Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Gil Cedillo

Elysian Valley's new Taylor Yard walk/bike bridge - under construction in 2021. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

L.A. City Hosts Invitation-Only Grand Opening of New Elysian Valley Bike/Ped Bridge

By Joe Linton | Mar 14, 2022 | No Comments

In the works since 1992, the city of L.A. finally opened its new Elysian Valley Taylor Yard bike/ped bridge. Streetsblog was almost there at the opening.

New bike lanes on North Figueroa Street - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

New Bike Lanes Installed on North Figueroa in Cypress Park

By Joe Linton | Feb 14, 2022 | No Comments

The new North Figueroa bike lanes extend 0.8 miles from Avenue 26 to Marmion Way/Pasadena Avenue.

The city has failed to complete the North Spring Street Bridge project as approved, due to Councilmember Cedillo removing bike lanes from the construction contract. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Change Order Shows Cedillo Yanked Approved Spring Street Bridge Bike Lanes

By Joe Linton | Jan 12, 2022 | No Comments

"The council office has safety concerns over the lack of continuity of bicycle lanes... Therefore final restoration signing and striping will be deleted from this contract and addressed... at a later time."

Some southland bike lanes drop out of projects unexpectedly. Forest Lawn Drive bike lanes photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Why Can’t Metro/L.A./Caltrans Just Add Approved Bikeways When Building Big Projects?

By Joe Linton | Dec 14, 2021 | No Comments

Metro, Caltrans, and L.A. City Public Works Department miss many opportunities to extend L.A. bikeway facilities into more of a network

The North Spring Street Bridge yesterday: no bike lanes. Cyclist rides in the area striped off for construction that hasn't taken place for months. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Spring Street Bridge Bike Lanes Delayed – Again

By Joe Linton | Aug 5, 2021 | No Comments

The no-construction Spring Street Bridge construction site stands for months and years as a sort of monument to one aspect of the city's dysfunction

Last Tuesday's city council meeting was held in an empty chamber. Those hoping to make public comment were kept outside under a tent in the cold. They could see and hear the councilmembers, but the councilmembers could only hear them. [Screenshot of the live feed taken at some point during the eight hour marathon.]

As Council Heads to Chambers Today, a Plea that It Abandon the Do-No-Harm-to-Landlords Doctrine

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 27, 2020 | No Comments

While arguing to limit the grace period tenants would have to pay back any missed rent to six months during the marathon city council session last Tuesday, March 17, Second District councilmember Paul Krekorian beseeched his colleagues to consider the Hippocratic Oath – the pledge physicians make to do no harm – and not enact […]

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