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Eyes on the Street: Griffith Park Boulevard’s New ‘Rough Road’ Signage
L.A. has added new 'rough road' signs to Griffith Park Blvd, where several bike-fall lawsuits resulted in the City Attorney recommending the removal of bike lanes.
August 24, 2018
L.A. City Attorney Recommends Removing Griffith Park Boulevard Bike Lanes
Bike crash lawsuits due to bad pavement conditions? The bike lanes must be the problem, no?
August 14, 2018
LADOT Announces “Year Three” Bike Lane Projects To Study and Ignore
Los Angeles City Transportation Department (LADOT) engineer Leffel O'Serviss announced that his department has selected 40 new miles of approved bike lane streets that will be part of the department's "Year Three" bikeway projects. O'Serviss announced that, following on LADOT's Year One and Year Two projects, these forty miles will be studied vigorously and will not be implemented.
April 1, 2015
New Report Tells CA How to Get More Bang for its Transportation Bucks
A new report [PDF] offers suggestions for ways that California could better spend the roughly $28 billion it invests in transportation every year, both to be more cost-effective and to better align with the state's environmental goals.
February 19, 2015
The Los Angeles Times Wonders What Can Be Done About Freeway Pollution
The Los Angeles Times published a remarkable editorial today questioning why so little is done about the public health crisis caused by Southern California's reliance on freeway travel. However, either because of confusion or lack of will, the editorial stops short of proposing any real solutions to the crisis. It merely note it exists.
September 3, 2013
Takin’ It to the Streets: Protestors Gather Over Road Conditions on Venice Blvd.
I was just 100 yards into CicLAvia to the Sea, when I heard the loud "pop." It wasn't just a broken tube, but my entire rear tire looked as though it were chewed up by some sort of monster hiding in the asphalt.
May 1, 2013
“Operation Pothole” Is Back, Make Sure Our Bike/Bus Streets Get Fixed
Remember back in January when the City of Los Angeles launched "Operation Pothole" to repair 10,000 potholes over one weekend? Apparently the City had so much fun, they decided to do it all over again, this time with twice as many crews filling twice as many holes on June 4th and 5th.
May 25, 2011
City, Caltrans, Seek Feedback on North Spring Street Bridge Widening
(Yesterday, a new advertisement appeared in our sidebar advertising a public meeting on the North Spring Street Bridge Improvement project on Tuesday, May 10, at 6:00 P.M. at the Lincoln Heights Senior Citizen Center at 2323 Workman Avenue. Below is a summary of the project, most of which was written before the advertisement was placed. - DN)
April 26, 2011
Obama Brings Focus Back to Minneapolis Bridge Collapse, Media Blunders the Story
(Marybeth Miceli is the President of Miceli Infrastructure Consulting, LLC. She is a bridge testing and assessment specialist and materials scientist with a background in Nondestructive Testing/Evaluation. She has just completed a 3-year term on the Board of Directors for the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), who named her "Young NDT Professional of the Year" in 2004. Miceli is married to L.A. Streetsblog Editor Damien Newton.)
April 21, 2011