Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Tom LaBonge

Council Member Tom LaBonge Responds to Streetsblog’s Bike Licensing Story

By Damien Newton | Oct 2, 2013 | 11 Comments

Yesterday, Council Member Tom LaBonge called to follow-up on our bicycle licensing story from Monday. Labonge took issue with a couple of parts of the story, both that we reached out for comment several times (it seems to be a communications issue between me and their office team) and that outreach for the proposal is […]

Better Late Than Never: LaBonge and O’Farrell Celebrate Yucca Street, L.A.’s First Bike Friendly Street

By Damien Newton | Sep 26, 2013 | 9 Comments

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 […]

Eyes on the Street: the Ongoing Humiliation of the Spring Street Bike Lanes

By Damien Newton | Sep 23, 2013 | 9 Comments

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. But while we wait for the city to make […]

California Traffic Control Devices Committee Approves New Design for Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane

By Damien Newton | Jul 30, 2013 | 13 Comments

Last week, the California Traffic Control Devices Committee approved the “compromise” design for the Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane. The CTCD was the last body that needed to approve the design. As you may recall, the new design will maintain the buffer, change the shade of green from bright green to forest green, and […]

Showdown or Compromise? All’s Quiet in Advance of Tomorrow’s Hearing on the Spring Street Green Bike Lane

By Damien Newton | Jun 13, 2013 | 22 Comments

(An earlier version of this story featured a picture we believed showed an image from a film shot in New York that had a green bike lane removed. The location did not include a bike lane, we fell for a twitter joke. Sorry. – DN) For awhile, it seemed as though everyone had something to […]

LaBonge Wants Safety Study of Deadly Intersection Near Park LaBrea

By Damien Newton | Aug 1, 2012 | 3 Comments

The intersection of 6th Street and Hauser Boulevard just south of the popular Park La Brea residential compound has long been considered an inhospitable one for pedestrians. Residents of Park La Brea complain about crashes happening “all the time,” and the wide four lane streets encourage fast moving car traffic. But following a fatal car […]

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