Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Antonio Villaraigosa

It Never Would Have Taken This Long…If Villaraigosa Were Still in Charge

By Damien Newton | Oct 2, 2013 | 11 Comments

By the time I hit Spring Street, I was in a bad mood. My plan for the afternoon was to ride Metro and my bike up to Colorado Blvd. to take pictures of the new buffered bike lanes before heading downtown to ride the repainted Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane and then visit the […]

Metro Puts $2 Million Behind Villaraigosa Plan to Bring “CicLAvia” Everywhere

By Damien Newton | Jun 27, 2013 | 8 Comments

We knew Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa liked CicLAvia. Upon returning from Copenhagen in 2009, he vowed that Los Angeles would have its own “open street festival.” Twenty-one months later, after a visit from Janette Sadik-Khan and a broken elbow, Los Angeles held CicLAvia. Since then, the city has held six more, and over a million people […]

City Throws a Party. Press Throws a Fit. This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.

By Damien Newton | Jun 6, 2013 | 10 Comments

This Friday, the City of Los Angeles is throwing itself a party in Grand Park from 5 pm to 10 pm. There will be music by local acts, student groups and celebrity musicians. Chefs, some of whom are on television, will give healthy cooking demonstrations. There will be food trucks. There will be free nachos. President Bill […]

Yes Virginia, there will be a Leimert Park station on the upcoming Crenshaw/LAX Line

By Ted Rogers | May 23, 2013 | 4 Comments

It’s time to declare victory in the battle for a Leimert Park Metro station. In an exceptionally fast-moving turn of events — by government standards, anyway — the Metro Board has voted today to fully fund what had been considered optional Crenshaw/LAX Line stations at Leimert Park and Hindry Ave. The move comes just one day after […]

Villaraigosa Celebrates Bike Plan Progress, Rallies for More

By Damien Newton | Feb 21, 2013 | No Comments

Two years ago, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and a host of city officials stood at the podium announcing a new day for cyclists in Los Angeles. Today, he was back in the same place, at the same time, to announce that the city is making progress. “CicLAvia’s success and the breakneck pace of bikeway construction demonstrate […]

With All Eyes on L.A., Villaraigosa Signs New Bike Parking Ordinance

By Damien Newton | Feb 1, 2013 | 15 Comments

Moments ago, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signed a new bicycle parking ordinance into law which requires more bicycle parking at new developments and even allows a small swap of car parking for bike parking in certain approved development plans. The ordinance was on the verge of being signed last year before a series of small technical […]

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