Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Tom LaBonge

Public Works Board Approves Sidewalk Deficient Glendale-Hyperion Bridge

By Joe Linton | May 15, 2015 | 25 Comments

In a hearing at City Hall this morning, the mayor-appointed Board of Public Works unanimously approved proceeding with the city Bureau of Engineering’s (BOE) recommendation to eliminate one of two sidewalks on its Glendale-Hyperion Bridge retrofit project. The latest version, announced earlier this week, has not changed significantly since 2013 when BOE pushed a similar unsafe design, leading […]

A Tale of Two Future Bridges: New Bike/Ped Crossing on L.A. River, Fewer Sidewalks on Glendale-Hyperion

By Damien Newton | May 12, 2015 | 16 Comments

It was sort of a surreal moment. Even as Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell stood at the podium discussing the benefits of a planned new bicycle and pedestrian crossing over the L.A. River, the Bureau of Public Works released its recommendation (PDF) that the new Glendale-Hyperion Bridge would actually have fewer feet devoted to […]

Glendale-Hyperion Bridge Political Contortions Forcing Unsafe Compromise Design

By Joe Linton | Dec 19, 2014 | 47 Comments

Last night, the Citizens Advisory Committee for the design of the new Glendale-Hyperion Bridge met to discuss the city’s latest proposal. L.A.’s historic Glendale-Hyperion Bridge opened in 1927. It connects the Los Angeles communities of Silver Lake and Atwater Village. About ten years ago, city plans to renovate the bridge got underway. In 2013, the city […]

Editorial: Respect Your Advisory Committee, Build a Safer Hyperion Bridge

By Joe Linton | Aug 12, 2014 | 8 Comments

There has been quite a bit of proverbial water under the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge. Under a great deal of community displeasure in 2013, the city of Los Angeles set aside an outdated bridge retrofit plan and formed an advisory committee to decide the future of the historic span. The 9-member Glendale-Hyperion Viaduct Improvement Project Community Advisory Committee […]

Hyperion Hearing: It’s Not About Bikes, It’s About Communities and People

By Damien Newton | Oct 29, 2013 | 10 Comments

If you were keeping score at home, something which would be impossible because of our failed attempt at Live Streaming, it was a blowout. Nearly fifty speakers took to the podium. Four of them spoke in favor of the current design. The rest made the case for a more Livable design, lower speeds, and better […]

The Movement Against the Highway Friendly Redesign of Hyperion Grows

By Damien Newton | Oct 8, 2013 | 7 Comments

Garcetti, LaBonge and O’Farrell promote the redesign and ask for public comment. It started as a note from contacts at the Bicycle Coalition (LACBC), turned into a mini-series on Streetsblog and now the movement to stop the redesign of the Hyperion-Glendale Complex of Bridges that would turn one of the region’s most iconic structures into […]

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