bicycle lanes
Streetsblog LA
LADOT Has Completed More Than 50 Miles of Road Diet Bike Lanes
Earlier in 2014, the national Streetsblog Network website highlighted BikeSD's coverage of the city of San Diego's first road diet bike lanes. Streetsblog Los Angeles has covered quite a few city of Los Angeles road diets over the past few years; most of them non-controversial, including 7th Street, Grand Avenue, Hoover Street, and Myra Avenue. A few of these projects have encountered criticism; examples include Motor Avenue and Wilbur Avenue.
July 2, 2014
California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update
Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of California legislation related to sustainable transportation.
June 27, 2014
Protected Bike Lanes Bill Passes CA Senate Transportation Committee
The "Protected Bikeways Act," A.B. 1193, passed the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee Thursday on a 10-0 vote, despite opposition from some quarters. The bill must still be approved by the full Senate and Governor Jerry Brown.
June 27, 2014
CA Senate Committee to Consider Protected Bike Lanes Bill Tomorrow
A key hearing will be held in Sacramento tomorrow on legislation that would pave the way for more California cities to build protected bike lanes, also known as "cycle tracks."
June 25, 2014
Some Los Angeles Road Diet Projects Can Add More On-Street Parking
Most of the city of Los Angeles' bike lane mileage has been implemented without removing any car lanes or any parking spaces. The city Transportation Department (LADOT) merely narrows existing overly-wide lanes, and adds bike lanes. In recent years, the city of Los Angeles has also done a number of bike lane projects called "road diets." These road diets do remove a travel lane.
June 24, 2014
California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update
Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of California legislation related to sustainable transportation.
June 20, 2014
Showdown Becomes Slowdown: North Figueroa Street Project Drags On
In the latest installment in the fight for bike lanes on North Figueroa, North East Los Angeles communities found themselves at yet another community meeting organized by Los Angeles City Councilmember Gil Cedillo at Franklin High School in Highland Park. These community meetings have been literally dragging on and it looks like they will continue to drag on for the foreseeable future until Cedillo finally decides on a course of action.
June 13, 2014
Previewing Tonight’s Fig4All Meeting: Cedillo Doubles Down, Activist Step Up
In case you haven't heard, tonight there will be another big public meeting regarding the future of planned "road diet" bike lanes for North Figueroa Street. The meeting takes place tonight at 6:00 p.m.* at Franklin High School, more information at this Facebook event. Supporters of safe streets and bicycle lane supporters are encouraged to arrive early and to wear green.
June 12, 2014
Eyes On The Street: L.A.’s Grand Avenue Bike Lanes Getting Grander
SBLA reader Ryan Johnson emailed us some photos of the nearly-completed bike lanes on Grand Avenue extending from Downtown Los Angeles into South Los Angeles.
May 30, 2014