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Open Thread: LA Newspaper Group’s Summer of Cycling
A couple months ago, the newspapers that make up the Los Angeles Newspaper Group declared that this would be the Summer of Cycling.
August 27, 2013
Welcome to “The Avenue Hollywood”, Another Anti-Pedestrian Project
Mixed-use developments are rising all over Los Angeles, particularly in Hollywood and West Hollywood. Some buildings look better than others, though sadly none show the classic architectural spark that once existed in the early 20th century. Nevertheless, most new projects aim for common goals: sustainability and improved pedestrian infrastructure.
August 23, 2013
Will the Next Expo Battle Be About Access to the Bike Path in Cheviot Hills?
Executed Settlement Agreement - Samuels v. FHWA
August 19, 2013
MyFigueroa! Plan for LA’s First Protected Bike Lanes Clears Environmental Review
Yesterday, the Los Angeles Department of City Planning released the Final Environmental Impact Report for the South Figueroa Streetscape Project (MyFigueroa!). The $20 million MyFigueroa! Project will bring Los Angeles its first protected bike lanes and a transit-only lane while removing some street parking and mixed-use travel lanes.
August 8, 2013
Response to Venice Boardwalk Crash Should Be Model, Not Outlier
Saturday in the late afternoona, Nathan Lewis Campbell got in his car and created carnage on the Venice Boardwalk. The 38-year-old native of Colorado drove on to the boardwalk and swerved through the area injuring dozens and killing Italian Alice Gruppioni, a 32 year old newly waling barefoot on the beach next to her husband. They were on their honeymoon.
August 5, 2013
Op/Ed: Lessons from Minneapolis for Bike Planning in Los Angeles
Biking in Minneapolis is a rejuvenating experience because it allows me to think. By integrating the natural environment into the biking experience, the city sets a high standard for developing urban bike infrastructure that allows for stress-free travel around town. Like Los Angeles, Minneapolis has horrible commercial streets for biking. But most of the city’s tree-lined residential streets have little traffic and few parked cars making them calm and a safe alternative.
July 31, 2013
Los Angeles News Papers Ask Whether City Can Ever Be Bike Metropolis, Reveal Their Own Bias
The wildly disappointing "Summer of Cycling" series sadly pedals on in the pages of The Daily News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram and other papers that are part of the group. The series seems to be as much about painting cyclists as a bunch of weirdos, different than the normal people of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, than it is exploring bicycling or bike culture.
July 16, 2013
Assessing the Momentum of the Bike Movement in South L.A., a Year and a Half On
We've known for a while what NPR and the League of American Bicyclists appear to just be figuring out: namely, that people of color ride bikes and are doing so in ever-increasing numbers.
July 10, 2013
West Hollywood Launches New Website Looking for Bicycle/Pedestrian Feedback
The City of West Hollywood launched a new website yesterday to help citizens stay involved and informed of efforts to update the Creative City's 2003 Pedestrian and Bicycle Mobility Plan. Walk+Bike WeHo features a news site specific to the plan, a 10 question survey on people's experience walking and bicycling in West Hollywood and a "Shareabout" map developed by OpenPlans. (Yes, THAT OpenPlans.)
July 9, 2013
Present and Future Westside Councilmen Working to Fix Dangerous Expo Bikeway Intersection
(Note/Disclosure: It's a little awkward for me to write about this as I'm currently the CD11 representative to the Expo Bicycle Advisory Committee, and I didn't want my opinions to become the quasi-official views of the committee. However, because the disagreement over the design of the bikeway is becoming more public, and because I'm in discussions to find a replacement for me once Mike Bonin replaces Bill Rosendahl as the CD 11 Council Member; I think I'm in the clear.)
June 26, 2013