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“The new laws are designed to make our roadways a safe place for motorists,” explained CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow in a statement. That clears things up, it's all about safety for MOTORISTS! 1000 mi...
LAODT's Bruce Gilman dances backwards saying ""We had no plans to do that, It was all based on rumor, nothing that we had propagated." Of course, he wasn't at the recent LA Bicycle Advisory Committee...
At the Metro Board - Operations Committee. The proposed limit of two cyclists per car came up. I suggested that they look at the Metro as an actual "Transportation System" that services all modes. ...
Danielle, Thanks for covering this meeting and for such a great article! it's gonna be the cyclists who pull the reveal on the City of Los Angeles. The shocking thing to the LADOT and to Planning is...
Chances are that he won't be going after speeding motorists on Van Nuys Blvd. because the speed zone cert expired on 5/13/09. This means that the City of LA if unable to use radar/laser speed limit e...
We're unclear on when "infeasable" became an engineering standard but that's how Louise is designated. Good questions for the LADOT Bikeways staff at tomorrow night's Bicycle Advisory Committee meetin...
Louise Avenue is listed on the LA Draft Bike Plan "Proposed Bicycle Network" as an "infeasible" bikeways improvement....
That's so LA! The POTUS comes to town and the best we can do is to close down the streets surrounding 3rd & Lucas, invite all of the bacon-wrapped hot dog salespeople and shaved ice vendors and then...
Another False Dilemma! Say NO to the bad "Measure B or you'll never see the sun!" drama. Measure B has nothing to do with the City's larger and ongoing commitment to renewables - Solar LA - so why th...
Yup! Bimini Place & White House Place. Outside the Eco-Village. It's made of hardened Soy and Hemp....
The City of Los Angeles is actually responsible for the Orange Line bike path. In fact, the LADOT Bikeways staff take great pride in the Orange Line Bikepath and actually have a little powerpoint pres...
The original bike path was built in 1997, work started 4 years? ago on the HOV lanes up ahead, somewhere along the way Culver Blvd. got widened and the old bike path disappeared, only to be replaced b...
The peds in the picture are headed toward Sawtelle Boulevard which is in Culver City. But they are still in Los Angeles in the picture. In fact the billboard pretty much marks the edge of Los Angeles....
skd echoes the sentiment of many! Run the Metro Rail late so that it actually serves people with active social lives! Imagine how much safer our streets would be if late night revelers had a decent tr...
If it's swimming you're after, head over to the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council's celebration of Park[ing]DayLA where they have...a swimming pool! (HelMel - Heliotrope & Melrose)...
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