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LA Theaters – A View From the Streets
A few years ago when I was part of a theater production on Santa Monica Blvd. we worked hard to fill the seats and we advertised, we passed out flyers, we called the press, we sent out notices and we invited our friends and family, hoping to fill the house. Through it all we were always struggling with the fact that the streets are congested, traffic is miserable, parking is limited and our audience invariably showed up pissed off and frazzled by their journey, making for tough audiences!
October 13, 2009
Long Beach’s Leap Toward Livability – Part 2 of 2
(There's a lot of great bike and walk improvements happening in
Long Beach, so L.A. StreetsBlog has covered it in two parts, for now. Last week's article featured the past and present; today's features exciting plans for the future.)
October 9, 2009
Unanimous BAC Votes for More Time to Review Draft Bike Plan
It may have been a few months late, but last night's review of the proposed new bike plan by the Bicycle Advisory Committee had enough fireworks for the fourth of July.
October 7, 2009
Streetsblog Investigation Uncovers Secret Quasi-Governmental Cycling Organization
Okay, so the Bicycle Advisory Committee isn't really a secret. But it might as well be.
October 7, 2009
Byrne-ing down the house: A Lively Discussion on Bikes and Livability
In the end, it really wasn't about David Byrne.
October 7, 2009
A Woman’s Comfort on Our Streets
WI'm young, I'm an actor and a
photographer and I'm a woman. This might be nothing unusual in Los
Angeles with the exception that I'm also car free.
October 6, 2009
Reseda Boulevard Bike Lanes: One Mile Done, Four to Go
Yesterday, the city of L.A. Department of Transportation (LADOT) made
good on their pledge to stripe the first new mile of Reseda Boulevard
bike lanes. The lanes were approved in 1996, but languished for various reasons detailed earlier, until bicyclists and community members rallied. It's one mile of a five mile gap closure.
October 5, 2009
Draft Pasadena Bike Plan Maps Released
Last night, the city of Pasadena hosted a public input meeting for
its new bike plan. The big news at the meeting was the release of a
draft map of proposed bikeway facilities. Though that map is not yet
posted on-line, the city's Senior Transportation Planner Rich Dilluvio
assured L.A. Streetsblog that it would be posted within a couple weeks.
October 2, 2009
Long Beach’s Leap Toward Livability – Part 1 of 2
(There's a lot of great bike and walk improvements happening in Long
Beach, so L.A. StreetsBlog will cover it in two parts, for now. Today's
article features the past and present; next Friday will feature
exciting plans for the future.)
October 2, 2009