Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Pico/Olympic

Both CD5 Council Candidates Oppose Pico-Olympic Plan

By Damien Newton | Apr 3, 2009 | 6 Comments

I may not be thrilled with the reasoning, but each of the last two evenings one of the two finalists for the Fifth District City Council race attended one of the LADOT’s open meetings and voiced opposition to the project in it’s current form. Reporting on last night’s meeting, Ted Rogers, of BikinginLA fame writes […]

Fairfax Residents Still Don’t Like LADOT’s Plans for Pico-Olympic

By Damien Newton | Apr 2, 2009

The LADOT used project boards instead of a presentation to spread the word. The more I think about the LADOT’s new plan for the Olympic-West Pico-East project the more I think they may have gotten things backward. Starting last night, the LADOT began a series of public meetings to provide the public input on "scoping" […]

What You Need to Know Before This Week’s Pico-Olympic Meetings

By Damien Newton | Mar 30, 2009 | 1 Comment

When I first read that the Los Angeles Department of Public Transportation was holding public meetings this week on a revised Pico-Olympic Plan, I got nostalgic. Covering the battle between the community and the city over the plan to remove rush-hour parking, restripe the roads and retime the signals was the signature story back at […]

It’s Back: Council Approves Funding for Environmental Study of Pico/Olympic Plan

By Damien Newton | Jul 9, 2008 | 1 Comment

A View from Olympic Boulevard at Dusk February’s "Done Deal," that was later left for dead after a court ruled against the Mayor two months ago, is once again very much alive. Today the city council approved a resolution outlining how the city should conduct a full environmental review of the "Olympic West Pico East […]

Senator Romero Won’t Support Anything Without Guarantees for SGV

By Damien Newton | Jul 2, 2008 | 15 Comments

Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero is taking a stand. Romero tells the Times that if she doesn’t get she wants for San Gabriel Valley, at no extra cost to her constituents, she’ll vote to make sure all of LA County is denied the opportunity to to vote to increase everyone’s transit options. The Senator may […]

5 Lessons Every Transportation Engineer Should Learn

By Damien Newton | May 6, 2008 | 3 Comments

LADOT Should Have Learned Lesson 3 A recent article in the Institute of Transportation Engineers Journal, found here at Red Orbit, discusses the five important lessons that every transportation engineer should learn. When I was saw the title of the article, I was hopeful that it was going to be about how transportation engineers need […]

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