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At a public signing ceremony this morning in Echo Park, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti introduced his ambitious new "Sustainable City pLAn." The environmental plan [PDF] describes itself as "a roadmap for a Los Angeles that is environmentally healthy, economically prosperous, and equitable in opportunity for all -- now and over the next 20 years." The mayor's event was well attended by more than 200 people, including city department heads and many environmental leaders.

Update: LADOT Bicycle Program just tweeted photos of the Reseda Boulevard protected bike lanes! Woot! Wooooot! 

The city of Los Angeles will receive its first parking-protected bike lanes this weekend. The new parking-protected lanes are part of a Great Streets upgrade to Reseda Boulevard in Northridge. They will extend one mile from Parthenia Street to Plummer Street, replacing existing conventional bike lanes. If readers are unfamiliar with parking-protected bike lanes, also called cycle tracks, this Portland video can help.

One of the nice things about shopping for food and eating in France is that the quality is assured by rigorous government regulation. While some boulangeries are better than others, in general, consumers can find a good quality baguette in any bakery.

The Metrolink board of directors voted unanimously this morning to hire Art Leahy as CEO.

This morning, the Metro board of directors voted unanimously to hire Phillip A. Washington as the agency's new CEO. For the past six years, Phil Washington was General Manager and CEO of the Denver's Regional Transportation District (RTD.)

L.A. Observed is reporting that Phillip A. Washington will be the new CEO of Metro. Phil Washington is currently the head of Denver's Regional Transportation District.

There is an item that was bounced around at the Metro Board last month regarding freeway projects and whether they are "regional" or "subregional" facilities. Lakewood City Councilmember and Metro Boardmember Diane DuBois is pushing for L.A. freeway-widening projects to be classified as "regional" rather than "subregional" projects. Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin raised some issues over this re-classification. The final decision is likely to come back to the Metro Board for a showdown in April. 

Today, the Los Angeles City Council voted to approve two new city programs that aim to stem the tide of hit-and-run crimes. According to Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch Englander, hit-and-run crashes killed 27 people in Los Angeles in 2014, and 80 percent of recent hit-and-run crimes remain unsolved.