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New Griffith Park Traffic Plan Promising But Flawed
The L.A. City Department of Recreation and Parks has released a new "Griffith Park Action Plan" [PDF] designed to deal with car congestion primarily from Hollywood Sign visitors. Last night, DRP and City Councilmember David Ryu hosted a community meeting to receive public feedback on the proposal. Nearly 200 people attended the forum, where DRP and Ryu received over an hour of public testimony critical of many aspects of the proposal.
January 21, 2016
Open House Showcases Expo Bike Path Gap Closure Options
An overflow crowd of more than one hundred people showed up to last night's Expo Bike Path meeting at the Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library. A representative from Councilmember Paul Koretz welcomed the boisterous crowd before turning the open house over to L.A. City Transportation Department (LADOT) Senior Bicycle Coordinator Michelle Mowery.
January 14, 2016
Closing the Exposition Bikeway Northvale Gap, Meeting Next Week
When Metro's 6.6-mile Expo Line opens in mid-2016, the parallel Expo bikeway will open too.
January 7, 2016
Your Friday Video of Zen: DTLA Street Futures (Featuring CicLAvia)
What will the future streets of Los Angeles look like? And what sorts of innovations, interventions, infrastructure, interconnections, and events will help us get there? And can we get there in a way that is sustainable, grounded in community experiences, and does not displace residents of communities that have experienced historical disinvestment?
December 18, 2015
Equity Advocates Discuss Needs of “Invisible” Cyclists on HuffPost Live
Last week, the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University published a story declaring that "Most Cyclists Are Working-Class Immigrants, Not Hipsters."
November 4, 2015
Why LADOT Won’t Have Its Portion of the Expo Bikeway Done Anytime Soon
I am City Councilmember Paul Koretz’ appointee to the City of Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC).
September 9, 2015
Modacity, Formerly Vancouver Cycle Chic, Comes to L.A. and Santa Monica this October
Los Angeles Streetsblog, Santa Monica Next, Santa Monica Spoke, and the Echo Park Film Center are proud to present "Observations from an Emerging Bicycle Culture" in Santa Monica and at the Film Center this October. The multi-media presentation will be at the Echo Park Film Center (1200 N Alvarado St) on October 8 at 8 p.m. Three nights later, on October 11, Modacity will give the same presentation at an office building (1640 5th Street) at 6 p.m. near the future Expo Line stop in Santa Monica.
September 1, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Bike Lane Closure Signage Gives Wrong Sign?
Streetsie winner Nathan Lucero encountered some irritating signage when bicycling north on the Main Street bike lanes near El Pueblo downtown. From his @onmybikeinla Instagram post: (lightly edited)
July 30, 2015
Video: La Grange Bike Club Founder Honored at “Raymond Fouquet Square”
As SBLA reported two weeks ago, the City of Los Angeles recognized one of the earlier leaders of the bicycling movement by naming the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and La Grange Avenue as “Raymond Fouquet Square." Streetsblog volunteer Jack Weiss was there to capture the event on video, which is embedded above. To read more on Raymond Fouquet, read Linton's article from July 12.
July 24, 2015
Man is Shot and Killed by the Officers He Called to Help Search for Stolen Bike. Is it a Livable Streets Issue?
Several months ago, I asked that a link to a story on the beating of Clinton Alford by LAPD officers be included in our daily headlines.
July 17, 2015
