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CA Environmental Groups Grade Legislators
It's scorecard season in California. Advocacy groups are giving grades to legislators based on how they voted on bills in the last year's sessions, and releasing the scores just in time to influence next week's election.
October 31, 2014
New Chamber of Commerce Excited About Great Streets on Venice Blvd.
Mike Bonin is not someone who is known for thinking small.
October 30, 2014
Motion to Move Forward on Rail-to-River Bikeway Project up for Vote Thursday
In a motion before the Metro Executive Management Committee last Thursday morning, County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas cited the successful "transformation of unused or abandoned rail right-of-ways into pedestrian access and bicycle routes" around the country and here in L.A. as support for his call that the Board direct Chief Executive Officer Art Leahy to move forward on the recommendations found in the 212-page feasibility study on the proposed Rail-to-River Bikeway.
October 22, 2014
Councilmember Cedillo Adds Stop Sign In Response To Fatal Hit-and-Run
On September 14, a hit-and-run driver killed 57-year-old Gloria Ortiz. Ms. Ortiz was walking in a crosswalk in the Northeast Los Angeles community of Highland Park. The hit-and-run crime took place at the intersection of Avenue 50 and San Marcos Place, adjacent to Aldama Street Elementary School. According to KTLA5, witnesses stated that the driver "just ran her over, didn't even turn back."
October 10, 2014
Cartoon Tuesday: Neighborhood Council Meeting Bike Lane Bingo
It's not quite a cartoon, but it is a clever, sad, ironic laugh. Friend of the blog Nathan Lucero posted his Bike Lane meeting bingo card at the Figueroa for All Facebook group.
October 7, 2014
LADOT’s Bold New Strategic Vision: Eliminate L.A. Traffic Deaths By 2025
Today, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) released its new strategic plan, entitled Great Streets for Los Angeles.
September 30, 2014
Governor Vetoes One of Four Hit-and-Run Bills; Deadline for Others: Today
Governor Jerry Brown vetoed one of four hit-and-run bills passed by the California Senate and Assembly. A.B. 2337, by Assemblymember Eric Linder (R-Corona), would have increased the automatic driver's license suspension for a hit-and-run conviction from one to two years.
September 29, 2014
Thanks For a Great Reception for LADOT GM Seleta Reynolds Last Night!
Last night's capacity crowd reception honored the city of Los Angeles Transportation Department's new General Manager Seleta Reynolds. Not only is Reynolds a champion for safety and for great places, but she even committed to scheduling this reception though it coincided with her birthday.
September 24, 2014
Meet Seleta Reynolds, the Safe Streets Advocate Running LADOT
(If you want to skip the article and the editing and just listen to our half-hour conversation, click here. - DN)
If you spend some time with the newly minted General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, you would think she was an LADOT lifer not a recent transplant from the San Francisco MTA.
September 15, 2014
Five Things I Learned at This Week’s L.A. Transportation Committee
Here are the top five things I learned listening in to this week's Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee meeting. The public meeting took place Wednesday, August 27, at Los Angeles City Hall. If you're nimble and/or having trouble sleeping, catch the full audio here.
August 29, 2014