The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog L.A.
Streetsblog mourns the passing of Donald Shoup, the UCLA professor whose groundbreaking work shed light on the much overlooked impacts of parking. Shoup inspired many people, including Streetsblog editors, to understand the ways that parking policy shapes cities. Shoup was the world’s preeminent authority on parking; he was also funny, sweet, incisive, cantankerous, and generous with his time. Read Shoup’s 800-page treatise The High Cost of Free Parking, and you will see streets in new ways.
It’s also a big week for Measure HLA, with two different Wednesday meetings on flawed city department proposals that could shape the city’s response to the voter-approved mandate for bus, walk, and bike improvements. See today’s weekly SBLA calendar for meeting details – and last week’s explainers on the proposed draft implementation ordinance and standard elements.
New bike lanes open and in use on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, and on Broadway Place and 39th Street in South Los Angeles
D Line extension temporary closure, sidewalk repair, Azusa, Pico Rivera, Claremont, Pasadena, LAX, car-nage, and more
Residents of certain cities or those who qualify by income can now rent special cargo e-bikes from Benno, Riese & Müller, and Rad Power.
Bus lane/stop enforcement, Vermont BRT, Inglewood Transit Connector, WeHo, Toronto barriers, car-nage, and more
