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Today, Bikas will pass along a story that we heard many years ago. I can’t vouch to its veracity: Once upon a time, there was a small kingdom called De’Ir. De’Ir was located on an island called Sihkwah, just off the coast of Kh’arz, and said to be very much under the influence of Kh’arz. The […]
July 17, 2012
The city of Los Angeles is hosting a series of meetings to kick off its process of studying then (hopefully) implementing 40+ miles of somewhat more difficult bike lane projects. There’s a webinar today, Tuesday, 3-4pm (details/rsvp here), and the final in-person meeting tomorrow: Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 from 6-8pm at the L.A. River Center, […]
July 11, 2012
During Fiscal Year 2011-2012 – that’s July 2011 to June 2012 – the city of Los Angeles achieved unprecedented accomplishments in implementing new bicycle facilities. The city added ~62.5 new miles of bikeways, including 50.26 new miles of bike lane!! Woooot! Woooooooot! Bikas decided to do a report card grading the city’s FY2011-2012 highlighting the […]
July 3, 2012
It’s July 2012, which means that the city of Los Angeles has just completed Fiscal Year 2011-2012. The city’s fiscal year runs July 1st to June 31st. Mayor Villaraigosa’s directive to “build 40 miles of bikeway a year” went into effect July 1st 2011, one full year ago. The great news is that L.A. City […]
July 2, 2012
We’ve got City Hall nearly surrounded!! Mentioned earlier as announced and underway, the city of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) extended the Main Street bike lanes northward. The newest stretch, added in late June 2012, extends 1.4 miles from Cesar Chavez Avenue to 9th Street, which is where Spring Street merges into Main Street.
July 2, 2012
The city of Los Angeles Department of Transportation recently installed new bike lanes on Huntington Drive in the eastside L.A. neighborhood of El Sereno. The Huntington bike lanes are 2.1 miles long. They extend from Esmerelda Street (a couple blocks east of where Soto Street ends) to Maycrest Avenue. Maycrest is the intersection immediately west […]
June 28, 2012
I had a brief trip to San Francisco earlier this week. I wrote this earlier post about excellent bike facilities in SF, and there’s plenty of great coverage at SF Streetsblog… but I like to bike around places I visit, and to see what lessons they might have for Los Angeles (see my recent San […]
June 20, 2012
I am excited about the new bike lanes on First Street in Downtown Los Angeles! Bikas reported on the First Street lanes announcement as part of a downtown bikeway network, and twice about their preliminary striping. Today, Bikas covers the somewhat disappointing history of these lanes. The moral of the story is something along the […]
June 19, 2012
The city of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has installed additional bike lane on Vermont Avenue in South Los Angeles. The new Vermont Avenue bike lane segment is 2.1 miles long extending from Redondo Beach Boulevard to 120 Street.
June 19, 2012
It’s the end of the fiscal year and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation has been busy adding quite a few new bike lane facilities. Bikas may need to do multiple posts each day to keep up with the city’s impressive output. This post’s featured bike lanes are on South Figueroa Street, extending 1.0-mile from […]
July 18, 2012
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