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People St: Garcetti and LADOT Declare Streets Are for People, Offer Help Re-Purposing Wasted Asphalt
Last week's media-friendly launch of the Great Streets Program overshadowed another announcement that could have a far greater impact on how Los Angeles thinks about streets and public space. The city also announced the launch of People St (as in People Street), a program that will allow residents, business owners and non-profits to ask for and plan projects that convert portions of the street to bike corrals, parklets or plazas.
October 14, 2013
Day 102: Garcetti Launches “Great Streets Initiative” (UPDATED: 1:25)
Update: A copy of the executive directive is available after the jump.
October 10, 2013
Open Thread: The First 101 Days of Mayor Garcetti
Garcetti layed out his own transportation agenda in our interview series during the primaries.
October 10, 2013
The Movement Against the Highway Friendly Redesign of Hyperion Grows
Garcetti, LaBonge and O'Farrell promote the redesign and ask for public comment.
October 8, 2013
Council Member Tom LaBonge Responds to Streetsblog’s Bike Licensing Story
Yesterday, Council Member Tom LaBonge called to follow-up on our bicycle licensing story from Monday.
October 2, 2013
It Never Would Have Taken This Long…If Villaraigosa Were Still in Charge
By the time I hit Spring Street, I was in a bad mood.
October 2, 2013
Better Late Than Never: LaBonge and O’Farrell Celebrate Yucca Street, L.A.’s First Bike Friendly Street
In September of 2012, my son and I took a field trip to Hollywood not to see the tourist sites, but to ride on my bicycle back and forth on the .8 miles of Yucca Street, Los Angeles' first Bicycle Friendly Street. Earlier today, Los Angeles City Council Members Mitch O'Farrell and Tom LaBonge hosted a community bicycle ride to celebrate Yucca Street.
September 26, 2013
LADOT: We Know What We Know, and We Know What We Don’t Know; Homeowners: We Don’t Know What We Want to Know
I was expecting a war.
September 25, 2013
Eyes on the Street: the Ongoing Humiliation of the Spring Street Bike Lanes
As we reported last week, the dangerousification of Spring Street is in full swing these days. With the City Council mandated water blasting of the Green Buffered Bike Lane completed, advocates wait for the city to install its completely untested, but less expensive, new paint design.
September 23, 2013
Legislative Wrap: Which Bills Are Awaiting a Signature, and Which Are Waiting for Next Year
Last week was a busy one in Sacramento as lawmakers scrambled to compromise and pass important pieces of legislation while others will have to "wait 'til next year." Streetsblog offers the following scorecard for some of the most important pieces of legislation that will impact the drive to create Livable Streets and Livable Communities.
September 16, 2013