III
(If you're not familiar with the infrastructure innovations in Long Beach, you should read this article first. In 2009, Joe Linton wrote a two part series on Long Beach's "Leap Towards Livability." Today and tomorrow's stories are both part of our Annenberg School of Journalism Public Health Fellowship and a continuation of that series.)
August 18, 2011
City Council Gives Unanimous Nod to New Bike Plan
It's all over but the signing. And that's scheduled for tomorrow.
March 1, 2011
A Photo Tour of Long Beach’s Vista Street Bike Boulevard
And now for a quick photographic update from the one bicycle project you've all been waiting to hear about: Long Beach's new bike boulevard on Vista Street. There have been a few hangups along the way; additional money needed to be allocated to remove unwanted concrete from under the street, and apparently the painters had difficulty spelling "yield". Nonetheless, the project appears to be progressing nicely, with construction of a new stop light at Redondo scheduled for next month - providing there aren't any more typos.
September 14, 2010
Bike Boulevards: The SLO Solution
(editor's note: Welcome our newest guest blogger, live from Long Beach, Drew Reed. Reed is a writer, film editor, and cycling activist
based in Long Beach. He blogs about cycling issues in Long Beach and
the greater LA area at LA Loyalist. We first met Drew when we interviewed him about his experience traveling the country to go to the inauguration of Barack Obama. - DN)
February 5, 2010