Friday Bikeway Briefs: Ktown, Leimert Park, UCLA, USC, Highland Park, and Tarzana
Recent bike lanes on 43rd St, Westholme Ave, and Mesa Ave. Bike upgrades on First St and on Jefferson Blvd. Slow progress on Reseda Blvd displays city's meager HLA response.
November 12, 2024
Metro Ridership Snapshot Suggests Added Service, Bus Lanes, and Walk/Bike Projects Increase Riders
Overall Metro ridership grew 7.5 percent year-over-year, but some rail and bus lines grew 10-20+ percent. SBLA explores factors that influenced outsized system-leading ridership increases.
November 8, 2024
Eyes on the Street: Culver City’s Farragut Walkway Revamp
The ~200 foot long walkway - also used by cyclists - connects two residential streets about a half-mile south of downtown Culver City
November 5, 2024
Metro Rider Updates: C/K Lines, Bus Lane Cameras, TAP-to-Exit, and Cell Service
Cameras on Metro buses are now enforcing bus lanes! Metro K Line Aviation/Century Station opens this Sunday, with changed C and K Line operations. TAP-to-exit and cell phone reception are expanding.
November 4, 2024
Metro Breaks Ground on Early Phase of Southeast Gateway Light Rail Construction
The initial $7 billion SE Gateway Line segment will extend 14.5 miles from Artesia to the South L.A. community of Florence, with connections to the Metro A and C Lines
November 1, 2024
Eyes on the Street: New San Pedro Front Street Walk/Bike Path
The half mile long landscaped multi-use path extends from Regan Street (essentially under the Vincent Thomas Bridge) to just west of Pacific Avenue
October 18, 2024
CicLAvia Heart of L.A. 2024 – Open Thread
Sunday's Heart of L.A. event was the 56th iteration of Los Angeles' popular open streets festival, CicLAvia
October 16, 2024
Eyes on the Street: Santa Monica’s New Michigan Avenue Greenway Extension
The 1/8-mile-long Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway (MANGo) extension includes two short bike/walk paths and one block of two-way protected bike lanes
October 14, 2024
Three Big Open Streets Events Remain This Year, Including CicLAvia This Sunday!
Roll, walk, skate, smile at: CicLAvia - Heart of L.A., Beach Streets Uptown, and CicLAvia - the Valley
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October 11, 2024
L.A. City Council Committees Approve Road Widening Reforms
The city Bureau of Engineering proposal should minimize road widening at future private developments, but there are several widening situations it does not address, including BOE's own road widening projects
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October 9, 2024
